A summer acquisition was the Airfix Water Rocket, this time in red completing my tiny collection. I had the blue one way back in the seventies, but on a card backing as shown in this Airfix toy catalogue.
Essentially a large syringe, this red example needed a little tlc to bring it back to full health, but with the box, it looks great. Its pictured above with the Timpo/Park Plastics Two Stage Rocket, which was realeased around the same time.
Airfix also made a rather nice buildable rocket in the awful Betta Bilda series, a british attempt to grab a slice of the Lego market, but due to the bricks weak grip strength, did not fare as well.
That red Airfix Water Rocket is a nice find. I can't remember seeing the Betta Builda set before. Nice to see pics of it here, Bill.
ReplyDeleteI will keep beating the drum....the British had 'a slice of the Lego market', Lego stole the idea from Hestair-Kiddycraft, who probably also licensed it to Airfix!
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