We love the Submarine Aircraft Carrier at Moonbase. Its a blog legend. Its even on our masthead!
So, I've just re-read the wording on the box for this ubercool toy on pictures we have on the blog I might add as I not a member of the owners' club alas.
On the box end beneath the toy's name I was amazed to see the words 'under water'!
OK, I knew it had a propeller and was called a submarine but I never imagined that it could be actually played with underwater!
Its the collectors dilemma isn't it, thinking that fabulous toys were played with and especially in water! Think of the damage! Surely it would ruin the friction drive?
How cool though to shoot rubber ducks with Century 21 missiles!
Does anyone remember playing with one in water, maybe in the bath or maybe a sink or even a paddling pool?
I believe the "under water" refers to the detachable propeller unit (marked T 379) only, with the Carrier itself advancing over water.
ReplyDeleteI see arto. So the whole toy was meant to float and sail across water with the propeller powering it underwater? I wonder how many kids tried it in the bath or the local pond where it might have never come back!
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