LeaGoboto
@mrgoboto.bsky.social
Vintage toy collector/amature restorer. Occasional explorer of old tech.
Corgi restoration no.2. Well...this turned into a bit of a mess (still learning)! The blue is a shade or so too dark, I got some bleedthrough thanks to using the wrong type of masking tape, & I totally messed up the water-slide for the licence plate...I will revisit this...eventually. 😮💨
November 24, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Corgi restoration no.2. Well...this turned into a bit of a mess (still learning)! The blue is a shade or so too dark, I got some bleedthrough thanks to using the wrong type of masking tape, & I totally messed up the water-slide for the licence plate...I will revisit this...eventually. 😮💨
Early Christmas present.
Expected this to smell of overheating electronics given the name. 😆
It's not actually too bad...maybe a tad too fruity, but that's purely personal taste.
Expected this to smell of overheating electronics given the name. 😆
It's not actually too bad...maybe a tad too fruity, but that's purely personal taste.
November 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Early Christmas present.
Expected this to smell of overheating electronics given the name. 😆
It's not actually too bad...maybe a tad too fruity, but that's purely personal taste.
Expected this to smell of overheating electronics given the name. 😆
It's not actually too bad...maybe a tad too fruity, but that's purely personal taste.
Another rare (for the UK) Gobot pick-up - MR-10 Fire Robo. Renamed Pumper 🙄 by Tonka for the North American release. This one never saw distribution outside of Japan & the US.
November 13, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Another rare (for the UK) Gobot pick-up - MR-10 Fire Robo. Renamed Pumper 🙄 by Tonka for the North American release. This one never saw distribution outside of Japan & the US.
New Acornsoft badge acquired. 😁
Collection is slowly growing.
Collection is slowly growing.
November 10, 2025 at 2:27 PM
New Acornsoft badge acquired. 😁
Collection is slowly growing.
Collection is slowly growing.
Edutainment!
Yeah...no idea why I picked these up other than they stood out being huge hardback sized cases. 😁
Yeah...no idea why I picked these up other than they stood out being huge hardback sized cases. 😁
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Edutainment!
Yeah...no idea why I picked these up other than they stood out being huge hardback sized cases. 😁
Yeah...no idea why I picked these up other than they stood out being huge hardback sized cases. 😁
Next restoration project picked up. 😁
1960s Sunbeam.
Bit more of a challenge as this started life as a police car (not that you could tell in its current state).
1960s Sunbeam.
Bit more of a challenge as this started life as a police car (not that you could tell in its current state).
September 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Next restoration project picked up. 😁
1960s Sunbeam.
Bit more of a challenge as this started life as a police car (not that you could tell in its current state).
1960s Sunbeam.
Bit more of a challenge as this started life as a police car (not that you could tell in its current state).
One restored 57 year old Corgi 277 Monkeemobile (now with 100% more Micky Dolenz)!
Not completely happy with it (really need a airbrush for something like this), but it's looking better than it was. 😊
Not completely happy with it (really need a airbrush for something like this), but it's looking better than it was. 😊
September 22, 2025 at 3:25 PM
One restored 57 year old Corgi 277 Monkeemobile (now with 100% more Micky Dolenz)!
Not completely happy with it (really need a airbrush for something like this), but it's looking better than it was. 😊
Not completely happy with it (really need a airbrush for something like this), but it's looking better than it was. 😊
Mini Monkees! (Have a repro Micky on the way)They scrubbed up well given how dirty they were. 😁
September 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Mini Monkees! (Have a repro Micky on the way)They scrubbed up well given how dirty they were. 😁
Some tit (me) has been watching too many Corgi/Dinky restoration vids & now has the bug. 😅
I'm probably going to regret not starting on something simple & going for this very play worn Monkeemobile...it's so bad even the little Micky Dolenz figure has done a runner! 😆
I'm probably going to regret not starting on something simple & going for this very play worn Monkeemobile...it's so bad even the little Micky Dolenz figure has done a runner! 😆
September 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Some tit (me) has been watching too many Corgi/Dinky restoration vids & now has the bug. 😅
I'm probably going to regret not starting on something simple & going for this very play worn Monkeemobile...it's so bad even the little Micky Dolenz figure has done a runner! 😆
I'm probably going to regret not starting on something simple & going for this very play worn Monkeemobile...it's so bad even the little Micky Dolenz figure has done a runner! 😆
Owned the talking 'movie colour' reissue version. Had a dodgy trigger button & would randomly shout Japanese phases in the middle of the night. 😆
July 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Owned the talking 'movie colour' reissue version. Had a dodgy trigger button & would randomly shout Japanese phases in the middle of the night. 😆
New robot pick up. Machine Robo Sanitation Robo (my autistic brain loves the simple Japanese naming convention of these toys). This one was released in the west with the name Fly Trap & had an orange cab, but only in Canada & the US, so a rare find in the UK. 😁
July 24, 2025 at 5:04 PM
New robot pick up. Machine Robo Sanitation Robo (my autistic brain loves the simple Japanese naming convention of these toys). This one was released in the west with the name Fly Trap & had an orange cab, but only in Canada & the US, so a rare find in the UK. 😁
Middle of July...I love my job, I really do. 🙄
July 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Middle of July...I love my job, I really do. 🙄
Funkier than what the Wife is currently wearing!
