I love this carded space set I saw on auction last year. Its a Flash Gordon Space Explorers by the US company Shimmel.
The pieces are mostly Major Matt Mason style miniatures with a couple of Giant type spacemen.
I love the card backing art. The Major Matt Mason style Recono-Jet is fab but I don't know what the satellite is. Do you?
I think it's loosely based on the first US satellite, Vanguard, but I could be wrong.
ReplyDeleteI'll look it up Baron.
DeleteI mean Mish! Doh!
DeleteSputnik, isn't it? https://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Sputnik-345.jpg
ReplyDeleteSee what you mean Baron.
Delete"What's that on the radio imager, Dr. Zarkoff?"
ReplyDelete"Strap yourself down, Flash!
It's an incoming Cease and Desist message from Mattel Toy Corporation!"
Ha ha! Like it Looey!
DeleteThey're all toys by LP, Woodsy. The small MMM copies as originally found on this card
ReplyDeletehttps://www.triangspacextoys.info/SpGAderv/LPHK/LPhkLPpk/LPspSetC/LPspSetC.html
but wth the pair of Apollo Astronauts added
https://www.triangspacextoys.info/SpGAderv/LPHK/LPhkSmTy/LPApAstr/LPApAstr.html
Best -- Paul
Thanks Paul. Very interesting.
DeleteAvailable now on fleaBay for a mere $218.88 Buy It Now price: https://www.ebay.com/itm/115911359186?hash=item1afcdafad2:g:BLIAAOSwBZ1k~JDi&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA8MFOwnpoYwhPetaupe73Iq714raA55S2dr0XsUWz%2F1A4qw8UAm9MTtYyUiXhX61fhphuHpCGspY6jrPVgIIKALNIlC1qnIUCe2fDoGRFc0PLCC8IqK6biRUSK9rfji450Jv6DlB8toKenWS44Q%2F%2FBA7%2FcdSKu3goPRWgGPo2nc5BJG3Mk0WNgOI4zrcUAIFxSx0zmb0Y2cdLX3GokyvH4FJiJUWPvv71CrLEzaGAXjDg6ZaMY7ANPApLQDsj7su3AJXWG8su8nUSuZzhEvqwpZvV%2B32YfUHrhWngAil%2Ba1WZWAAIGZckNTFLt%2FR4BL7VAw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR5LbuPzPYg
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DeleteI see your 218 Ed, and raise you 50! Different seller, he's only seen one other? I've seen about five since Christmas!
Deletehttps://www.ebay.com/itm/225589111404?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D1110025%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.COMPOSITELISTINGS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D254184%26meid%3Dadf8beb93a8c495f8ae50f97ed416252%26pid%3D101506%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D25%26sd%3D115911359186%26itm%3D225589111404%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D3458402%26algv%3DAlgoIndex2DiversityRanker&_trksid=p3458402.c101506.m1851
I paid $50-odd for three different sets with postage, and that was more than I like to drop on such HK stuff!
https://smallscaleworld.blogspot.com/2023/07/lb-is-for-little-buggers.html
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LOL - This is actually the first time I've seen these sets Hugh, and quite frankly became instantly disinterested after seeing the prices!
DeleteSome of them are silly! I saw a few, but only because I was looking for them!
DeleteIt was one of those lucky moments, where I BIN'ed on one in the early hours, our time, and he was at his PC, messaged me that he had another, as I was 'searching seller's other items', so I BIN'ed a lose set with card and blister, mailed him to ask for combined postage, found his mail, and ten minutes later he'd cancelled both sales, bundled all three on a BIN, and they were on their way to me!
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Oh yeah, there's a second one on fleaBay for only $275!! LOL
ReplyDeleteOr LPOLP Ed!
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