This last week I was able to secure one of my grail items for my Phantom collection; the Phantom 2040 "whistle lite"(not sure why it's spelt like that).

The whistle is one of several toys released by American company Ja-Ru with the Phantom 2040 licence, but none of the items ever actually appear in the series. As I say on the collection page, Ja-Ru's 2040 items look like they were trying to shift excess stock so just shoved the 2040 logo on it to give it more selling power.

I love items like this; weird and kind of out there, they really make me laugh. Also, 2040 is one of the best Phantom spin-offs in the character's almost 100-year history.

Outside of the Ja-Ru toys I already have, there is also a crossbow and "lite sword." Unfortunately, these items can be quite expensive for those of us outside the US given shipping costs. The price of the whistle itself was actually less than what I paid in shipping to get it from America to the UK. Hopefully, if I'm patient, I'll be able to find the last two items for a cost that won't break the bank.

TTFN.