Getting set for Summer

Warm week and one that takes us though spring into summer so obviously we get the point Summer Specials traditionally would of been announced but DC Thomson have made announcements but it's been very low key this time.

Traditionally you'd of bought them from places like train stations - perhaps you remember going on your hols by train? - as much newsagents when you arrived at your destination and today if boys were more dressed as we recall they'd have the Smartphone out, checking connections.

The Pink Panther Show was a big thing with me - the spin off from the classic Pink Panther films with the hapless Inspector Clouseau - shown typically on saturday afternoons to the point of having plushies and calendars.

It was the same era as the beige Viewfinder I used to own was in heavy usage and recently I was able to find a three reel set for my new-old Viewfinder based upon the Pink Panther's cartoon adventures although it had to got from the United States so will take around a fortnight to come while I relive the adventures of the classic 1966 Batman with Adam West having got a set which while made in 1978, was just the original tv tie-in set from 1966 reprinted.

There will be a Part II on the other blog once we've run though a couple of planned entries.