Back in October 2009 readers Jon and Amy sent me the above cool Regent Toys toy ad. I blogged it at the time. Seeing the ad back then I sort of had the theory that the three hill climbing vehicles on the right hand side were, like the Moonship on the left, Century 21. The only proof to back this up was that Regent Toys, besides selling off Century 21 SWORD stock like Zero-X and Cape Kennedy Set, were selling a Century 21 Jeep called the Hurdler seen at the base of the incline pictured on the right and seen close up below. You can see that the Ad uses a similar lined slope to the illustration on the box side.
A little while later in 2009 I had a crack at finding colour pictures of the other toys in a similar Regent Toys ad. But I didn't find any other Century 21 toys on the ads besides the Hurdler ...until now! Last week the awesome Century 21 Dump Truck appeared on Fleabay. I had a pop at it but as usual was pipped to the post. Anyway I saved the picture for the blog [below]. I now feel confident that a Wrecking Truck in the top ad will be Century 21 as well. Anyone agree? PS. Could C21 have made the Gemini Capsule as well?
Pic: Ebay
The Gemini Capsule was produuced by Clifford toys, a contemprary of C21
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