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The Dinky Space Fleet

Mantooth — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:12:00 +0000

One would be foolish to go up against the Dinky armada in the late 1970s…..

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Pod Stallions 54: Movies of 1982

Mantooth — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 04:00:00 +0000

For our 54th show, we start with a brief (well for us) discussion about our thoughts on the newest actor to take the mantle of Doctor Who.

Then we dig deep into the movies released the summer of 1982. Some call it the greatest summer for movies and hey, a lot of these movies went from flops to being revered, so it’s worth discussing.

Topics include spirited debate on Blade Runner, Poltergeist, Beast Master, The Wrath of Khan, Tron, Dark Crystal, The Thing, Conan the Barbarian, Swamp Thing among others.

As always we get sidetracked into talking about merchandise, carnivals, Harrison Ford, Marvel comics, Brian’s love for the work of Jim Wynorski and how freaking expensive it was to buy VHS movies back in the day…..

Join us won’t you and as always we want to you to tell us your opinion on our facebook page.

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Grip Character Diecast Catalog

Mantooth — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 05:00:00 +0000

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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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Meanwhile on the coolest planet ever…

Mantooth — Mon, 02 Dec 2013 05:00:00 +0000

Here is the coolest pic you will see all day, make it your happy place.

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Dinky Trek

Mantooth — Thu, 05 Sep 2013 04:00:00 +0000

Sometimes you find little gems in odd places, this shot from a German Toy Fair in the 70s shows two Dinky employees relieving boredom by having a Star Trek war. I love the sci fi stuff Dinky made in the 70s and should I ever get that money from my many frivolous lawsuits, I’m recreating the two bottom shelves of this picture.

The Top Ten Coolest 70s Star Trek Toys

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Dinky Space

Mantooth — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 05:11:00 +0000

This ad is from 1978, I find it funny that kids were playing with ships from Gerry Anderson’s (IMO amazing) UFO series a good seven years after it was cancelled. Those Eagles were also more fun than should be humanly allowed.

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Eagle One by Dinky

Mantooth — Wed, 12 May 2010 04:01:00 +0000

Besides having a name that is instantly hilarious to young boys, Dinky also made diecast toys covered in all kinds of awesome. Take for example the Eagle One from Space:1999, this was diecast at it’s most brilliant and it was happily just one of the many things they turned out from the Gerry Anderson Stable. One of these days….
More Space:1999

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Dinky Enterprise

Mantooth — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 04:49:00 +0000

Oh my, do I love this toy. What with it’s shooting disks, ejectable shuttle and the fact that it’s a toy first and not some franklin mint piece. Sometimes, I think I appreciate something like this more than an exact replica.