Thursday 16 June 2022

Angel Interceptor Prototype up for Auction

I received this email the other day concerning a prototype Angel Interceptor from 1979.

Dinky Toys TV Shows Space and Specials Blog reported on the upcoming auction. Have a read and click on the links.

Oddly enough I have seen something like this with very similar wheels and posted it some time ago.

https://toysfromthepast.blogspot.com/2013/06/unknownspanishspaceshipsfromthe80sdiecast.html

Despite being yellow it looks very similar. What do you think?

Dinky Toys: TV Shows, Space and Specials

Angel Interceptor Prototype up for auction

Jun 14

Lacy Scott and Knight are auctioning a Dinky prototype Captain Scarlet Angel Interceptor on Friday 24th June 2022. Their catalogue states:

A very interesting prototype model of the Dinky Toys Captain Scarlet Angel Interceptor, is believed to be one of the last prototypes of this particular models with leading authors suggesting it dates between 1979-1980. First evidence of the Captain Scarlet Angel Interceptor prototype was provided by The Dinky Toys Encyclopaedia compiled by Jacques Du Jardin. This model is part of the David Cooke Collection.

More details can be found HERE

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5 comments:

Arto6/16/2022 8:18 pm
Very interesting indeed Woodsy. Makes me wonder why Dinky would take on the Angel Interceptor model (and that one only) when the whole business was about to be folded.
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SCOOP6/16/2022 8:44 pm
It looks a more like a Vivid Imaginations Angel Interceptor to me, with the rubber nose cone removed.
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lewis p morley6/16/2022 10:53 pm
That Toy blog nails it!
I ID'd those designs the moment I saw them and you just confirmed it! Strange there are no maker's marks, but as you say, perhaps they were trying to avoid any "Imperial Entanglements".
Those Auctioneers should hang their heads in shame!
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WOODSY6/16/2022 11:01 pm
There's one of those yellow versions of this as a Buy It Now on Todocollecion as we speak! https://www.todocoleccion.net/coches-a-escala/rara-nave-metal-battlestar-galactica-comando-g-ulises-31-anos-finales-70-9-centimetros-cab~x224101012
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Kevin6/18/2022 1:17 pm
Many thanks to Woodsy for providing more information about this model. Moonbase Central is an amazing collection of artifacts and experts!! This prototype is featured on my site and I have passed Woodsy's information to both the Auction house and the two Dinky experts who found this model back in the 80s. Please go to my site for further details of the provenance and also do not assume that the model is definitely not a Dinky prototype - at the end of UKs Dinky's manufacturing output many models were already outsourced to other countries. For example the last of the Galactic War Chariots were made in Italy and possibly some in Hong Kong. As with all auctions, 'Caveat Emptor' - let the buyer beware!
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