Italy's Quercetti is well known for rockets and parachutes.
Their JR21 marketed Fireball XL5 has featured here many times, as has the Mach-1 and TOR.
These toys incorporated a small blow moulded parachutist and chute.
Eolo's much bigger set had a similar jumping astronaut cum pilot.
This bended knee jumper became a staple. Here's a more recent bag of three.
I think you can still get this toy in some form.
It's become a party favour!
I think I’ve mentioned this before, but I was lucky enough to own the Quercetti Fireball XL5, and I loved it to pieces. I had forgotten about the two nose cones being molded in lemon yellow, though! SFZ
ReplyDeleteHey fab SF! Did it fly well?
DeleteA manual to go with it
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