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Friday, 5 June 2020

Sears Moon Mobile Scout Wagon Explorer


Hi Woodsy

Sending you a piccy as requested by Wotan. Here's a photo of one I found in an antique shop here in Finland. Missing bits and pieces like one railing and the little green figures from the deck, but I still find it pretty decent.

Cheers
Arto
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11 comments:

  1. Paul Adams from New Zealand6/05/2020 8:23 pm

    The vehicle looks rather like the Deora custom pick-up truck, except it seems to have tracks rather than wheels. The yellow structure at the rear looks like a diving tower, the sort of thing you see divers jumping off at the Olympic Games. A pretty odd sort of thing to put on a space toy. Is the jet at the back a normal part of the toy, and is it a real aircraft type or a fictional design ?

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    1. WOODSY6/06/2020 12:00 am

      I have a feeling that this series of Bandai Sears toys were fictitious Paul. Perhaps the most beautiful and sleek is this Area Radiation Tester https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.worthpoint.com%2Fworthopedia%2Flarge-o-sears-exclusive-tin-1748271758&psig=AOvVaw3nUgTWu2KHflvKeVlqibUi&ust=1591484313682000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCJj26pvj6-kCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI What do you think?

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  2. Paul Adams from New Zealand6/06/2020 6:15 am

    The Area Radiation Tester is very nice, but I prefer the super-sized Deora with the diving platform in the back - it's just such a nutty combination.

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  3. Arto6/06/2020 7:43 am

    Paul I can see the resemblance to the Deora pickup truck, which is a beauty in its own right.

    The yellow tower can be moved back and forth by a crank. The Explorer jet belongs to the toy and is a real aircraft, which of course is a bit peculiar in lunar circumstances.

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  4. WOTAN6/06/2020 9:06 am

    Such a great design, its a wonder HK didnt copy the life out of it!

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  5. WOODSY6/06/2020 9:24 am

    Didn't Marx do a die-cast Elegant Miniature of it?

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  6. Charlie Starkey6/06/2020 5:45 pm

    The Moon Mobile Scout could easily have served as a guest vehicle on 'Thunderbirds', as could the Radiation Tester vehicle. Toys were SO cool back then.

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    1. WOODSY6/06/2020 6:42 pm

      I agree, they would make brilliant props Charlie! Have you seen the two Sears Arctic vehicles? https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F600386194052504634%2F&psig=AOvVaw3mA2vfNrDOVOfJyhallMVW&ust=1591551560043000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCODLy9_d7ekCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD and https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Falphadrome.net%2Fdata%2Fthumbnails.php%3Falbum%3Dsearch%26search%3Dtrack&psig=AOvVaw3mA2vfNrDOVOfJyhallMVW&ust=1591551560043000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCODLy9_d7ekCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAU

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  7. WOODSY6/06/2020 10:58 pm

    I could have sworn there was a mini Linemar die-cast of this Sears toy in their space series vut can't find it! https://alphadrome.net/data/displayimage.php?album=2&pid=3260

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  8. WOODSY6/06/2020 11:13 pm

    Here's the patent for this tin Sears toy https://patents.google.com/patent/USD192088S/en?inventor=Product+Engineering&scholar

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