G'day Woodsy,
Attached is a picture of my eclectic haul from a recent swap meet. A real cross section of my collecting interests. The photos at the back were from the collection of an acquaintance who had a stall at the swap meet. Love the pic of Jeff Tracey reading the novelisation of "Thunderbirds are Go"!!
While the gorgeous tinplate B36 was the catch of the day, I'm fascinated with the orange moon buggy. It has no manufacturer's markings - the only markings are on the base "No. T21 Made in Hong Kong". The "T21" also appears on the label on the buggy's bonnet - maybe they were trying to piggy-back off the "TV21" brand.
I've also included some close ups of the moon buggy - maybe one of the Moonbase Central team recognises it, as I've never seen one. The bloke I bought it from had no idea of its origins either, other than to say that someone else viewing his stall on the day said they'd never seen one before.
I'm hesitant to clean it as it has the classic "dirtied-down" look, so I'll probably leave it as is. I'm sure Derek Meddings and Mike Trim would prefer it that way!!
Hope you enjoy the pics.
Cheers
Tony Pan
Hey Tony that must have been a hell of a swapmeet! The B36 is seriously unusual and beautiful too, I could almost be turned from my dislike of tin! The Matchbox King Size boxes take me back, now that was toy packaging. Wonderful stuff. I had that green/yellow crane as a nipper. Good to see Denys Fisher Revrods/Kenner SSP dragsters at the back, another staple of my collecting. I also have the same T21 Crawler, a lovely robust little toy, which appeared in many guises as seen here: http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2017/09/birthday-dossier-flip-over-moon-cars.html
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ReplyDeleteHey Bill - Thanks for the links back to the Crawler and SSP pages - lots of cool info there! Here in Aussie the SSPs were produced under licence by Toltoys, so those SSPs are antipodes versions.
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Right! thanks Tony, never heard of Toltoys, so thats good to know!
ReplyDeleteHi, my name is Luis - sorry but I coudn't log-in with google account.
ReplyDeleteThe flip-over moon car is a TOMY from Japan. Can be found someones made in Japan and some others like yours ( or like mine) made in Hong Kong. The one made in Japan has a logo In raised relief on the plastic of the toy, above the silhouette of a boy and a girl standing on a rectangle that says TOMY. Below this PAT.PENDING. And at the bottom Made in Japan.
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Thanks for info Luis, very interesting. Thanks for stopping by at Moonbase.
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