Hi Paul,
Billy Blastoff is hard to get in Germany. I´m glad I found one a while back, but without its german box. Billy Blastoff was distributed by BIG. BIG and JEAN were the trademarks of Jean Höfler, well known for Wild West and medieval toy figures in the 1960s & 70s. Billy was sold under the name Commander BIG. Perhaps they changed the name because in German "blastoff" sounds a little bit silly. Back in early 1970s I can remember that Commander Big was sold beneath the togglers toys, unlike the Matt Mason stuff beside the "big boys toys". The toy shop I´ve visited often at that time had for about one year or longer three sets of Commander Big and hadn't sold them. One day all three had dissapeared. Here is a copy from a german catalogue in 1969 (more info here too).
Best Regards
KlausBlechroboter.de
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Excellent Klaus. Thanks for sharing this great information with us. Commander BIG rocks! Paul
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