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Jack Staff -The Action Figure!

March 5, 2010 – 9:52 am

Being a double-dumb-bum I realised that there is a toy item related to the Weird World Of Jack Staff review…a Jack Staff action figure!  On the WWOJS Face Book page:
I am hoping to have some to sell at the Bristol Comic Expo in May, and I can do a bit of mail order on the […]

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Wanna See The Surface Of The Moon?

June 1, 2009 – 1:18 pm

Pete,owner of the best Major Matt Mason Yahoo group you’ll ever find [check blogroll] has sent me a link to his Flikr page with the MMM moonscape he set up and photographed.
Uber cool…or am I just an overgrown kid?
Link:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26616927@N02/sets/72157619015474233/

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For Big ‘Kids’ Everywhere!

April 19, 2009 – 5:48 pm

I know I’ve mentioned Major Matt Mattell and the Yahoo group but the guy running it has a fantastic collection of classic toys that I’m sure more than a few of you will drool over!  He has 5 pages of photos on Flickr which I will recommend.
Don’t drool over the monitor!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/26616927@N02/

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Who Plays With The Watchmen…

August 7, 2008 – 12:51 pm

..or are you sad and store the figures away in their boxes,in a cupboard to,uh,”accrue value”?
I make an exception [since companies don’t send the items they usually don’t get publicised ] by showing you the range of Watchmen action figures [no Dr Manhattan figure yet] due out in January/February 2009 from DC.  You can find more […]

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New DC Comic Figurine Collectibles

March 13, 2008 – 11:17 am

Well,if you’ve been collecting the magazines with the Marvel Comics figurines you’ll be interested to know that there is now a magazine from Eaglemoss with DC figures!
The magazine site where you can get more info is:
http://www.eaglemoss.com/dc/magazine.html
These look very nice and you can get…
SUPERMAN

BATMAN

THE FLASH

And my all-time favourite after Wildcat…
GREEN LANTERN!

These are lead cast figures and […]

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Nostalgia for Old Boys!

February 28, 2008 – 4:34 pm

It seems my little item on the Swoppet Captain Scarlet raised a few tears of nostalgia from some oldies out there! 
The question was raised re. the size of the figures.  There are two main sizes -1/72nd scale is between 23-25mm in height or,if an old Airfix collector “Ho/00” -and there are MANY sets out there […]

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SWOPPITS?!

February 26, 2008 – 1:53 pm

SPECTRUM Is Green! 

Now,a while back I mentioned that I had,sadly,neglected to purchase 54mm [1/32nd] scale Captain Scarlet figures. 

I was mocked!  Yes,people doubted that “Mr Memory” had seen these figures.  “Never been made!” I was told.  HAH! 
Check out the images below of Timpo “Swoppit” figures.  Pretty clear for a false memory,huh?  It was […]

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Raumpatrouille/Space Patrol Orion

February 6, 2008 – 9:12 am

 
Raumpatrouille Orion/Space Patrol Orion Figures 

Well,the German  sci fi TV series hit the airwaves before Star Trek and it still has a cult following in many countries.  You’ve seen my own English language translation of the 1960s Hungarian strip.  Now there are the figures!  The figures are 20cms high and if you speak German the link […]

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GALE FORCE NINE

October 9, 2007 – 3:12 pm

 I came across the Gale Force Nine site by chance and as a part time gamer who gets more frustrated with how to make terrain look good in a small space I thought some of the stuff looked cool.
You can check the site out at:
https://www.gf9.com/
And believe me,it is a treat to look through the Galleries […]

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Thunderbirds,Dennis The Menace and General jumbo!

August 14, 2007 – 5:02 pm

 Not -not- action figures but if you are a true collector of comic related items Harrop have a site worth checking out. And if you have £18 you can purchase Dennis The Menace and,for £25.50 you can buy a Thunderbirds item or General Jumbo!!

According to the site:
“A family run business established in 1891 based 3 […]

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