FOUND PHOTOS: Sabertooth Games Combat Hex Sauron

Yet another round of found photos. Apparently, these photos were taken for fleaBay prior to selling this in 2016. I don't really have any seller's remorse with this one as I already had the terrific Play Along Toys version of Sauron.

Ed

Day-Fran Space Glider (Taiwan, 1970s) - Project S.W.O.R.D. Look-a-Like

While much of the attention last year was concentrated on preparing the Forces of Valor 1/32 scale military figures for blogging, I didn't neglect the space toys. As fatter-of-mact, much of last year was devoted to posting space or sci-fi figures and scenes - albeit the smaller sized stuff -  and starting the Moonscape diorama board recently posted here. 

Earlier this year I decided to try and flesh out my Project S.W.O.R.D.-related toys and to that end I ended up with this Space Glider by Day-Fran. While the packaging spells it out as 'Day-f-Ran' I believe the accepted convention is to call it 'Day-Fran' and it was made in Taiwan. While not branded as 'Project S.W.O.R.D.', it is a direct copy of 21st Century's Project S.W.O.R.D. branded Space Glider. And hey, the thing is complete, and it works, and it was about half the price of SWORD toys! I believe this was made about mid-1970s but there are no dates on the packaging to verify that. It measures 12" (30,48cm) L x 5" (12,70cm) W x 3.5" (8,89cm) H and operates on 2 'D'-cell batteries. It has bump-&-go action, lights that blink, and a really annoying screeching sound intended to mimic jet engine noise.

For more information I recommend you head on over to the Moon Base Central blog, as Woodsy, Scoop, and Wotan have covered the SWORD toys in exquisite detail.

Ed

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 106 Set #93305 (2008) German 716th Infantry Division - Carded Pt 5 Pose 4

Had to add a Chat GPT rendering for this pose. The rendering was done a couple of weeks ago using a photo from another set, but it's the same pose.

Ed

FOV German Infantry - Pose 4

Awesome Chat GPT rendering of Pose 4

Adventures in Chat GPT - Play Along Toys Gandalf The White On Shadowfax

I will probably post a few more pics under the "Adventures in Chat GPT" title and then probably integrate the images I have into other posts - we shall see. But I am enjoying the heck out of seeing what it can do with my LOTR and military figures.

The basis for this image was a photo I took (and blogged back in 2011) of Gandalf the White on Shadowfax. This was part of Play Along Toys AOME Warriors and Battle Beasts series.

Ed

The prompt was: remove the base and stem from the horse figure. Place figures atop a hill with the sunrise in the background

Dark Side of The Moon

It's post-Apollo 17 and NASA has launched a secret mission to the far side of the Moon for 'research' purposes.

This was one of first 'toy on diorama' shots (vs. building a collage in Photoshop). I was trying different lighting: first with no lights on in the room, then with lights, with no flash on the phone, then using flash on the phone. All the photos in this first series were taken on my iPhone, forwarded to my computer, and then edited on the PC - I haven't yet used my point-&-shoot camera. At first I wasn't too happy with this particular shot but it grew on me and thought it would be cool to come with a fun scenario or background story.

Ed