I've never seen this Bandai tinplate beauty in the flesh. I think it was a Sears Christmas exclusive.
Online auction pictures like these have to suffice but boy oh boy does it look grand!
Has anyone been lucky enough to have one?
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The double teardrop cockpit blisters really make it for me. The flattened engines too. It's so Gerry Anderson! What a toy, almost too good to play with!
Do you like it readers?
oh, and here's its US patent diagram online:
That is a stunning toy. The twin cockpit blisters are very like those on the Douglas XB-42 Mixmaster, twin-engined bomber prototype of WW2.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! Thanks Paul
DeleteA truly sublime toy aircraft - I had never even heard of it! SFZ
ReplyDeleteThe orange paint scheme immediately reminded me of that supersonic airliner in Joe 90!
DeleteBattle of the planets/Gatchaman had the G-1 jet with a twin cockpit bubble...
Sublime, yes, good word SF!
DeleteI must track down a snap of that Joe 90 airliner Looey!
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