In response to the post about the J21 Pod Jeep, heres some apologetically rubbish shots of the little Mole from the Rosenthal Thunderbird 2. My original TB2 has disappeared into the ether now apart from the two red nacelles and part of the upper hull of the Mole, but this baby was a lucky find on ebay.us recently.
Again, theres no visible branding on the molding apart from small part numbers '1 and 2'.
One thing that always struck a chord with me was the similarity between the lower crawler half of the simple model and the magnetic crawler novelty that came with
Clarks Wayfarer Shoes in the late sixties.
It was a rubbish mole, too- completely the wrong shape, as I instantly recognised as a youngster!
ReplyDeleteAH yes - another mole perfectionist. At least i never got the jeep - what was that about ?
ReplyDeleteGuilty as charged. It looks to me like JR21 just made use of an existing toy to "fill the hole" or pod, as the case may be.
ReplyDeleteOh, and its definitely a landrover!
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