Don't go Titanic on me...

 Well, at least this futuristic craft has a spoiler...  and great box-design !

Water Spider, Yonezawa, Japan, 1970's 

Little Fish...

Thunderbird 4, model kit (ST), IMAI, Japan, 1980's

Thunderbird 4 Bubble Bath, Grosvenor, UK, 1992

A Moon Suit ? What Moon Suit ?

... Maybe something like this ?

Adventure Man moonsuit, Cecil Coleman, Hong Kong 1976

Going back where ?

Luna Astronauts, Jean, Germany, 1970's

A lot of "going back to the moon" - talk today around the news of the Spacex crew. Here are the suits the Germans thought of in the 1970's... Wonder how much different they will be !

Have wings... Will travel !

Robot with lighted "eyes" and yellow wings, ?, Taiwan, 1980's

I have a number of these in my collection - system is simple - a rotary plug spins in the chest while robot is walking and this can move different accessories that are supplied. Are they all from the same company ?

Magna Botix, Cheng Ching Toys

Taiwan, 1985

Before Google...

Robot "gives the right answer" game, Jumbo, 1950's, The Netherlands

Robot "Magical Computer" game, Jumbo, 1950-60's ?,The Netherlands

Why does a toy company change the name of one of their best selling games mid-term ? I don't really know which version came first - my best guess is the green one - at least for the Dutch market. I know other versions were made in other languages all over the planet. The design of the plastic robot pointing at the answers with a metallic needle (yes, toy safety maniacs - a big metallic needle !)  also changed through the years. Maybe "Magic Computer" came into fashion ? Or is it the multilingual version of the box ? (even though all blue question cards are in Dutch and not in French or German like te box would suggest)

Mazinger bootleg ?

Robot Lance Missiles, Soclaine (Importer - Paris),
Taiwan, 1980's

Paper planes ? Nope - styrofoam spaceships !

Colors are hard to print on styrene !

This is a strange Comet...only 1 wing!

Outer Space Gliders, Taiwan, 1980's

Where's my piece of the Phoenix ?

Phoenix, ? (Banso ?), Japan, 1970's

Winter is coming !!!

Snowspeeder, Kenner, USA, 1980

This one is definitely high on the list of my favorite Star Wars toys. It's close to scale, has great light effects in the dark and can host 2 pilots. And the harpoon... don't forget the harpoon !

Robots and trains ? 2 of my hobbies coming together !

Sonic Mighty Transformer robot, HappyWell, China, 1997

Don't know  lot about this toy. Does it come from a cartoon ? It had quite an expensive pricetag in the 1990's, at least for a Chinese toy...

Sparkling rayguns

Sparkling guns nº5018 - LS - Hong Kong - 1980's

Do they only listen to AM in space ?

I-R-1-2 Starroid radio robot, 

Calfax Inc. Hong Kong, 1978

Pistons !

Sentinel Robot, Kamco 

Hong Kong, 1980's

Ahhhh - the smell of roaring pistons in the morning... and spring loaded missiles !

Don't loose a piece !

Wooden Jigsaw puzzle, High Spot, UK ? 1960's

Space Pirates ? GI Joe - Action Man did not have this one...

Space Pirate costume for Action Joe figure, CEJI Arbois, 1976, Hong Kong

Anyone recognizes the logo and the cosmodragoon in the holster ? Yeap... same ones as the CEJI Albator doll ! (see here)

Palitoy had Captain Zargon, but the Frenchies had to be different... bien sûr !

The figurine that was hard to get...

Darth Maul (jedi Duel) Kenner-Hasbro, China, 1998

Sometimes you had to go through a heck of a number of toystores before finding the one figure you wanted from a particular movie... this was what happened here. I think in the end my mom located and offered this to me. Thanks mam !

Don't know what to play during Corona ?

Capitaine Flam game, MB, Ireland, 1980

There are cards and spinners...

Plants with super powers ?

Some very strange licensed products have appeared to me over the years... This one has a certain charm because it teaches kids that all you plant will grow... or not 😉 !

Super-Hero Planters, 12 porcelain flower pots
Design Marc by Hampshire, Japan, 1978

Batman, Shazam, Superman and Wonder Woman.

Goldorak is back !

Grendizer infinitism, HG 1/144 model kit, Bandai, 2019, Japan

Portuguese Ulysses 31 books

Ulysse 31 has always been a big serie in my youth - great spaceships - good scripts, and a whole new modern take on mythology.

As you can see, this cartoon also was famous abroad... here two Portuguese booklets (only 8 pages each...) with images taken straight of the cartoon. It aired on RTP from 1984 to 1985.

Ulisses 31-A lagoa dos duplos,
Disvenda, Portugal, 1980's

Ulisses 31-A insurreição dos companheiros,
Disvenda, Portugal, 1980's

Thémis (Yumi) is called Thais in this version...

Next toyfair in Lisbon ? Be patient young Paduwan, be patient...

The power of the Dark Side decided to intervene in all our lives... so now we all have to stay home and maybe use this time to do some cleaning and rearange shelves... I'll keep you updated as soon as we have new information regarding next toy fair.

Stay Safe !

Flying to Melmac ?

Alf in rocketship, Bully, West Germany, 1988

Old Ben's Spirit...

Obi Wan Kenobi (spirit), Kenner, China, 1997

This of course was never produced in the original toy line, but Kenner issued this as a mail-away figurine for their POTF 2 line. Not a lot of articulations (just head and arrms) and a big block of translucid plastic for the body, all this to recreate the famous (or infamous - since Disney made a new version with Hayden Christensen as Vader) end-scene of the Return of the Jedi...