Hi Woodsy,
I recently picked up this little beauty - a Telsada Rocket Firing Amphibious Tank, with a lovely mixture of sci-fi/military themes. Not sure how amphibious it would be, as the bottom is not sealed - I expect that many 1960s boys who tested its "amphibious" feature would have found that it turned into a submarine!!!!
My example has an interesting Telsada "sample" sticker on the box - not sure what this means but it's obviously a piece of Telsada history. I've attached a few pics, including one where it's battling its way through my jungle back lawn. I've resisted the temptation to clean off the dust, as it gives it a nice "dirtied-down" look.
Hope this is of interest to you and readers of your excellent blog.
Cheers
Tony P
What a super little toy. I wonder if there were variations of it.
ReplyDeleteIt wouldn't look out of place in the background on Thunderbirds or Stingray.
I imagine it could be based on a real vehicle.
Cool photies! Great toy! Very Thunderbirds!
ReplyDeletebloody hell, i used to have one of those, id completely forgotten about it! Oddly enough, i still have one of the rockets for it!
ReplyDeleteWotan - maybe you have the missing rocket from mine! As you can see from the photos, mine has only one rocket.
DeleteTony - just what I thought! Give me your address and I'll send it over to make it whole again!
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