July 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Funkier than what the Wife is currently wearing!
The cover art of Galatic Patrol is a good representation of what I see in the mirror at the end of a week of nightshift. 😆
July 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
The cover art of Galatic Patrol is a good representation of what I see in the mirror at the end of a week of nightshift. 😆
Screw Osteoporosis! 😮💨
At least we are (mostly) mobile again.
Angies promised to swallow her pride & start walking with a stick once she's on her feet again...which is good as all this time off is getting expensive.
At least we are (mostly) mobile again.
Angies promised to swallow her pride & start walking with a stick once she's on her feet again...which is good as all this time off is getting expensive.
July 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Screw Osteoporosis! 😮💨
At least we are (mostly) mobile again.
Angies promised to swallow her pride & start walking with a stick once she's on her feet again...which is good as all this time off is getting expensive.
At least we are (mostly) mobile again.
Angies promised to swallow her pride & start walking with a stick once she's on her feet again...which is good as all this time off is getting expensive.
It's nice to have your slots expanded occasionally. 🫤
Finally have a Plus 1 for the Electron after 2 years of waiting for a cheap one to turn up.
No upgraded chips though (had to check 😆), but not surprising at this price.
Finally have a Plus 1 for the Electron after 2 years of waiting for a cheap one to turn up.
No upgraded chips though (had to check 😆), but not surprising at this price.
June 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It's nice to have your slots expanded occasionally. 🫤
Finally have a Plus 1 for the Electron after 2 years of waiting for a cheap one to turn up.
No upgraded chips though (had to check 😆), but not surprising at this price.
Finally have a Plus 1 for the Electron after 2 years of waiting for a cheap one to turn up.
No upgraded chips though (had to check 😆), but not surprising at this price.
So this is a thing that exists. 😆
June 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
So this is a thing that exists. 😆
It's always nice to find old lists of passwords or hand drawn maps in the games I pick up! 😁
May 30, 2025 at 6:51 PM
It's always nice to find old lists of passwords or hand drawn maps in the games I pick up! 😁
Thursday games haul! 😁
May 15, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Thursday games haul! 😁
I guess my £3 bid was a bit optimistic! 😲
May 1, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I guess my £3 bid was a bit optimistic! 😲
New additions to the Electron library. 😁
Just looked at the original RRP & these were quite pricey back then (£25 in today's money)! 😯
Just looked at the original RRP & these were quite pricey back then (£25 in today's money)! 😯
April 28, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New additions to the Electron library. 😁
Just looked at the original RRP & these were quite pricey back then (£25 in today's money)! 😯
Just looked at the original RRP & these were quite pricey back then (£25 in today's money)! 😯
Did I pick this up just because it had a weirdly generic title that made me laugh?...maybe.
(Would have been better if they called it jugs 😜).
(Would have been better if they called it jugs 😜).
April 26, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Did I pick this up just because it had a weirdly generic title that made me laugh?...maybe.
(Would have been better if they called it jugs 😜).
(Would have been better if they called it jugs 😜).
New pick-up. Not sure about the 'instant' as you still have to type them in. 😆
April 15, 2025 at 1:07 PM
New pick-up. Not sure about the 'instant' as you still have to type them in. 😆
Picked up a very cheap Winch (or The Winch Robo going by the stickes).
Cheap because the actual winch mechanism is missing.
Mechanised gimmick aside this is one I'm not paticularly fond of as it was shoehorned into the Gobots line.
Cheap because the actual winch mechanism is missing.
Mechanised gimmick aside this is one I'm not paticularly fond of as it was shoehorned into the Gobots line.
April 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Picked up a very cheap Winch (or The Winch Robo going by the stickes).
Cheap because the actual winch mechanism is missing.
Mechanised gimmick aside this is one I'm not paticularly fond of as it was shoehorned into the Gobots line.
Cheap because the actual winch mechanism is missing.
Mechanised gimmick aside this is one I'm not paticularly fond of as it was shoehorned into the Gobots line.
