MY BLAKE'S 7 JOTASTAR FALCON

These were my very first group shots of the start of my collection in 1990.

There's a lot of happy memories here not least my first re-found Project SWORD toy and annual.

But its the small silver and red rocket that I want to look at a bit more. Its the one in the top picture bottom left.

I didn't know what it was at the time but I later realised it was a Blue Box-style spaceship minus its wings.

I say style because I don't have this toy anymore and can't be sure what brand it was. It may well be on one of my old toy price lists that I sent out in the post.

The interesting thing is that I don't recall seeing another one like it in all the years since. There are many versions of the Blue Box space toys but not this gunmetal grey one.

Here's a typical Blue Box ship I sold on the card probably 15 years later. You can see all the fins and wings are missing on my grey one above.

But then in the summer of 2017, 17 years after finding it at a car boot sale, I was able to finally ID my silver grey spaceship.

No wonder I couldn't find another one. Its the very uncommon Falcon from the Blakes 7 Cosmic Strikeforce carded series by Jotastar.

image: ollie/ Horizon Blake's 7 Online

I blogged it at the time but still feel chuffed AND miffed that I had one but didn't know it!

Anyone got any of the Jotastar Cosmic Strikeforce?

The price tag above says J.J.Toys. Anyone know it?