Well the latest revelation about the Multiple Toymakers release of reworked spacex sets, reminded me that I had another old toy lying about in the archives. The Plaidstallions catalogue site showed several photos of old toys from the seventies including an odd 2005 & Beyond box set which had a strange rocket launcher in it. Looking again at the catalogues, I spotted the Armoured Strike Force sets and the Planet of the Apes sets which had old sixties remoulds of tanks and armoured vehicles.
Back in the late sixties, I recall going to a local jumble sale with my dad and being bought the green tractor with the red gantry on (1st photo) along with a battered friction Thunderbird one, sans nose. Some years later, I got a large boxed set featuring the same vehicle with its red rocket, a jeep and the tank from the apes set along with about 20 plastic soldiers.
I always liked the tank as it had a good 21 century feel to it! The red cruise missile on the carrier could be fired with a small elastic band and the barrel on the tank was made of wood! While I was at the jumble sale, my dad also picked up the amphibious jeep below, its unmarked, about the same scale as the other toys (1/72 ?) and again made of soft flexible plastic.
The tank is really cool.
ReplyDeleteI have a suspicion the rocket launcher is based on a modern Soviet one, although the rocket is rather undersize!
ReplyDeletedeffo a bit of scud or sandal launcher in there!
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ReplyDeleteI remember the rocket launcher being part of a huge toy set I had called Task Force back in the mid-60s. It wasn't anything to do with space but a conventional army set. The set even had an exploding bridge! It was great.
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