A good week of cautious purchasing on ebay has brought home a toy I have been meaning to get for years. The Dinky Enterprise finally made it home to Mars this week in the shape of a loose, playworn example that I bought for under a fiver. It needs a little tlc, but the good thing is that I already had a set of photon torpedoes and the little orange Gallileo shuttle to complete it. Heres a quick shot of it as is, im hoping to repaint it soon and bring it back to its prime.
Off the starboard bow we have a nice pair of Glico spaceships, name unknown, that I also won this week. The green cruiser is just under 3" inches with moveable turrets, metal undercarriage and clearly marked Glico underneath. Very reminiscent of the Airfix Cosmic Clipper. I do love these small plastic spacecraft, takes me back to the good old days of Spacex.
fab haul that Bill. I do like the die-cast Enterprise. Those photon torpedoes remind me of plastic tokens for supermarket trolleys! Its a powerful ejector inside that toy. As for Glico, they are just ace. Those two ships are quite complex aren't they. Anime craft? I wondered if the green one was from the French cartoon, the ship pictured on the backing card of this space pistol:
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nope, looks different to mine. very like Kinder toys but more well made. Enterprise is weighty and the launcher works really well!
ReplyDeleteThe Glico green cruiser is awesome!!!
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