Let's Chat: Play Along Toys Gothmog on Warg

To the best of my knowledge, the free version of Chat GPT doesn't allow you use and edit multiple images in a single chat. so if I want to portray a bunch of my figures in one image (like the multiple Dark Riders on horseback that I have), I'm gonna have to take them out of the tote bins, set them up and photograph them as a group shot, then load that one photo into Chat GPT and generate the image I want. At the moment I'm not prepared to go through all of that sooo, I'll be content to take whatever I already have and work with that.

This Gothmog on Warg figure is from Play Along Toys AOME Warriors and Battle Beasts series. Play Along did such an awesome job on these and their line of LOTR figures and scenes really was impressive but it was finite and left us collector's wanting for more. Now, I'm just anxious and curious to see what my 20+ year old photos look like with a bit of rendering using the latest in photo editing software.

Ed

Space Art: Moon Recon

It didn't take me long to start generating cool photos using my newly finished Moonscape diorama base. Using the Day-Fran 'SPACE GLIDER' as the focal point, this image was assembled in Photoshop and the words 'SPACE GLIDER' were dithered out from the toy because it's not actually gliding here is it? Compositions using more than one image aren't possible in the free version of Chat GPT - that I'm aware of - so I'll still be doing a bit of Photoshopping.

Ed

 

Forces of Valor (FOV) / Unimax Deep Dive: Pt 107 (FINAL) Set (2008) #93305 German 716th Infantry Division - Carded Pt 6 Pose 5

Okay, I believe I'm gonna call this series finished. I may still pick up a set or two here and there, but it won't be urgent - probably just a spur of the moment kind of thing. Hope you've enjoyed the past several months worth of Forces of Valor / Unimax figure sets. I did say in one of my posts that I would be covering FOV vehicles next. As it turns out, I only have one vehicle set of photos ready to post! I need to get out in The Cave and take more pics, but it's still uncomfortable out in there as the #@$%&$ friggin' heat won't let up!

Ed

FOV German Infantry - Pose 5

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