I saw this double act on an online sale and saved the pic because one the companies is completely new to me, Gladden, on the left.
I think they've produced a real gem of a toy with this two man capsule. It looks great and quite sturdy. It would need to be because its a parachute toy. I'm unsure how it works but there's a small orange tool up top and a white nozzle at the base. Oh and a parachute. I assume its thrown in the air. Do you know?
The Quercetti Tor is a classic chute toy and many of you will have had this or similar judging by how many times its come up on Moonbase.
Did you have any parachute toys as a kid?
I had a similar, simpler blue mercury capule that you just threw in the air with the chute wrapped round it. I wonder if the little nozzle is a release device for the chute, maybe a clockwork timer that deploys the chute from inside the capsule. the orange tool is the handle of the catapult to launch it, the rubber band presumably perished over time.
ReplyDeleteSounds reasonable Wote. I think you've done more parachuting than me.
DeleteThe Gemini capsule is seriously underappreciated, as is the Mercury, in fact. I'd take either of them over the boring Apollo capsule any day! I'm not talking functionality here, purely aesthetic design.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean Zigg.
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