Wednesday, July 13, 2016

First Of All - This Is The Saddest Model I Have Ever Seen

And secondly, who KNEW that Ironside had a jazzy jungle material lining his wheelchair? Who knew he was that into 70s style? It's like he took it from some elderly New Jersey housewife. I hope this model comes painted. How can I reproduce that pattern?? This whole model is poorly thought out.

 

7 comments:

Jordan said...

Oh my God! Unexpected nostalgia trip.

I really wanted that model when I was in, I think, third grade...not because of any love of Ironside but because the bus that took me to school was a yellow Ford van and I thought it was a really cool vehicle, so I wanted a model kit of it. I remember finding this kit downstairs at the hobby shop a few blocks from my house and trying to get enough allowance together to buy it, but I never did.

Wow, memory's a funny thing. I haven't thought about the "Ford van model" in probably forty years, and when I saw the picture it was right back in my mind's eye as if it had never been away. Thanks for posting this, Cal.

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

Too funny. I just saw it on one of the Facebook sites I follow that post this kind of nostalgia. Did you notice the wheelchair at the time?

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

I thought there was no demographic for this model but once again I am proven wrong.

DrGoat said...

Remember it well. Graduated from high school in '68. This was one of the shows that was worth watching back then. I had been a young fan of Perry Mason, which was a great show. Della Street, Paul Drake. Couldn't get enough of that show.

Jordan said...

I knew nothing about Ironside and figured I wouldn't even use the wheelchair part. All I cared about was the Ford van -- I liked Ford vans. I was a weird kid that way (I preferred Matchbox cars to Hot Wheels).

Konsumterra said...

after he persecuted hippies for all being into manson im surprised he would tolerate even paisley. I saw same story exactly but about the rave generation of 90s

just to note every comment i make i get a email saying it didnt work with pages of code when they seem to work

Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness said...

I have no idea why that is. No wonder I have no comments. Stupid blogger.