Sunday 2 October 2011

CAPTAIN SCARLET HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED... S.I.G.



When I was a boy in the mid-'60s, there was a set of dab-on DALEK transfers available.  I recall having that super set on at least two separate occasions a few years apart and I'd love to own it again one day.

Another set of terrific transfers I had as a lad was CAPTAIN SCARLET, and a few years ago I was lucky enough to re-acquire a sheet from some source or other.  Because they were dab-ons, they were referred to as 'dabbities' in Scotland, and, I assume, other parts of Britain also.

For all lovers of nostalgia, I thought I'd share my set with you here.  No, don't mention it.
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4 comments:

  1. Steve Does Comics2 October 2011 at 11:08

    Captain Scarlet was always my favourite Gerry Anderson puppet show. Those opening titles alone were enough to make it a classic.

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  2. Martin2 October 2011 at 11:54

    I vaguely remember some early Popeye transfers. Never had any though.

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  3. John Pitt15 May 2013 at 20:24

    If you do manage to get hold of those Daleks transfers, will you show them to us ?

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  4. Kid15 May 2013 at 20:41

    I've got pictures of them somewhere, but they're not great as they haven't been scanned from my own copy as were the CS ones. I'll post them at some stage.

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