The New Avengers Trailer - EXCLUSIVE!

I got bored waiting for the new Avengers trailer to surface on line so I made my own.

Quite exciting isn't it? Can't wait for the summer!

Another Great Merchandising Failure of the 20th Century

Nolly Flakes - Rose & Lemon Flavour

It seems the contents of this late 60s breakfast cereal were imported from Turkey. No one at the UK manufacturer's office was able to speak or read the Turkish labels on the base product before it was repackaged with Noele Gordon's face on it. 

It was only when a Turkish speaking sales rep from another company spotted one of the labels that they discovered that they were actually selling cheap pot pourri. 

At least consumers breath smelt nice at the start of the day...

Target: Tennant - part four

Here's the final batch of retro-Target book covers for the tenth Doctor. I've had a lot of fun doing these and have to thank everyone who's said something nice about them.

Hopefully, I'll start work on series five soon but first a short break from them.

Thanks again for watching!

Target: Tennant - part three

And now, following a work-free weekend, is David Tennant's third series of Doctor Who adapted into some retro Target-style book covers. 

You can see the previous season here.

Crossroads Mini-album Adventures from Century 21 Discovered in Skip!

There was a skip of stuff at the bottom of the street where I live. I had a rummage through it as any good citizen would and what did I find...? A selection of old single records no less. So I scraped the now rancid baked bean juice from them and took them home.

There were fourteen of them in all - mostly original sixties releases. In amongst them was a pleasant surprise!

An original Century 21 mini-album!

Sadly, it was not that 'Doctor Who' Dalek one with the odd narration on it. It was one of the very rare 'Crossroads' ones that I'd only heard talk of in very exclusive and hushed conversations at comic marts. 

If I recall correctly, Century 21 tried their hand at releasing non-Gerry Anderson material back in the mid-sixties and they dipped their toes into new markets with a handful based on the ATV soap opera. 

Needless to say, it didn't really catch on. I mean, who wanted to pay and listen to a show in sound only when they can watch it four nights a week for free on the telly. 

I put the record on and found it to be crap. They used a dreadful 'space-age' version of the 'Crossroads' theme performed on a theremin and the narration by 'Sandy' was inaudible - either due to poor mixing or the actor's adenoids. 

Pretty shit day really...

More "rare" Century 21 Mini-albums here.