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Tuesday, 12 December 2023

Safari, So Good!

 


Looey's recent comment about an obscurely glimpsed toy on a shelf, named 'Space Safari' has prompted a dusting off of a cool little toy, which I am hoping is the toy he recalls. Made by Miniflex in the mid sixties, it's clearly influenced by Major Matt Mason and other contemporary toys.

Packed neatly into a compact box, we have the Ten Hoof Space Crawlwr, Astro Prime Mover, Lunar Personnel Carrier, Solar Generator and the Computer Motivator.




The Computer Motivator is a little battery unit with a motor inside that can be swapped between the crawler and the Prime Mover, which powers movement, while flashing a light and spinning the radar dish.




The Prime Mover can tow the personnel carrier with twin domes and the Solar Generator, which has a rotating screen on the back, displaying a moire effect, not unlike the communicator on Star Trek.

The set comes with three astronauts and a gang of exotic aliens to be gathered up by the safari mission and held in the observational security modules for study.

A great little set all round, with the figures just under 3" high and the Prime Mover at 7" long.

I can't wait to see Looeys interpretation of the toy!


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10 comments:

  1. lewis p morley12/12/2023 10:52 pm

    Oh Woodsy! You jumped the gun on this one! Now I'll have to buckle down and photograph my version!

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    1. Anonymous12/13/2023 7:52 am

      That's what I hoped you'd say Looey! Show and tell! Bill

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  2. WOODSY12/12/2023 11:43 pm

    Lovely post Bill. I never had this set but since seeing it on the blog years ago I've come to appreciate it. Ages ago I had a go at IDing toy parts from other toys in it maybe. A Zeroid arm, Billy Blastoff crawler wheels and so on. I did a post somewhere. A superb set anyway you cut it.

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    1. Anonymous12/13/2023 7:54 am

      Well I don't see any Zeroid parts, but the crawler wheels are deffo very Billy Blastoff. I need to do a companion piece comparing the various crawler wheels! Bill

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    2. WOODSY12/13/2023 8:41 am

      Here ya go Bill. From 7 years ago almost to the day! https://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/2015/12/more-toy-recycling-alps-lunar-explorer.html

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  3. Capt Steve12/13/2023 1:00 am

    Wow!

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  4. Tony k12/13/2023 6:43 am

    A fun packed vintage set, Bill. Love those aliens.

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    1. Anonymous12/13/2023 7:57 am

      It's deffo got serious play value Tony. A lot of toy packed neatly into a small box. I recall seeing this in the mid sixties in a home shopping catalogue, next to the boxed Apollo Moon Exploring set. But try as I might, my letter to Santa didn't seem to reach the North Pole! Thank god for ebay, some scant decades later! Bill

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  5. Anonymous12/13/2023 3:45 pm

    Dynamite toy! SFZ

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  6. lewis p morley12/13/2023 9:54 pm

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