I've always loved the rising treads of the Project SWORD Moon Ranger box art, that rearing up.
The upbucket view lends it an exciting movement on the moon's jagged surface.
So when I saw this Masudaya Snow Mobile's box art I thought yes, that's similar, as it rides the ups and downs of the polar ice sheet.
This one was for sale on the Bay in the American Mid-West so I've borrowed a few snaps. Its an amazing looking toy and the polar regions have always generated some excellent toy vehicles.
I wonder if it really could handle snow?
Did anyone have this toy or indeed the Moon Ranger above [which is one I had as a kid] ?
I suppose the king of rising treads illustrations has to be the much earlier and quite vicious magazine cover art for Killdozer!
What do you think of that?
The yellow Snow Mobile is a WW2 US Army M4 18-ton High Speed Tractor. This was a fully tracked, unarmoured soft skin vehicle for towing heavy artillery and carrying the crew. The open sides would make it rather chilly for the crew. The raised ring over the cab is the ring-mount for a 50 calibre machine-gun. The penguin on the sides suggests the Antarctic.
ReplyDeleteNothing but nothing like a good illustration of a toy tank, and those are three excellent examples. Space Tanks are a sacred Space Toy genre in and of themselves.
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