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Monday, March 31, 2025

Johnny Lightning Playing Mantis Diecast Lost in Space Robot B-5 (1998)

My Johnny Lightning Lost in Space collecting was always a hit-or-miss affair. I would buy a piece or two, then loose or sell it, then re-buy it. For reasons I can't explain, it just never gelled. I liked certain aspects of the Johnny Lightning series while not being crazy about the others. In addition, all of my initial collecting thrust was done while the blog was in its infancy and I had yet to settle into a photo-routine. That means a lot of the packaging never got photographed or scanned, and at times I never took measurements. As the series doesn't have all that many items in it, I may have to re-engage my collecting efforts! Somewhere out in The Cave I have the Moebius Space Pod from Lost in Space - now to find it!

The iconic B-5 robot has had so much written about it that I'm not going to re-hash any of it here, , but needless to say it's a must have for space toy collector's. Like Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet, one day I'd like to get a larger tin or plastic toy version of this. But that's a purchase for another year!

This B-5 is 2.5" (63mm) and is shown here with a Tim-Mee Galaxy Laser Team figure for comparison.

Johnny Lightning B-5 meets M.S. Oliver Robby the Robot 















TRAIN TIME: K-Line #K-1715B Hershey's Holiday Express Set (1997) - Pt 4 K-Line #K-624502 Hershey's Hugs n' Kisses Hopper (1994)

The Holiday Express set consists of a mix of previously released, separate sale items as well as new items made for the set only - like the ALCO engine's. This Hugs n' Kisses hopper was a separate sale item first cataloged in 1994. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

1994 catalog extract
















The hopper has a removable top


Sunday, March 30, 2025

Atlantic 'Vega' Alien 40mm - Pose 2 Tan SP

This is the second of two Atlantic 'Vega' aliens I had laying around in The Cave. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed














TRAIN TIME: K-Line #K-1715B Hershey's Holiday Express Set (1997) - Pt 3 K-Line #K-21622 Hershey's ALCO 'B' Unit

This 'ALCO 'B' unit has the horn and is connected to the 'A' unit by a tether. I like that both of these engines have separate - and removable - diaphragm's (another feature Lionel doesn't include on its diesels). Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed


















This set of 'AB' lash-up photos were taken two years ago when I bought the two engines loose with no boxes.













You can see them run on this Y'allTube video I made