Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star Wars. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 08, 2025

Street Life event in Ashton-under-Lyne

A look at the Street Life event in Ashton-under-Lyne.


We attended the free Street Life event in Ashton-under-Lyne on Saturday and had a superb time.

A DMC DeLorean at the Street Life event in Ashton-under-Lyne
It was the first time I've been INSIDE a DMC DeLorean!

The community event saw the town centre come alive with a real mix of pop culture events, activities and attractions!

A Star Wars AT-ST at the Street Life event in Ashton-under-Lyne
There was a huge Star Wars AT-ST at the event!

Top Rope Wrestling Academy action at the Street Life event in Ashton-under-Lyne
I'm a BIG fan of pro-wrestling, but it was the first time I've seen a show live outdoors - and in the morning! 

Visit the Tameside Official website for more information.

Sunday, May 04, 2025

May the 4th be with you

Today is Star Wars Day!


Luckily I wasn't someone these Stormtrooper's from the UK Garrison were looking for at the Trinity Walk 'Star Walk' event last weekend!
Luckily I wasn't someone these Stormtrooper's from the UK Garrison were looking for at the Trinity Walk 'Star Walk' event last weekend!

Happy Star Wars Day

May the Fourth be with you.


Jabba The Putt at Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf at Level Preston
Jabba The Putt at Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf at Level Preston

Sunday, April 27, 2025

Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield

We had an excellent day out at the Star Walk event at the Trinity Walk shopping centre in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.


Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield

We revisited Wakefield on Saturday to attend the Star Walk event at the Trinity Walk shopping centre. The weekend saw a superb line-up of pop culture, retro and classic vehicles, as well as a whole host of photo opportunities with characters and props from film and TV.

The A-Team van at Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
The A-Team van at Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield

Growing up in the 80's I'm a big fan of The A-Team and Knight Rider and it's always fun getting a snap with The A-Team's classic GMC Vandura van and K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider. Star Walk not only had two K.I.T.T.s from the Yorkshire Knights, but it also saw two of K.I.T.T.'s evil twin K.A.R.R. on display!

KARR at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
With K.I.T.T.'s evil twin K.A.R.R.

KARR from Knight Rider at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
KARR!

A selection of Knight Rider merchandise and collectables at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
A selection of Knight Rider merchandise and collectables

KITT from Knight Rider at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider - with K.A.R.R. lurking in the background!

A selection of Knight Rider merchandise and collectables at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
More Knight Rider merch and collectables

KITT from Knight Rider at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
K.I.T.T. from Knight Rider

While we were at Star Walk on day 1 we also saw The Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo, Optimus Prime and several other Transformers, the Pizza Planet van from Toy Story, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Pizza Delivery van and more!

The Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
The Mystery Machine from Scooby Doo

The Pizza Planet truck from Toy Story at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
The Pizza Planet truck from Toy Story

Optimus Prime at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
Optimus Prime

Optimus Prime at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
Optimus Prime - we actually got passed by this truck on our drive home in the evening! It's quite a thing to see it in action on the motorway!

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Pizza Delivery van at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Pizza Delivery van

Del Boy's Reliant Regal Supervan III from Only Fools and Horses at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
Del Boy's Reliant Regal Supervan III from Only Fools and Horses 

With The Stig at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
With The Stig

There were loads of characters from various groups in costume for photo opportunities. And I had to have my photo taken with several of the Star Wars characters from the UK Garrison!

With Star Wars characters at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
Caption this photo...!

With Star Wars Stormtroopers at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
Luckily I wasn't someone these Stormtrooper's were looking for

With a Star Wars Royal Guard at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
One of the Emperor's Royal Guards from Star Wars

With R2-D2 at the Star Walk at Trinity Walk in Wakefield
With R2-D2

The Star Walk event at Trinity Walk was raising money for Forget Me Not Children's Hospice.


Check out the Trinity Walk website for more information.


Hopefully there's another edition of the event in the future!

Saturday, May 04, 2024

Jabba the Putt

Happy Star Wars Day.


Jabba the Putt at Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf at Level Preston in May 2018
Jabba the Putt at Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf at Level Preston in May 2018

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Totally Stockport Comic Con

80s TV, film and pop culture heaven!


Gremlins at the Totally Stockport Comic Con
Gremlins causing a scene

We had a marvellous morning at the Totally Stockport FREE Comic Con. What a brilliant event. So much to see and do.

The Totally Stockport Comic Con

The event was organised by Totally Stockport.

There have been some superb events here in Stockport. The last Comic Con was excellent too. The event was set to become an annual attraction, but the coronavirus put paid to the follow-up event in May 2020.

K.I.T.T. at theTotally Stockport Comic Con
I've wanted to see K.I.T.T. in real life since I was a little kid. This was amazing!

