Ever since first seeing this Spanish Thunderbirds toys set by Molto in an old 90's TV Toy Zone sales catalogue [courtesy of mail order toy pioneer Andy Foley] I fell in love with its box art and contents.
The three toys were sold in individual Spanish boxes too but a triple pack like this is such a good idea and I'm surprised JR21 never did one.
I don't have a Molto set but there are lots of pics online and these two are from the Spanish marketplace Todocollecion, so its easy to check them out.
The Molto box set contains the first Three Thunderbirds vehicles, along with a neat TB2 pod landrover.
I'm unsure if these toys are the same size as their similar JR21 counterparts. They are very similar. Judge for yourselves with these random pics of both TB2's off old auctions.
JR21
MOLTO
What do you think of the Molto toys?
Has anyone got the Molto toys? Has anyone got them and the JR21 versions?
That is a great set, anyone would be delighted to have that under the Christmas tree. The Land Rover is an odd choice as a pod vehicle, I assume it was an existing model pressed into Thunderbirds service. It looks very much like the Matchbox Land Rover (second version) from 1959.
ReplyDeleteYes, the Landrover is odd for a pod Paul I agree. The other pod vehicle which came the JR21 version was a cheapo looking mole, which has a very odd shape.
ReplyDeleteHi, great to see this set around. I am lucky enough to own the set. I purchased mine from a Japanese seller. Cheers.
ReplyDeleteHi Mirrorman, cool. Any chance of pics of your set, box and vehicles? Email is at the bottom of the page should you want to share pics here. Thanks.
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