Some digging around [excuse the pun] for more Moles, after seeing Wote's cool JR21 toy, unearthed these neat vintage Bandai Thunderbirds toys. The header card clearly shows the Mole or Moguras. Anyone got a a pic of one? These toys were clearly licensed by Century 21 - you can see the round sticker on the bases of the cards. Anyone got a close-up pic of this sticker? I wonder why Century 21/ JR21 never made their own big Mole toy?
C21/JR21 probably avoided the Mole because it wasn't featured in every episode. Repeat exposure was necessary to sell these toys as C21 found out with Zero x.
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I'm sure there was a Japanese mole kit in recent years?
ReplyDeleteYep, by Imai in the 1960s then reissued by Bandai in the 1970s. Nothing by C21/JR21 though.
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Didn't Matchbox do a nice large Mole back in the late 90s? Pretty sure I saw that somewhere - heck, I may even have bought it... :)
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