Hello Woodsy
I've been quiet online for some time but have been busy collecting. I visit Moonbase Central regularly and it's just about the only place I can find new information about some of my Interests.
I've been concentrating on early English space toys: Kleeware, Selcol, Tudor Rose and, especially, Dan Dare.
I thought you might like to see an interesting acquisition I made recently.
It's a battery powered Tudor Rose shop display featuring two of those spectacular Atomic Space Ships along with a batch of motorbikes and sidecars.
One ship has a motor connected to a battery pack. The other has a lead counterweight.
The whole thing spins around in an alarming manner.
If you can use it on your site please feel free. If you'd like more Tudor Rose, Dan Dare or similar stuff, I have plenty of novelties!
Here's a Youtube video of it in action:
All the best
Brian H.
UK
Really fantastic that Brian! Thanks. Of course, please feel free to email me with anything you want MC readers to see ... And drool over! :-)
ReplyDeleteWow - that is a priceless piece of toy history - how charming! SFZ
ReplyDeleteAn amazing one-off rarity, thanks for posting Brian. Any info about its provenance?
ReplyDeleteBy all means flood MC with Dan Dare novelties. Not that I have any bias towards Hampson's creation.
ReplyDeleteWow, what an amazing piece of toy shop history. How many of those have survived ? Yes, more please.
ReplyDeleteFascinating! I love Point Of Sale displays! Looking closely at this piece, I'm wondering if it's something the shop owner has cobbled together themselves. The spaceships and motorbikes don't seem to have a thematic connection. The motor housing looks like a repurposed sweet tin! The smoking gun is the push button power switch, just stuck on the top of the spaceship cockpit. It is certainly accessible, but I suspect a factory produced item would be a little more careful in it's placement!
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw this in an auction catalogue I had the same reservations so I took a 200 mile journey to check for myself. The moment I saw it I knew it was a professionally made piece expertly crafted from 2mm steel sheet - that's thick!. The motor isn't in the centre; it's set into the blue spaceship with a battery pack behind. The switch is gawky but exactly the sort of thing you'd see in 1952.
DeleteSWEEEET! You lucky so-&-so haha That is one terrific vintage space toy Brian, congrats on snagging it!
ReplyDeleteIt must have looked fantastic in that 1950's shop Brian!
ReplyDeleteAre the motorbikes by Tudor Rose as well? Never seen them before.
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