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Wednesday, 17 December 2008

Will Osborne Space Toys: Spacex II, Elf Tracy Island, Marx

Above - Spacex II Booster Rocket backing card rear
Above - Spacex II MOLAB backing card rear

Above - Spacex II Lunar Orbitor backing card rear

Above - Spacex II Lunar Orbitor and Apollo Tracker backing card rears and Boxed Moon Base Set ( foldable plastic lunar plan not shown)

Above - Spacex II MOLAB backing card front and Lunar Orbiter front (with toy, astronaut and badge)

Above - top left: Elf Toys Tracy Island Prototype with Dinky die- casts: Top right - Elf Toys Tracy Island actual toy with JR21 vehicles
Bottom left - Spacex boxed Superset with hard plastic moon surface; Bottom right - Linemar space vehicle


Above - top left: MARX Lunar Exploration boxed sets: Top right - 2001 NASA remote- control Glider
Bottom Left: MARX Moon Grabbers: Bottom right - MARX Moon Grabber Train Set


Will Osborne, a good friend over many years and a keen Space toy enthusiast, has sent me these pictures of part of his brilliant collection of Spacex, Thunderbirds and Marx toys. The original pictures are colour photocopies and prints, some of which I recieved many years ago. Enjoy!

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