T Toys aka T in a Circle aka Tai Hing toys made some gorgeous space toy vehicles in the Sixties.
Hong Kong forerunners of Project SWORD, you can clearly see echoes of the Moonbus in this plain titled Space Vehicle. Those are the Moonbus pilots too!
Here's a nice white and red version too, along with its box, of which there are variants.
T in a Circle did release the SWORD Moonbus, eventually picked up and rebranded by Century 21 Toys.
Have you any Hong Kong T?
That is truly an iconic design. SFZ
ReplyDeleteIt is I agree SF.
DeleteVery cool Woodsy! I thought I had something from 'T in a circle' but after looking through my hard drive I came up bupkis.
ReplyDeleteYou may have some Tarheel Ed. Like the Tarheel Moon Bus or Moon Prospector or Space Glider.
DeleteYes, I do have several Tarheel spaceships Woodsy. Are Tarheel and Tai Hing one and the same or affiliated in some way?
DeleteNo, not affiliated. They do both share the fact that they released Project SWORD toys, namely the Moon Bus and Moon Prospector. Tarheel is American, from Tarboro, and went on to release many more SWORD toys in the US and Canada.
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