You are correct, Woodsy. That is Pocket from the GoBot line. He has his own robot mode but also combines with 5 other cars to form Puzzler. http://angrycanadiandecepticon.blogspot.com/2013/12/gobots-puzzler.html?m=1
The red fella is a knock off of Max Steele but not sure exactly which figure as all the Max's are essentially the same but with a different outfit. Big clues as it is a knock off, "action feature" that is a just a light in the chest, one color plastic that is not a flesh tone, bad paint hightlights.
Dune buggies are Lone Star Fun Buggies, given away with Suncrush cordial in the 70s as a mailaway. I had all six as a kid - drank a lot of cordial! Bill
Yes Bill! I had them too! I recognised them the instant I saw the photo! Sadly the die-cast chassis wasn't enough to compensate for the polythene bodies and they never ran as fast as Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars. I think Lone Star tried to lampshade that shortcoming by proclaiming they had "Lightweight plastic bodies"!
The car is possibly a Lamborghini Countach?
ReplyDeleteDated 1984, I thinks it's a Gobot Kev. Not overly familiar with Countachs.
DeleteYou are correct, Woodsy. That is Pocket from the GoBot line. He has his own robot mode but also combines with 5 other cars to form Puzzler.
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The red fella is a knock off of Max Steele but not sure exactly which figure as all the Max's are essentially the same but with a different outfit. Big clues as it is a knock off, "action feature" that is a just a light in the chest, one color plastic that is not a flesh tone, bad paint hightlights.
Dune buggies are Lone Star Fun Buggies, given away with Suncrush cordial in the 70s as a mailaway. I had all six as a kid - drank a lot of cordial! Bill
ReplyDeleteSuncRush? Hmmm. Doesn't ring a bell. Was it in the shops Bill like Tree Tops?
DeleteYes Bill! I had them too! I recognised them the instant I saw the photo! Sadly the die-cast chassis wasn't enough to compensate for the polythene bodies and they never ran as fast as Hot Wheels or Matchbox cars.
ReplyDeleteI think Lone Star tried to lampshade that shortcoming by proclaiming they had "Lightweight plastic bodies"!
They are very light Looey.
DeleteI love those Flower Power Dune Buggies. I have never seen them before.
ReplyDeleteI may have found one a few years back too Paul. Unusual.
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