Japanese Lost in Space Book and Record ( 5 Awesome eBay link)–

My love for Japanese books and record sets knows no bounds, despite the fact that I can only count to ten in the language (thanks Karate class!) . This Lost in Space record is amazing, I invite you to look at the interior, you’ll be glad you did.

Darth Vader Belt Buckle – 5 Awesome eBay

Vintage Darth Vader Belt Buckle (5 Awesome eBay link)–

You kids with your “Kenobi this and Kenobi that” but to me, Darth Vader was never cooler or scarier than in 1977. This belt buckle totally looks like he did in the Star Wars Holiday Special cartoon, why don’t we have action figures based on that? What’s wrong with you Hasbro?

Child’s Alf Costume ( eBay link)–

FINALLY, I can act out those awkward scenes in Alf where is switched from puppet to little person in obvious costume. 

Korean A-Team Van ( eBay link)–

How many times in this life have you heard the phrase “Korean A-Team Merchandise”? I rest my case…

Captain Scarlet bowls ( eBay link)–

This auction provides you with ten, count ’em ten, Captain Scarlet cereal bowls. Think about it, almost every meal, if you’re prone to baked beans and chef boy-r-dee as I am, could be eaten out of something with Captain Scarlet’s smiling face. This is so much better than out of the pot over the sink like some sort of human raccoon. I’ve shared way too much…

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5 Awesome Things on eBay
 

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In the early 1980s, ITC Entertainment took their back catalog of (mainly) Gerry Anderson TV programs and edited them into a series of Television movies for the growing Cable TV market. 

Dubbed “Super Space Theatre” these 14 movies were culled together from episodes of “Space:1999“, “UFO“, “Thunderbirds“, “Stingray“, “Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons” and the non Anderson property “The Champions” into new properties.

This package of (sometimes curiously edited) films was highly influential on yours truly, I ruined my sleep pattern trying to watch all of these as a ten year old and in turn, started to seek out merchandise based on these forgotten shows.


 This site owes a great debt to the wonderful recycling of Super Space Theater, so this sales kit containing sell sheets for all the films is truly a grail for me . I’ve also included some photos of my collection of SST VHS tapes.


Hope you enjoy!

Check out Super Space Theater here.

And hey, if you want some more Gerry Anderson, listen to our special podcast about him!

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Eidai Grip diecast vehicles were produced in Japan during the 1970s and featured many popular TV licences not unlike Dinky and Corgi did in the United Kingdom.

In fact, they shared many licenses like Gerry Anderson’s UFO (a personal favourite), Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet. They also (understandably) covered Japanese favourites like Ultraman, Speed Racer and Battle of the Planets.


Above is a beautiful catalog I found, you can view it in larger scale by clicking on it. I’ve also broken it down after the jump including shots from my own collection of these. 

I honestly can’t place all these vehicles, not great on my Ultraman Taro..

The Gerry Anderson stuff is a current obsession, especially the UFO ones. I hear tell of an Ed Straker car but I CANNOT FIND IT. Here is my collection:

Skydiver



Shado 2

Captain Scarlet’s SPV vehicle

Now Battle of the Planets (AKA Gatchaman) is one of my favourites, I don’t have them all but I had to find this one:

Aw yeah Phoenix!

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