Up to London on Saturday last, and managed to get to the toy dealer we'd failed to reach, through a diabolical mix of sudden torrential storm, and pre-existing line-failures, before Christmas, where I bought all sorts of lovelies, and Peter Evan gave me some plunder I haven't shot yet, but I did
get an odd box-ticker, which is the subject of this post.
But first, another labyrinth maze, (explanation in the comments, thanks to Brian B), and the one I doubted I'd ever find, given the nature of the station, the miles of tunnels, escalators and travelling walkways, not to mention the various entrances and exits, at Waterloo.
But in the end it was just there, blankly staring at me! It's on one of the main pilasters at the major entrance, between platforms 17 and 20, at the top of the escalators, and I'd passed it many times! An apt one as it mirrors, or conjures-up the Spectrum symbol from Captain Scarlet!
Not a nostalgia purchase, but more of a settling of scores! No, not Bushy the twig, he's an idiot ("Oh, look, I just watched this movie two days after Hugh mentioned it"!), but that we never had this one as kids, although several of our friends did, and we hankered after it, but it just never happened.
And, it wasn't for trying, when asked what we wanted for a Christmas or a
Birthday present, we always asked for something better - the SPV with
its tracks, rocket and sprung-loaded figure, the Security Vehicle with
its treasure chest, gull-wing doors and folding walkways, the Thunderbird 2 with it's T4, pod and delicate
folding legs, and frankly, we just never got far enough down the wants
list (along with the Airfix, Action Man, Lego . . . etc. ) to get one!
This
is loose, and a bit chipped, no bad thing, as a good one with box is
£250-plus, this was in the tens! And it struck me that it's quite a retro' design,
even at the time, compared to the other vehicles in the series, it's
half 1950's American car, half early jet fighter, and a bit ambulance!
Without flash!
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