TENTH BIRTHDAY BLOG LEGEND UPDATE: TELSALDA ROCKET FIRING SPACE CAR

Back in the mists of time I blogged about the Rocket Firing Space Car.

A single internet entry was all there was, a grainy picture of the box and car from the side.

Its so long ago I can't find that forst post that started a blog legend: where there any more out there?

Here's that first picture though.

The only other image was this much clearer one of the box only.

So I was stunned and excited when this year the toy and box turned up on Ebay!

The seller was ZZRobot, ace space toy collector who's amazing stuff has appeared now and then here on MC.

Needless to say I am not the new owner but I did save the auction pics, so without further ado here is the Telsalda Rocket Firing Space Car in all its plastic glory!

Its Japanese design origin was discussed by both myself and Ferryman four years ago, Super Jetter, a really old monochrome anime TV show from 1965.

http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2014/01/telsalda-rocket-firing-space-car.html

I assume Telsalda execs must have seen the show, although I don't know if and when it was shown in the UK, Hong Kong or America.

What do you think?

The vehicle, a time machine, was called Ryu-Sei-Go or Shooting Star.

Here's the black and white intro of Super Jetter from 1965 courtesy of You Tube.

Later episodes were in colour.

Here's the shows short Wiki page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Jetter

There are various model kits of this vehicle available and here's the box art of the Imai Ryu-Sei-Go courtesy of Rob C.



There's also an Imai die-cast version. This photo, which we featured on the blog 4 years ago, is the only one I can find online:

Recently I've since found this Japanese Hot Wheels version pictured online!

It doesn't appear to come with the figures but looks great nonetheless!

Here's a Japanese film about the Hot Wheels Super Jetter Ryu-Sei-Go, again on You Tube.

Have you got any of these toys or models or maybe you've seen the TV series?