Showing posts with label Gerry Anderson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gerry Anderson. Show all posts

Monday, 2 October 2023

Sting Ray Toy - Junk or Treasure

Intercepted before the dustbin claimed it, I stare looking down at a tiny Sting Ray toy and "see" some recoverable sci-fi potential in it, or am I just too sentimental (or a hoarder) to lets things like this go (see below, I can visualise those Gerry Anderson puppets, the mermaid being the favourite and Sting Ray's torpedoes heading towards the reptilian green "Killer Fish" ships): 


Saved from the breakers yard today (after one of those epic house cleaner sojourns .. new kitchen - say no more, where all manner of odds and sods appear from nooks and crannies. Do I keep to the original TV series colour scheme or choose a "better" camouflage scheme?