As a kid, two things obsessed me, space and dinosaurs. I had more books on these two subjects than anything else. Even today, I still enjoy both subjects, but it was especially exciting for me when sometime in the early 1990's, I discovered Tomy Zoids. The combination of science fiction and dinosaurs was a gift to me and especially when I discovered that they all included a tiny seated golden astronaut like pilot, I was hooked.
The extra special draw was the inclusion of sea borne creatures in the line, such as the 'Hammerhead' shark and the coelocanth-like 'Wardick' armoured fish. With clockwork motors inside and floats in the body, they work as well in water as on land, wriggling realistically along.
Disney's animated feature 'Atlantis' also featured biomechanical creatures such as the 'Ketak' fish and the wonderful Mike Mignola designed 'Leviathan', seen here in an earlier related post.
Lovely shots Bill. Don't know how you do it though! I went back to that original post link and was fascinated by an anonymous comment; "Takara also created the first wave of Japan's star wars toys in '77. The tiny gold pilot figures are from small Takara X-wing fighters, and the mold for the chrome pilot was recycled in the first wave of Takara-designed, Tomy-manufactured zoids in the early 1980's." Any chance you could show us the little figures and the link to these X-Wing fighter pilots he/she mentions?
ReplyDeleteThereby hangs a tale mr W. Ill find a pic of the Takara toy and show you. Its rare as hens teeth though!
ReplyDeleteNever leave your tail hangin especially when there are hens with teeth around!
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