This Buck Rogers Invader is new to me. It's a saucer with a motor and the box claims it can spin hundreds of feet into space!
A mix of toy and rocketry!
Anyone ever had one?
This Buck Rogers Invader is new to me. It's a saucer with a motor and the box claims it can spin hundreds of feet into space!
A mix of toy and rocketry!
Anyone ever had one?
Looks like a rebranded/relabeled version of the Cox Flying Saucer, a freeflight gas-powered flying saucer powered by a .049 nitro engine.
ReplyDeleteFascinating Captain. I never had anything nitro powered!
DeleteThe box actually has the Cox name in the upper left hand corner. They made flying model aircraft, as well as other types of operating models, such as cars, boats, and this Flying Saucer.
ReplyDeleteWell spotted Paul. Can gas powered models be classed as toys,?
DeleteThey could be dangerous if not used properly so I wouldn't classify them as toys. I had a dune buggy and a couple of control line aircraft. Taught me a lot about how a motor works.
ReplyDeleteBlimey, this saucer is packaged like a toy. Dangerous! Wow!
DeleteA friend had one of those saucers in white. We flew it one day and never saw it again. There was a you tube video on Plaid Stallions showing one in action.
ReplyDeleteNever saw it again! Ha ha, that did make me chuckle!
DeleteHilarious! A gas-powered Flying Saucer! An early incarnation of "Steampunk," perhaps? SFZ
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Yep, SF, Gaspunk!
DeleteYou were supposed to measure the amount of file you put into it to prevent flyaways but who reads the instructions.
ReplyDeleteHee hee! So where did you get flying saucer fuel from anyway?
DeleteModel airplane fuel. Any toy store or hobby shop sold it.
ReplyDeleteIt just passed me by the whole rocketry thing.
DeleteI had an Uncle Jim who would always give me cool educational toys for Christmas. Once it was an Estes model rocketry set. It sparked an interest in space exploration and aerodynamics that lasts to this day.
ReplyDeleteA neat Xmas toy that Anon! A life long passion, wow!
DeleteWasn’t ther a Buck Roger’s fighter model kit (with canard fins) sold as a generic stealth fighter?
ReplyDeleteNot sure Anon. There are knockoffs of Bucks ship.
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