I received this cry for help from reader eviled the other day. Eviled now knows the toys are Cherilea Mechanoids but can't find the particular set he had - described below - can anyone help Ed? I have highlighted the colours Ed is looking for.
I have been remembering another space toy I had as a kid (I'd say 1969-71), and have been searching your site and online high and low for it but have never found it.It came in a transparent plastic faced box and consisted of two grey spherical spaceships, approx 3 to 4ins in diameter, each having four red legs with a little booster rocket inbetween them. The spheres opened in half, horizontally, and had a black ladder up to the lower part and what looked like black retro rockets on each side. There was a black round antenna/receiver type thing on the top of each sphere.They came with four space figures, approx 3ins in height who had some removable strap/equipment type things on them. I am sure one figure held something like a hose from a backpack. I think their main colour was white but there were green details.Does it ring any bells with you? I would LOVE to find this set again and see it! If it doesn't, I could draw it and scan it and send it to you. I remember it very well and think I could produce quite an accurate scale image of it.I am sure this set has some place in the long line of space toys that your feature on your website.All the best, Ed.
It's the 'moon lander' from the Cherilea spacemen, and was (sort of) designed to fight the Daleks from the same range. usually silver, but I've seen it in pale blue, with various colours to the plug-ins.
ReplyDeleteThe figures come either based like Timpo Swoppets or un-based with flat feet, in vinyl (un-based only) or ethylene (with vinyl helmet and polyethylene face) and while white is common, there are all sorts of colours, best bet is eBay, there are often a few figures going, but expect to pay a premium for the lander.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/CHERILEA-swappetesque-ASTRONAUTS-10-pcs_W0QQitemZ140398870283QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_Games_ToySoldiers_EH?hash=item20b06cbf0b
ReplyDeleteI had these a kid - metallic purple body, sky blue base, orange legs and 'bronze' coloured accessories. Like hens teeth now.
ReplyDeletePictures of grey cherliea mechanoids:
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http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.solnet.co.uk/metropolis/images/albut1563.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.solnet.co.uk/metropolis/gallery.asp%3FDr_Who_%26_The_Daleks_Library_Images&usg=__l_7Zvst1VM_GkP2xAPzia_Js9U0=&h=111&w=109&sz=4&hl=en&start=7&um=1&itbs=1&tbnid=WIN7g3tYWtkDgM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=84&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmechanoid%2Bcherilea%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26tbs%3Disch:1
Thanks for the info and the links.
ReplyDeleteI loved my set, and I don't know where it went...most of my space toys went to my younger cousin but I held onto my Mechanoids...they still went awol though!
Should be one of Arthur C. Clarke's Mysteries as far as I'm concerned!
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What short memories we bloggers have!
Its a cherilea spacepod,your looking for.The mechanoids tooling was altered to make them.Spacepods are quite common,mechanoids are like hens teeth
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