Fresh from the Corgi catalogue archives is another set of purely fantasy
vehicles, the X-ploratrons. Again possibly spurred on by the 1980s
sci-fi resurgence, Corgi prepared a bit of a mixed bag of four different
vehicles, all completely newly designed.
The resourceful Toad discovered this neat full page ad for the models, drawn by comic maestro Frank Langford. Each model had a special feature, such as a gun and compass on Rocketron, Magnet and sliding cab on Magnetron, laser dish on Lasertron and cutting blades on Scannertron. I was especially impressed with the swordesque Scannertron and bought it at retail, picked off the awful stickers and added a lick of paint on the cutters. Since then ive picked up cheap used versions of two of the others and am looking for the fourth.
Never heard of the X-ploratrons. Another excellent find. Would have been a good match for Matchbox's Adventure 2000 series of toys too which came out around the same time.
ReplyDeleteI had the Scanotron! I was trying to find what it was called, and found your page. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteGlad we could help MJP. Send us a piccy of your old toys if you have any left. Readers love to see what other readers have! Email at the bottom of the page. No worries if not.
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