Just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water up pops yet another T Toy! Here we have another box variant of thier Thunderbird 1 -like Apollo-X. Luvverly. If you hurry you may still be able to snap this up from a seller on Ebay!
And I've come across two more Apollo cousins. First is this Apollo 11 by TN of Japan with box art very similar to that of the normal T box. Again this is languishing on fleabay.
And last but not least is the most oddly-named of the Apollo toys, the Wonder-L by Nomura of Japan. It's also the one most clearly influenced by Thunderbird 1 with its swing-wings and TB1'esque box art. But why 'Wonder-L'?
I love those rockets but more than that I love those triangular shaped boxes!
ReplyDeleteThey take me right back to firework nights in the early 70's with the Volcanoes and Vesuvius fireworks I loved so much!
I know, I'm on a bit of a tangent!