Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers,
It has been an exciting year out in The Cave as I rummaged through boxes and discovered things I bought years ago and totally forgot about. It started with a Williams O-gauge diesel switcher lettered for the Wisconsin Central. Then I found a K-Line switcher in Santa Fe livery, and then a Lionel MPC era switcher in SOO Line markings. They were all in unmarked cardboard boxes I had put to the side - and promptly forgot about! If memory serves me right, these were all lockdown purchases from a few years back.
In that vein, I was out there again the other day and was looking in a plain cardboard shipping box thinking it was empty. Nay, nay! Inside the plain carboard box, was another box wrapped in bubble wrap. Inside the bubble wrap was a Spacex set box!
What the...!!??
A Spacex box? It was the Spacex Earth Launch Pad Set #1176/20
Big box Spacex sets are harder to find than unicorn horns over here and I couldn't believe it. The box itself is hella rough but more or less intact. I opened the box to find three bubble-wrapped 'packages', inside of which were all the bubble-wrapped set components nested inside the insert.
There remained yet other surprises. The large paper playmat was there and intact, and there were additional, non Tri-ang components included. You'll be able to just make them out in the last photo. As yesterday was a busy day, this is as far as I got with my photo shoot. Today was my big shopping day for the month (groceries and sundries) and I'm already pooped, so it's unlikely anything will get done.
Overall I am stoked! It may yet be another day or two before I get out there to take more photos but y'all will be the first to know.
I unwrapped the toys and placed what I had into the insert. As it was, the set was in overall good condition. The MLP is complete as were the Forklift 7, the Tractor T5, and the Hawk. Both Helicopter P3's were casualties though with both missing rotors and one missing the rear wheels.
Unfortunately, the tote bin which has my Tri-ang space toys is kind of buried at the moment so I can't look to see if I have any spare parts.
Ed
Vegas Base
Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers,
The next step will be to set up all the toys on the playmat and see what it looks like.
Fantastic find Ed. Nearly everything there. I can see other stuff. Maybe the Blue Box console and radar Truck? Or is it an Imperial Console?
ReplyDeleteI believe I sent a follow-up e-mail with everything unboxed and set up?? If not let me know Woodsy cuz I took a bunch of photos of the set-up along with the extra bits.
DeleteWow Wow Wow!
ReplyDeleteWhat a rediscovery!
I had the Mobile Launcher and P3 Helicopter as separate purchases. Interestingly, I hated the original colour choices so as 11 year old, I repainted them with spray paints. The rocket became white and the Helicopter was disassembled, painted silver and put back together again.
I think I did a pretty good job.
I was just checking the dates on the Triang Space X website and see there actually was a white variant produced.
How much nicer it looks!
https://www.triangspacextoys.info/SpGAtoys/SpGAtoys.html
What was it with 60's space toys?
Why were white vehicles always being painted green?
Thanx Lewis! It was quite a month or two with discovery after discovery out in The Cave. I was quite the happy camper! :-)
DeleteLooks like the Blue Box mini versions of the Topper/Deluxe Rocket Base set too! result! Funnily enough, I repainted my green rocket white too, but made a total hash of it as I used Airfix enamels and left it full of brush marks. The white version only ever appeared in prototype or catalogue versions, along with the beautiful blue Nuclear Pulse. Bill
ReplyDeleteI believe you're right Bill! If Woodsy finds any follow-up e-mails (that is of course if I actually sent any) that should answer the question. If nothing else I can send photos of everything set-up to include those extra pieces.
DeleteOkay folks, after this unboxing I am now in need of either two helicopter rotor blades OR two complete helicopters. They've become scarce here Stateside. There are a couple of cheap carded ones listed on fleaBay but the seller is in Italy and shipping is over $50!!!!! ARRRRRGH
ReplyDeleteWell, I just hauled out my storage bin of duplicates/parts and I've only 2 of the helicopters, one tagged P3 and the other Security Copter so no help from me there for a full copter. That said, I do have an extra set of blades. They are the longer secondary wings version but no idea if they came off a Spacex or LP version. The longer blades were cleanly snapped off but complete. I know it only solves half your dilemma but I can send it to you.
DeleteThat may very well do the trick Lance. It's basically just a measure to make the set appear complete. If you send Woodsy an e-mail he can forward it to me and we could work out the details. many Thanx!!
Deleteyep, send me emails guys and I'll hook you up.
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