Just wanted to send you a piccy of this preposterous invention that I learned of only today.
Remember those collectable Shell space coins from the Sixties?
Well, there must have been some surplus stock left here in Finland, because there were enough coins for these Super Belts. "Suits All Outfits"!
A brill idea of some Finnish Gyro Gearloose, who wisely has left all information out of the header card.
No limit for innovative recycling here!
Here's the Finnish version of the Shell space coins' backing card, found online. Lentävä maailma means "The Flying World".
I believe they made a different backing card for every country, even though the coin set was the same.
100% unlicensed and off-the-grid!
The question remains: who took the trouble to punch two holes on every coin and then join each and every one of them with a metal wire?
Arto
Helsinki
PS. Woodsy adds: for the UK TV ad for these Man in Flight coins check out the top of the right side-bar.
I still have my Man in Flight completed card, along with a photo film cannister of spares! I haven't looked at it in years, but there was some aluminium corrosion on some coins the last time i looked...
ReplyDeleteThat was a wonderful set. I do not recall ever seeing these before.The belt is great. Was there a different number of coins in different countries ? I have no idea if these were available in New Zealand. We did not have a car, so missed out on any petrol station promotions.
ReplyDeleteNow that you mentioned it Paul, it seems that there are differences in coins as well. The full Finnish set has 20 bronzed coins, whereas the Man in Flight set has 16 silvery ones.
DeleteI remember burying a Shell Man in Flight coin in the ground as a kid. It rotted very quickly!
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