THIS BLOG IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF GERRY ANDERSON 1929 - 2012, CREATOR OF THUNDERBIRDS & CENTURY 21 TOYS.

Saturday, 13 March 2010

T IN A CIRCLE APOLLO ROCKETS - GO FOR LAUNCH!

On the launchpad at Moonbase two new rockets are ready for blast-off into the deep unknown. It's T minus.... well, it's T in a Circle really: the wonderful Apollo X (or 10 to non-Romans) and Apollo 11. I do love the boxart. I actually thought that the Apollo X cover was a photograph but it's a very realistic painting. The toy itself has bump'n'go action with a neat lifting bar for launch manouvres. I personally think it's been influenced by Thunderbird 1's design. Made by other companies like TN, as you'd expect it's the T versions I love the best. Alas my boxes and rockets are sadly battle-damaged but they still stand tall at Moonbase nonetheless! For views of an almost mint Apollo X check out Arto's earlier post. To complete the fleet I now need the German T variation, Saturn 5. Then there'd be Three in a Circle! Das waere gut!

1 comment:

The Philosophic Toad said...

Ich hoffe, du erhältst die dritte Version, Woodsy.

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