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The Knight 3000 from the failed 1991 reboot Knight Rider 2000. I built this years ago and now it's ready for someone else's display. #90s #retro #toys #knightrider

Another one nearly ready for a new owner. #toys #80s #starwars #retro

That time I flipped and made the Palitoy X-Wing Fighter Black Edition. Looked pretty good.

I’ve been listening to Billy Idol’s Cyberpunk album since 1993 and never knew there was a special edition that included a promotional tie-in 3.5” floppy disc.

#UniversalMonsters Dell Frankenstein 1 Cover date Mar/May 1963 On sale January 24th, 1963

Another one of my custom Corgi Escort 55 vans. This time in Ocean Software livery, with some of their big hits advertised on it. U.S. Gold version coming next! #80s #toys #retro

Missing Link Grimlock! This toy is so damn good! #Transformers #Takara #MissingLink #Autobots #Dinobots #Grimlock #TyrannosaurusRex #Chrome #ToyPhotography

All these years later.... I'm STILL a member of The Resistance.

The Ford Escort Ocean Software delivery van is ready to hit the road! #80s #retro #toys

“IT’S A CRAP!!!” 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩 #toyphotography #StarWars #BlackSeries #MonCalamari #Halloween #toilethumor

#VintageLunchbox Scooby-Doo Lunchbox Featuring the Headless Horseman! 1973 King-Seeley Thermos Co.

New project coming soon! Ocean Software related retro toys, lovingly uplifted for that retro-lover or a dad's man-cave.

Working on a new project. Combining a well-loved Corgi van, with one of the biggest names in 1980s computer games! It's nearly ready... #80s #retro #ocean #games #toys

For lunch let's have some Real Ghostbusters potato snacks from Sooner Snacks! The cheese & bacon flavour were to die for and if I had a time machine grabbing a packet would be a priority. For now they haunt my tastebuds… who ya gonna call?

The orange felon says he’s going to withhold federal funds from Ohio if they vote blue in November. I’d love to see Ohio tell him to go fuck himself by overwhelmingly voting blue in the midterms.

1984 Kenner Play-Doh Count Creepyhead & Friends playset Comes with four monster faces to mold with: Vampire Vampiress Werewolf Mummy

I brought home the coveted Maxx Steele mega robot. Paging @toyfinity.bsky.social

Sunday night, it's speccy time! Playing two of my fave childhood games on my Retro Games The Spectrum, the brilliant reproduction of my first rubber-keyed computer... Chuckie Egg and Paperboy! #80s #games #zxspectrum #retro

BMX bikes and toy shops. The 80s childhood, Barbie dolls and Care Bears included! #80s #retro #toys

8-Bit delivery... #80s #retro #toys #computers

Just a little A.I. showcase of what I do.👍 #80s #retro #toys

Remember the tired Corgi Escort 1.3 GL? Came out looking much better.

My tribute to Wales's very own 1980s 8-bit micro-computer, the Dragon 32. A tired Corgi Escort AA van reborn as a Dragon Data delivery van! You know where to find it. #80s #toys #retro #wales #8bit

Just finished giving this Lesney Matchbox VW Camper a new lease of life, and a nice repro box to house it. Find it on eBay UK.👍 #toys #retro #lesney #matchbox #hotwheels

Too good to pull apart and repaint, I've added 3D-printed guns and exhausts, checked the electrics and lights work and it's ready for a cleanup and display!

A scratched and battered Ertl Knight Rider car gets a makeover. #80s #knightrider #toys #retro

Another tired and incomplete old 90s toy turned around into a gorgeous Palitoy/Kenner X-wing replica. #starwars #80s #retro

I took my very scratched and non-functional yellow Corgi MG Maestro, stripped and repainted it and gave it a very UK-80s livery, especially in the mornings! Looks the part.👍 #80s #retro #tvam #toys

Turned a scruffy car-boot sale rescue into this beauty. #80s #toys #matchbox #retro #porsche

We don't just refresh tired and broken Star Wars and Tonka toys... Got a very poorly Corgi Ford Escort 1.3 GL in the workshop now... Stay tuned! #80s #toys #corgi

I really love finding an old, tired toy from the time of my childhood and making look and work (as good as I can) again. I sell them for others to enjoy, and fund this hobby. It's really satisfying and therapeutic. This is my latest. It's a 1980 UK-made Palitoy X-wing fighter.

Turned around another Palitoy junker... #80s #toys #retro

Another very ill Palitoy X-wing fighter has dropped into my repair bay. It's now undergoing repairs and cleaning, before being decommissioned back into service! Find two others I've brought back from the dead on eBay UK. #80s #Starwars #retro #toys

Did you know that in Brazil, the Kenner and Palitoy moulds for their X-wing fighters were later, around 1988, reused by a Sao Paulo company called "Glasslite"? They produced the "ASA-X". This is my replica, based on a Tonka 1995 POTF example. They used the same castings, too! #toys #80s #retro

Cleaned up, serviced and new parts added, this unrestored Palitoy X-wing fighter is ready for action once again! #Palitoy #80s #retro #toys

My Matchbox carry case I had when I was 5. It's a bit worn and seen better days, but it still has 36 cars in it today! #retro #1980s #toys

This is cool. Matchbox Scania tractor unit, still sealed in it's box. Nice!

It's Action Force time!

I worked on this all evening yesterday, turning a 1995 Tonka Power of the Force X-wing Fighter into a replica of the Brazilian Glasslite "ASA-X" version. Came out nice! Apparently, the real-deal was very brittle, and rare as hen's teeth! #toys #1980s

It's 40 years since Transformers The Movie dropped, and broke our childhood hearts with the death of Optimus Prime. His second-in-command took over (for a short time...). Ultra Magnus, Autobot Commander.

What was your favourite toy? Mine were set in the 1980s, obviously! My all time fave is my 1984 Optimus Prime, still in the box and mostly complete. I'll never let it go.

This vintage beauty just arrived at my home...it's in great condition, with original stickers and bettle damage stickers, too. It really just needs completing and a service to it's mechanism. The question is, do I just do this, or give it the full treatment with fresh stickers?🤔

Oh dear, poor thing. A very sorry-looking early 1980s toy about to undergo full surgery... Watch this space! #1980s

I've got another wrecked Tonka X-wing fighter toy, and an idea in the works of a replica of this very rare Brazilian example of this iconic vintage toy...

I got a very tired, water-damaged and incomplete Tonka 1995 Power of the Force X-wing Fighter, and transformed it into a 1980s-style Kenner/Palitoy replica. Ready to do battle once again!

Just finished giving this old, battered and scratched Ertl Knight Rider KITT an uplift and some custom features. He's ready to roll again!

I restore old Kenner-Palitoy Star Wars X-Wing Fighters, as a hobby to support my mental health. I like to pass them to enthusiasts or kids who will play with them again, giving them a second life. If you'd like one, you can find two I'm currently selling on eBay UK! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/18858148...