I first came across the nifty space toy range Explorers 12 in the early 1990's when I picked up 2 picture books based on the toys, very much like PROJECT SWORD! Sadly, I no longer have them but I remember that they were published by BHS, the great British Home Stores (my old Mum's favourite shop!).So I was chuffed to see the above appear on Ebay the other week. Looking at them now it's like a SWORD/SPACEX hybrid. Great box art too. Anyone got any?
And keen-eyed blog follower John Sisson spotted this brilliant but simple die-cast SPACE SERIES on a
US auction site a while back. Would fit well with Spacex vehicles. The far left one is a ROBBY Car copy minus Robby. There maybe a vehicle missing too. Anyone know this set?
I first came across the nifty space toy range Explorers 12 in the early 1990's when I picked up 2 picture books based on the toys, very much like PROJECT SWORD! Sadly, I no longer have them but I remember that they were published by BHS, the great British Home Stores (my old Mum's favourite shop!).So I was chuffed to see the above appear on Ebay the other week. Looking at them now it's like a SWORD/SPACEX hybrid. Great box art too. Anyone got any?
And keen-eyed blog follower John Sisson spotted this brilliant but simple die-cast SPACE SERIES on a US auction site a while back. Would fit well with Spacex vehicles. The far left one is a ROBBY Car copy minus Robby. There maybe a vehicle missing too. Anyone know this set?
ive got most of the Explorer 12 fleet, but missed out on this one! The space series are tiny repros of existing tin toys, with the addition of the Lance missile and Vanguard satellite which would have been contemporary to these early toys.
ReplyDeleteJust in case you're still interested some Explorer 12 toys and base station have been put on Ebay. Pls follow link >http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150369232621&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT
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