Digging Deeper

Further to our recent look at the Lunar Scout set with the faux Billy Blastoff and dovetailing nicely with the previous coverage of the Thunderbirds Excavator, Andrew Cook has kindly provided me with some shots of previously unseen Excavator toys. Considering the Excavator only appeared in a TV21 Thunderbirds strip as illustrated by the amazing Ron Turner, its really well represented in toys and models. We have already seen the Imai model kits in two scales, but there are a number of toys available from the far east too. All the following models are from Andrews collection.

IMAI MOTORISED KIT

 

SPECIAL REPRODUCTION JR21 STYLE BOX

IMAI KIT

BANDAI-LEDY, IMAI KIT, LUNAR SCOUT

BANDAI X-CAR

BANDAI TOYS COLLECTION

IMAI KIT AND LUNAR SCOUT

BANDAI-LEDY TOY VERSION