We've had a wonderful assortment of tin planes, mostly from Ed which prompted me to take some bus pictures after finding a Tin Bus I had forgotten about. It's the Greyhound version of the MODER...
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I sometimes get out to a model shop which carries second-hand items. The last time I was in, they had a kit-built plastic model of a Scammell Scarab sitting in a cabinet - but it was not the Airf...
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Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers, I enjoyed seeing the packaged goodies on the Outer Realm site. I've been busy trying to photograph my spacemen collection and took these shots of my Tim-Mee To...
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More weird goings on on the Clangers planet! Kevin UK
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Hello Woodsy! I was wondering why you hadn't published the third and final part of my Soft Vinyl adventures... It was because I'd written it , but not sent it! So, without further ado... (And...
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A browse around the Japanese site Mandarake is always fun. The amount of SF in there is just staggering. These are just a taste of the old SF kits on the site. https://order.ma...
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I love this little Pinky and the Brain space toy I saw online. It could easilly be a Triang SpaceX miniature or an Apollo Moon Exploring addition .... until you see Pinky sprawle...
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My new Sea Train container - top right - got me thinking. Could it be related to this? What do you think? * Solved by Anonymous! 1977 Corgi Super Scania it is! Thanks...
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Some things a worth the wait. Even a long one. This one took me more than a decade! The Satellite money box was made by a Finnish money box manufacturer MK-tuote in the early 1960's and was...
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Woodsy, Regarding that silver "Captain Scarlet Mystery Jet" you found on Noppin in 2012 - if it isn't somehow related to this 1966 Midori Super Arrow, I'll turn in my Project SWORD badge! Rob...
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The US Green Berets were formed in 1952, and are a specialised commando force. So, how likely is it that members of a post-WW2 United States Army unit are going to be carrying WW1-vintage ...
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Arto's Latin place-holder story reminded me of another mystery from way back when Moonbase first kicked off in 2008/09. Here it is, as solved in 2011. Enjoy! Back in October 2009 reade...
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Here's a closer look at yesterday's German car boot €10 bargain haul of old cars and VHS. Lots of SIKU, some Matchbox and a Japanese Hinshei crane. The SIKU vehicles, like the yellow tow ...
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I thought you might find this case interesting. On our way back to north, we stopped at an inaugural Vääksy Antique Fair. A popular event from the start, as you may witness from the photo a...
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There's some amazing knockoffs and repackaging in this gallery of 5 and Dime toys. See anything you like? https://theouterrealmsw.com/5_and_dime_store_toys.html
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We both enjoyed strolls from our stall today and bagged a few nice Dinge at the Flohmarkt. Here's some of them. See what you think. A box of old Siku, Matchbox and a Hinshei. €5. A...
My love affair with Star Wars continues, even after almost 50 years since the release of the first film, which became eponymous with the saga, before it was sub-titled 'Episode IV - A New Hope'....
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Another German car boot/ Flohmarkt stand under our belt today. Our best this visit, we shifted lots of my Wife's parents stuff and made £250 profit to boot! We'll use it well and go on a short...
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Do you think these guards and long lances in George's early 1971 THX 1138 may have .... https://youtu.be/nkQAhpLBok8?feature=shared .... Influenced his later dewback-riding Stormtroopers ...
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From the much maligned Star Wars Christmas Holiday TV Special 1978. Do you think its that bad?
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Oh what joy! When did you first see a New Hope?
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This is the Starraker. It looks a lot like an Eagle at the front to me. Starraker first appeared in March 1980 in a Marvel Star Wars Weekly comic and was drawn by Carmine Infantino and Ge...
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1977 toy heaven! Do you have any of the Kenner Star Wars figures? Pictures welcomed!
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What a hoot! Star Wars Episode 4 auditions! Over an hour of nervous readings with youthful wannabees like Kurt Russell no less and less-well known actors like William Katt, who went on to st...
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