Cooey's Toy Box

This Hot Wheels model is painted Metalflake purple, has black stripes on its sides and hood, the Demon logo on the sides, clear windows, black interiors and a chrome plastic base. The car is fitted with 5-spoke wheels front and rear. The Dodge Demon was the short-lived Dodge variant of the Plymouth Duster, made only from 1970 to 1972. Marketed as part of the Dodge Dart family, it replaced the Dart Swinger as the high-performance Dart, but was renamed the Dart Sport in 1973 after religious groups put pressure on Chrysler to drop the name "Demon" and the stylized cartoon demon character that was used on the car. The 1971 Dodge Demon came standard with the venerable slant six engine. Its base V-8 was the 318 two-barrel. The 340 was yanked from the Dart sedan and coupe and inserted into the new fastback to create the Demon 340. Tipping the scales at just 3165 pounds and starting at only $2721, here was a light, inexpensive performance alternative. Its MoPar small b...

The Hot Wheels model I have is in white with a black stripe on the sides, black hood, clear windows, black interiors and a chrome base. The Buick GSX / GSX Stage1 was the optional high performance package available on the GS 455 starting in 1970. It was only available with the standard big block 455 engine or the optional Stage1 engine the first year. It was not a very popular model and only 678 GSX'S were produced in 1970, of those 400 were ordered with the Stage1 option. GSX or any GS Stage-1 performance is comparable to that of the 'Hemi' 'Cuda with a much more luxurious car. This is partly due to the light weight of the 455 which is roughly 150 lb (68 kg) less than the Chevrolet 454. Quarter mile times in the 13.30s were reported in numerous magazines in 1970. Production dropped in 1971 to only 1, and 44 in 1972. These numbers include the available for 1972 350-4 bbl option, the standard 455, and the Stage 1 engines. The Buick 455 Big block V8 with stage o...

Pictures from the event held at Robinson's Ermita. My wife Sandie and my sister-in-law  Iya went with me last Saturday morning. It was a bit far from our place and I was still woozy from a slight fever and lack of sleep from a late night video shoot. After arriving there, Sandie had to leave for a meeting at the Ramon Obusan Folkloric Centre, leaving me and Iya to go around the place. She came back at around 7pm and we went on a buying spree before heading off to Friday's for a huge dinner. During the con, I also hooked up with the guys of  Toy Soldier 1:18 -- a great bunch of talented, helpful and friendly Filipino 3 3/4 G.I. Joe collectors. I'm a recent member of the forums and I've enjoyed the many discussions that pepper the boards daily and am slowly growing my own collection. For the event, TS1:18 presented a modular diorama consisting of G.I. Joe stock figures, customs and various vehicles, accessories and playsets. The firt part of the day portrayed a G.I. ...

I got lucky and was able to buy these from a fellow collector. The highlights from the set for me were the M3 grease gun, the BAR rifle and the Thompson submachine gun. I'll be using these for a G.I. Joe project I have going on. (click the picture for a bigger version) Along with the weapons sets, I also got a British paratrooper. one of the famous Red Devils known for their activities at Arnhem and Monte Cassino. He comes fitted out ready to jump and has his chute, gun sack and a choice of a jump helmet or a beret. I've yet to open the blister and see if the chute rig is molded onto his Denison smock or if it's removable. I hope it is. You can see a model of a Red Devil paratrooper assembled and painted by me here and here .

Cobra Viper Commando (version 23) was released in Collection 2 Wave 1 of the G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra toy line in 2009. ( from Yo Joe )