Gilmark X-42 Space Car

I've been trying to catch up photographing some of the space toys which found their way into the house the past year (or two, or three) :-)  Here's a nifty space car from Gilmark made in the early 1950s. My sample is a copper and mint green color but one of my reference books shows this in red and yellow so, like many plastic toys of that era, we can safely assume these came in a variety of colors. The car measures 4" (10.16cm) L x 1 3/4" (4.44cm) W x 1 3/8" (3.49cm) H and features an opening 'cockpit', a hallmark of Gilmark vehicles. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

I was photographing some HG Toys space ships at the same time I did this Gilmark car and thought it would be nice to do some comparison shots

Playing With My Toys - Military Convoy 14 Oct 2017

Soooo, I've got all these toys I've been blogging just sittin' around doing nothing! In a rare period of  'me' time last week I decided to pull out most of my smaller military vehicles and see what I could do. Using the display base originally built for my American Civil War toys, I re-purposed it into a convoy route. There's approximately 135+ vehicles shown here (I didn't even bother to include the larger MPC stuff) and, using the photos, decided to put together a short video as well. It was fun being able to pull these out of boxes and off shelves and just play for a change - I mean, looking at 'em is cool and all that, but sometimes even collector's just wanna play! Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina