T IN A CIRCLE AMPHIBIOUS CAR: NEW TO THE BLOG FROM FERRYMAN

Some readers' toy collections are just awe-inspiring like Ferryman's, Terry's, WOTAN's, William's and Arto's. Well Ferryman has done it again! He has sent me pictures of a toy that is completely unknown to me, the fabulous T IN A CIRCLE AMPHIBIOUS CAR and I must say that it's love at first sight! The top two pictures show it in all its Hong Kong glory complete with box, instruction leaflet and inner packaging. There's something about T's plastic, it's very attractive and glossy on all their toys, optimistic even. My new little T yacht, pictured below, is just the same and has that red and white life-buoy at the rear like the car above.

But why use a yacht when you can just drive across the lake! As always I'm fascinated by the T Amphibious Car box art - just what is that Nissan-hut style cabin and bench - a fishing lodge? And those Tracy Island palms are just wonderful! Ferryman has also sent some shots of what is presumably the original make of this toy, the German SCHUCO ELEKTRO AMPHIBIO (third picture down from thw top). The boxes of the two makes are shown for comparison in the fourth shot down. We've seen this SCHUCO car before but I came at it from a completely different angle and never knew about the T connection. A similar design is one of the components of the Thunderbirds fire tender, covered previously and is part of Mike Delamar's brilliant model reconstruction.

Thanks for sharing Ferryman. As always an education! Woodsy