KEEP ON TRUCKIN' WOTAN

I just adore futuristic vehicles. 

Brought up on a diet of Hot Wheels, Major Matt Mason and Spacex, my appetite for the streamlined trucks and cars of tomorrow has never diminished, ever since I got my first Mattel Deora in 69. 

Since then, I've pursued many a neat toy or model from this genre to supplement my space toy collection. 

Some of the designs are what George Lucas often referred to as vehicles which were just 'off camera' at the time filming was going on and both he and Kenner made a quite lucrative line of Expanded Universe Star Wars items using this idea. 

Similarly, these toys could easily have been part of the reserve SWORD fleet, carrying supplies around the base or shuttling casuals to the launch pad. 

First off, here are some of Eldon's fab Command Cassette line. 

Each has a small blue cassette in the front, with a series of pegs beneath, which can be 'programmed' to affect internal gears and make the truck follow a preset route. Eldon also used a similar device on a larger scale in its Computer Truck. 

The sleek, lines and enclosed cockpits are very reminiscent of Hot Wheels styling and also remind me of some of the cars and trucks from Joe 90 and Captain Scarlet.

Finally, my most recent acquisition, the Quadrilex 'Tomorrow Truck'. 

A strange truck with futuristic features and an almost General Motors feel about it. The monochrome box has a very fifties look to it, but the styling is definitely early sixties. It actually featured in an episode of Thunderbirds, virtually unchanged!

Bill