We're so glad the event went ahead and are looking forward to the next Stockport Comic Con already!

Ecto-1 at the Totally Stockport Comic Con
Ecto-1

A tauntaun at the Totally Stockport Comic Con
Urgh, this tauntaun smelled bad on the outside

Chewbacca at the Totally Stockport Comic Con
Me and Chewbacca

R2-D2 at the Totally Stockport Comic Con
R2-D2

Johnny 5 from Short Circuit at the Totally Stockport Comic Con
Johnny 5

The A-Team van at the Totally Stockport Comic Con
The A-Team van

Tuesday, May 04, 2021

Jabba the Putt

Happy Star Wars Day.


Jabba the Putt at Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf at Level Preston in May 2018
Jabba the Putt at Trailer Trash Jim's Crazy Golf at Level Preston in May 2018

Today is Star Wars Day

May the 4th Be With You.


A selection of Star Wars characters and props I've seen on my travels - clockwise from top left at the Merseyway Comic Con in Stockport, at Collectorabilia in Leeds, at Stockport Comic Con, at Milton Keynes Outdoor Market, at Dunstable's Party in the Park, in an action figure box at John Lewis in the Trafford Centre, on a speeder bike at the Merseyway Comic Con, in a games shop in Norwich, on the planet moon of Endor at Warrington's Geeky Christmas Market
A selection of Star Wars characters and props I've seen on my travels - clockwise from top left at the Merseyway Comic Con in Stockport, at Collectorabilia in Leeds, at Stockport Comic Con, at Milton Keynes Outdoor Market, at Dunstable's Party in the Park, in an action figure box at John Lewis in the Trafford Centre, on a speeder bike at the Merseyway Comic Con, in a games shop in Norwich, on the planet moon of Endor at Warrington's Geeky Christmas Market 

Saturday, May 23, 2020

Merseyway Comic Con in Stockport

There should've been a comic con at the Merseyway shopping centre in Stockport today.

Another casualty of the coronavirus.

Here's a snap of me on a Star Wars speeder bike at the Merseyway's first comic con last September.

Having fun in Stockport last year

Hopefully there'll be a return of retailtainment events in the future.

There was going to be a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man at the Merseyway comic con.

Ecto-1a and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from Ghostbusters were on display at the Eden Square Shopping Centre in Urmston, Greater Manchester last Halloween
I'm so glad I went to Urmston last October!

Monday, May 04, 2020

Happy Star Wars Day

May the fourth be with you.


Happy Star Wars Day
A selection of Star Wars characters and gimmicks I've seen on my travels - clockwise from top left at the Merseyway Comic Con in Stockport, at Collectorabilia in Leeds, at Stockport Comic Con, at Milton Keynes Outdoor Market, at Dunstable's Party in the Park, in an action figure box at John Lewis in the Trafford Centre, on a speeder bike at the Merseyway Comic Con, in a games shop in Norwich, on the planet moon of Endor at Warrington's Geeky Christmas Market 

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Famous retro vehicles from the 80s

I've seen a few different vehicles from the 80s on my travels including an Ecto-1 and Ecto-1a from Ghostbusters, a DMC DeLorean, a Star Wars Speeder Bike from Return of the Jedi, and most recently a Back to the Future DeLorean.

Ecto-1a and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in Urmston, Greater Manchester
Ecto-1a and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in Urmston, Greater Manchester last Halloween

A Back to the Future DeLorean in Salford, Greater Manchester
With a Back to the Future DeLorean in Salford, Greater Manchester

Next on my bucket list is KITT from Knight Rider and a legit A-Team van. I've seen quite a few bootlegs already.

The A-Team - tile company in Belfast and Lisburn
The best A-Team van I've seen to date

Wednesday, October 02, 2019

Comic Con at the Merseyway Shopping Centre in Stockport

A visit to The Comicon-Way.


Star Wars Speeder Bike from Return of the Jedi at the Merseyway Comic Con in Stockport
I was in my element at the free Merseyway Comic Con!

We had a brilliant time at the free Comic Con at Stockport's Merseyway Shopping Centre on Saturday.


Comic Con at the Merseyway Shopping Centre in Stockport
Cars from Transformers were among the attractions

Comic Con at the Merseyway Shopping Centre in Stockport
This wasn't the Gottfried they were looking for. Move along

Fingers crossed there'll be another one in the future.

Meeting a Star Wars Imperial Gunner at the Merseyway Shopping Centre Comic Con in Stockport
Meeting an Imperial Gunner at the event

Retro toys at the Merseyway Comic Con in Stockport
There was plenty of 'plastic crack' on sale too!

The event was organised by the teams at the Merseyway and North West Comic Cons.