Godzilla - Aurora style (and bonus electronic knock-off!)

As the new Godzilla tears up the box office, here's my Aurora model kit of the original Big G. 

The first Aurora kit I ever owned (I can't tell you how excited I was!), he's now missing a couple of fingers but still looks great!

 

In the 1990s, I bought this 'walking dinosaur' from electrical retailer Tandy. Looks familiar, doesn't it?

 

The Sweeney paperback collection

Popular 1970s TV series The Sweeney spawned nine paperback tie in novels (all original stories) plus a novelisation of the the second film spin-off. 

Note the incorrect spelling on the cover of the first book (corrected in later editions). The first novel was originally printed as Regan earlier in 1975 (the title of the original Sweeney pilot) and it still referred to under that title inside.

While the first novel is credited to series creator Ian Kennedy Martin, the rest are by 'Joe Balham', who may be a pseudonym of crime writer Alan White. These all appeared between 1975 and 1978.

 

Can You Tell What It Is Yet? - Stylophone Fever

Launched in 1968 and defunct by 1975, the Stylophone was a crude analogue electronic keyboard that you played with a stylus. It was promoted by Rolf Harris, who, as well as appeaering in TV ads, hosted assorted 'playalong' 7 inch singles. Allegedly easy to follow, these seemed to require the ability to read music to have any chance of playing a tune. Unfortunately, as the stylophone only had one volume level - namely LOUD - the likelihood of many people persevering long enough to learn Hello Dolly, Pennsylvania 6-5000 or Jingle Bells was slight. However, if you have a taste for industrial noise, then this is a fine instrument and I'm glad to finally own one.

 

 Pictured is my (working) stylophone and collection of three Rolftastic 7 inch 'LPs'.

 

The Aurora Wolfman

The Aurora model kit of The Wolfman. This is the glow in the dark version, though oddly mostly painted. Created by the editor mid 1970s.