Tag archive: Manky Toy Monday
Manky Toy Monday: Rapid, Fighter, Apex
I’ve mentioned (somewhere) before that I, like most children, was more than happy to mix, match and mash together toy worlds and universes in the name of fun. This tolerance of inconsistency led to situations where Star Wars figures happily… continue reading »
Manky Toy Monday: Action Dan the Fireman
Firemen are, as we all know, potent, smoke-stained icons of manliness. Anyone who’s ever called them out to tackle a chip pan fire, or to get a wayward cat out of a tree, will recognise that they generally look (and… continue reading »
Manky Toy Monday: Little Animal Telephone
Though this vale of tears we call the world is plentifully stocked with bleak places and spaces – Abu Ghraib, Chernobyl, Auschwitz-Birkenau etc – the most dismal environment I’ve encountered was a sitting-room full of unemployed lads and lassies in… continue reading »
The Award for Most Tentacles Goes to…
I Another year, another head-butt in the nuts. This blog’s sixth and seventh Irish Blog Awards nominations went the same sorry way of the previous five. End result – diddly squat. I think this may be some form of ignominious… continue reading »
The Big Manky Blog Awarding Night Out
On February 27th (yes, this very day) last year I ‘penned’ a Manky Toy post about the delectable Maureen – a doll beautifully described by Kirstie (of Beaut.ie) as “Mullingar Beef from the Ankles Up”. In said post I also… continue reading »
Manky Toy Monday: Phantasms and Maniac Bellows
A Manky Toy double-bill for you on this glorious Monday (glorious because the sun has his/her hat on and I’m off work). Through no conscious design on my part a “Jesus” theme seems to have sneaked its way into proceedings.… continue reading »
V: Friendship is Universal
When I was but a small, nervous, big-eyed child (in the late 70s/early 80s) two parental fears dominated all others. One concerned the possibility of me (at some time in my life) buying a motorbike. The imagined (and tragically inevitable)… continue reading »
Manky Toy Monday: Composite Happy
Sings *Every day is like Monday, Every day’s a manky fun day” Yes indeedy, Tuesday is the new Monday – or at least it is for the purposes of this post. My normal blogging routine (such as it is) was… continue reading »
