Hot on the heels of Ed's wonderful Project SWORD Apollo Saturn by Century 21 Toys.
Here's some pics from Japan of the likely origin, one of a number of Japanese toys and kits which very likely inspired Project SWORD toy designs.
This is
Tomy's Apollo-X in its Japanese box, presumably for the mid-1960's home market.
(Their next or other version was the Ranger-7 in an English language box)
I'm not convinced this original version had a parachute capsule, although clearly the red tip detached. It's not clear.
Certainly the parachute capsule appeared in the next Tomy iteration, the Ranger-7 Interplanetary Rocket with the English box.
Century 21 Toys repeated the feature on their Apollo Saturn.
Has anyone got a Tomy Apollo-X in its Japanese box?
If only, Woodsy, if only !
ReplyDeleteIve got the later Tomy release. According to the kanji on the box, this version does not have a launching capsule, or the smoke effect. The front nose is removeable and the rear panels light up, but thats it. Tomy/Sears must have added the extra features for the US market. Bill
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