Technofix was an amazing brand of clockwork tinplate toys, and I had several, including the legendary Alpine Express, and one of their roller coasters, but never the Airport. The best Technofix toys were the ones with the wind-up cars running along tin tracks, with that magnificent landscape lithography to gape at while the vehicles ran around. Truly a magical company. SFZ
Wow! I've never seen that before. What a wonderful toy, and that great box art with a wide vista from the control tower... Magnificent! It almost inspires me to make a fake tin toy of a Mission control, with tin flight controllers and a rocket on the pad!
I've given up on my fake tin toy endeavours since AI became a thing. There used to be a novelty to seeing a photograph of a toy that didn't exist, now it's the norm but without a shred of creativity involved.
I've moved on to other projects that depend on more obvious physical creation, like my puppet film.
Technofix was an amazing brand of clockwork tinplate toys, and I had several, including the legendary Alpine Express, and one of their roller coasters, but never the Airport. The best Technofix toys were the ones with the wind-up cars running along tin tracks, with that magnificent landscape lithography to gape at while the vehicles ran around. Truly a magical company. SFZ
ReplyDeleteWorks of art I agree SF. Such skill.
DeleteWow! I've never seen that before. What a wonderful toy, and that great box art with a wide vista from the control tower...
ReplyDeleteMagnificent!
It almost inspires me to make a fake tin toy of a Mission control, with tin flight controllers and a rocket on the pad!
Sounds an ace project Looey!
DeleteI've given up on my fake tin toy endeavours since AI became a thing. There used to be a novelty to seeing a photograph of a toy that didn't exist, now it's the norm but without a shred of creativity involved.
DeleteI've moved on to other projects that depend on more obvious physical creation, like my puppet film.
I understand Looey.
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