The Clinch robot

Clinch, Nikko, China, 1980's

 

Fighting Buzz

Buzz Lightyear, Mattel, 2009, China

Double lipstick barrel !

 

RAY-W-GUN, Marubishi TY (?) - Japan, 1961

See more about this gun on Alphadrome.

a Roman with a raygun ?

Space Warrior, Airfix, France, 1981

Buck Roger's Battlecruiser

Buck Roger's Battlecruiser, Tootsietoy, USA, 1937

Going art-deco ? 

Next to the Venus Duo-Destroyer

My little big Tomcat... oops - sorry... Skystriker ! Go Joe !

Combat Jet Skystriker (XP-14F), Hasbro, 1983, Rep. of Ireland ? 

This toy is quite amazing, really. It is my "customized" Skystriker with both Action Force and GI JOE stickersheets (but originally it came with the AF box If I remember well). Now all I need is to find an USS Flag somewhere where I can land this aircraft 😄

Yes Commander !

Space Commander Robot, China, 1980's

Albator - le jeu (the game)

Le Jeu d'Albator, Orli Jouet, Italy, 1979

In the series of board games based on my childhood heroes, this one is the French (but made in Italy ???) ORLI JOUET game of Albator. Why did the French continuesly put robots in their renderings of Matsumoto's Space Pirate is still a pending question. (it started in the French-drawn Albator comics in the Capitaine Fulgur magazines, but here too, you have robotic drawings on the tokens that suposedly should represent the Sylvidres / Mazones...)

It's lacking Matsumoto's original artwork, except for
 3 small images of the cartoon...
from the cartoon

They forgot one !

Scott Tracy, Tyco, 
China, 1994

Gordon Tracy, Tyco,
China, 1994

Alan Tracy, Tyco,
China, 1994

Virgil Tracy, Tyco,
China, 1994

Supermarionation SUB - you go Troy Tempest !

Stingray, Charawheels, Bandai 2001, Japan 

Before the Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet, this show helped get the puppeteers of Supermarionation team / Gerry Anderson up to level with the different techniques needed in their art. Read more about it here. 

Did Apollo missions bring guns to the moon ?

 

Apollo-Gun, Dah Yang toys, Taiwan, 1970's

It's a baby AT-AT !

Imperial AT-AT Walker, Nostalgic Heroes, HASBRO, China, 2009

It's cold on Hoth part 2... (SD version)

Luke and Tauntaun, Funko, Vietnam, 2022

I'm not really into the Funko POP craze, but this bobble-head Luke on Tauntaun is a flea market find and I just could not let it stay there. (after all, it's from Empire...)

... or Captain Future

Capitaine Flam, HL PRO, China, 
2023

Finally a (big) toy with the correct colours

... and the famous "F" belt !

Capitaine Flam / Captain Future was yet another one of these cartoons that made a generation stay in front of their TV day after day. Especially since a whole story spread over 4 episodes each - which gives a choice of character development that other series did not have.

Detail of his atomic watch

See more about the pulp hero by Sci-Fi writer Edmond Hamilton and the anime here.  

Alter Ego ? Curtis Newton

Cool box ! 

Thunderbirds to the rescue ! (of your plants...)

Thunderbird 1 watering can,
Maruka and Asahi Toy Co.
Japan, 1967

Thunderbird 4 watering can,
Maruka and Asahi Toy Co.
Japan 1967

As always, great artwork !

Japanese kids have always been pushed into the joys of gardening... so much so that they had an array of super-hero, robots and spaceships watering cans to chose for.

In previous posts I showed you the ones of Astroboy and UFO robot Grandizer, but here are the versions made from the ever popular Thunderbirds show.

Eagle-gun - Space 1999

Arm's Master gun, 1980's AHI, Hong Kong

Suske & Wiske / Bob & Bobette / Spike and Suzy

Suske & Wiske, Nutricia, 1995, China

We kids grew up with these as much as with Tintin and all the other wonders of the BD franco-belge !

Read more about it here.

And yes, they are called Spike and Suzy in English 😊

Snoopy WW 1 ace ?

Snoopy trophy, Aviva, Hong Kong, 1974

(Um grande obirgado a prima do meu sogro, Sra. Ana Pereira, para o oferta deste Snoopy !)

together with McDonalds HappyMeal toy

 

(November 8, 1993)Peanuts © 1993 Peanuts Worldwide LLC

Fluffy Wookie !

Chewbacca plush, Kenner, 1977, Korea

Bandolier ? check ! 

Before the Ewoks made Star Wars plushes mainstream, Chewie got there first !

Full heart access

Q-Posket Astroboy, Banpresto, 2022, China

It's the Duke ! (no, not Wayne... not Hazards...)

Duke Fleed (Actarus in my book !),
Abystyle Studio, China, 2023

French for robot ?
English for pilot ?

Great box-art
love it !

It's the Goddess !

The Goddess, Manga Spawn, McFarlane, 1997, China

 

I have never really been into the Spawn line of toys when these came out (greaty sculpts, but oh sooo missing the articulations...) However, this one was a no-brainer to get into the collection. One of the best female action figurines of the 1990ies if you ask me.

Starblazer's IQ9 robot by Nomura

IQ9 Analyzer robot, Nomura, 1978, Japan

 

page out of 1978 Nomura catalog

To see which other toys Nomura made for the Starblazers / Yamato series, please go and see this page.

Big thanks to Didier Volckaert and the wonderful store MUCHWOW in Ghent where I got this beauty !