This lovely item was recently seen on auction by Arto, a gorgeous Space Exploration Car.
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It's a blister carded Hong Kong friction toy released by LN, model no. 3086.
I'm pretty sure I've seen a similar One Man submarine toy.
Anyone got anything like it?
I'd love to get a hold of one of those!
ReplyDeleteIt's a nice one I agree Ed.
DeleteI have a boxed LN Mechanical Fish, with a very similar diver riding it. This was on Moonbase Central a few years ago. Also a friction-powered toy.
ReplyDeleteThat was a fab thing Paul. Yep I remember it.
DeleteI recall having one of these when I was about 8, along with a lot of the other toys in this series. A bit of a white elephant, as the large astronaut effectively put it out of scale with all the other 00/H0 size toys and the golden astronauts. Shops in the sixties were littered with things like this, so I invariably came home with something every month when we went shopping in Liverpool centre. Bill
ReplyDeleteAs a kid, I had the two man midget submarine by Lone Star.
DeleteSo I got my childhood ration of diver goodness!
I bet you loved those shopping trips to Liverpool Bill!
DeleteSo thats what happened to joseph cavor.
ReplyDeleteHa ha! He's traded that sub for that Tesla floating round now!
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