This week I was thrilled to see yet two more fabulous T toys new to me and the blog - the Mercedes 300 SL in both blue and red versions as featured below [pictures: Ebay babalui].
Of great interest to me and the developing SWORD timeline is the model number and box design of the Mercedes. Numbered 361 it came immediately after our friend the T Moonbus numbered 360. A comparison of the side and end panels of the two boxes reveals a similar oval portrait design on the end flaps as shown below on the right.
We've already established on the blog the significance of the T Moonbus as the basis of the subsequent Century 21 toy, but could the T Mercedes box suggest a link? With its geometric red and yellow panneling could it offer a stepping-stone between the T Moon Bus to the C21 Moon Bus and all subsequent red and yellow C21 boxes? In short, might we have the origin of the SWORD box style?
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