54mm Robots – a Christmas gift that is still being unpacked and taken apart for conversion possibilities as part of future laser fodder for my 54mm Close Little Space Wars Project:
Crossposted from my fully colour illustrated ‘tuppence coloured’ Man Of TIN Blog Two: https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2024/02/22/wicked-duals-robots-from-scs-direct-1/
Rediscovering a playground swap figure from the 1970s and a recent donation and swap of 54mm space figures for my Close Little Space Wars. Fair swaps?
Crossposted from my fully illustrated Man Of TIN Blog Two
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2024/01/26/on-swaps-swapping-and-space-wars/
Space Captain and surrendering Space Turtle.
Crossposted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two, a gift of more Tim Mee Galaxy Laser Team space figures for my “Retro Space Games” and Close Little Space Wars gaming project:
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2024/01/09/the-galaxy-laser-team-have-landed/
It’s that New Year Resolutions time gain of looking back to what I thought I’d do in my hobby time in 2023, what really happened and what I might end up doing in 2024.
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2024/01/01/2024-new-year-gaming-ir-resolutions/
Crossposted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two, 1st / 2nd January 2024
My Woking Little Wars Revisited 54mm snow ball fight game.
That was 2023 … What hobby fun will 2024 bring?
What would Star Wars or Star Trek or superhero movies look like if made in the silent movie era of 1920? Shortyverse channel on Youtube gives us a glimpse.
Crossposted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two post
New – top of the page of the 1982 Airfix catalogue – some of my childhood / teenage reading! Still have this one. https://manoftinblog.wordpress.com/2019/09/07/warning-more-vintage-airfix-nostalgia/
An eBay surprise! An affordable haul of “badly painted” Space Warriors.
38 More 1:32 Airfix 1981 Space Warriors for my Close Little Space Wars Project – Crossposted from my “fully colour illustrated” Man Of TIN Blog Two:
Now embargoed in the Christmas cupboard.
I thought I would photograph them or save the listings photograph so the original imaginative and glossy brightly coloured (child painted) colour scheme is not forgotten.
Blog Crossposted by Mark Man Of TIN, 18 / 19 November 2023
Working on some future space terrain for my Close Little Space Wars.
Grungy or shiny, that is the question?
Read more on my latest post on my Man Of TIN Blog Two site https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/stylish-shiny-toy-space-stations/
Bookmarking some great visual references from the web such as the Alphadrome blog in this my online ‘scrapbook’ reference function of my blog.
Bought this lovely atmospheric Old Toy Soldier Magazine 1994 showing the 1950s Johillco Space Station.
Blog posted by Mark Man Of TIN, 16/17 October 2023
Interesting jet pack metal 54mm figure from The Rocketeer film and graphic novel, all good for leading a faction of my Airfix Space Warriors as part of my Close Little Space Wars:
Crossposted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two
Being uneasy about WW2 Japanese Far East campaign games, I have an unusual new ‘Imperial’ use for any spare marching Japanese Infantry Airfix figures.
Crossposted from my fully illustrated blog post on my Man of TIN Blog Two
Mark Man Of TIN, 22 September 2023
Space station from a science kit for my 54mm Close Little Space Wars project?
Blog Crossposted from my Man Of TIN Blog Two:
https://manoftinblogtwo.wordpress.com/2023/09/10/mars-exploration-space-station-from-a-science-kit/
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