Ah, the Snow Train! What a vehicle! The original concept illustration for the Snow Train was by the great Eric Eden in the fabulous 1966 TV2...

Woodsy, Here is a terrific recent sighting of the Midori ‘Space Tank Super Beetle', in working condition, from famous Japanese toy colle...

Bill talks about the blog effect now and then so when I saw this I wondered if this would be a case in point as the effect usually involves ...

I always enjoy watching old reels showing fabulous vehicles. There were more amazing vehicles produced than I ever imagined and sometimes br...

This is the Hyper Hobby Dash magazine from Japan, 1998.  I saw it on Noppin and saved these pics. Here's the cover. and...

This is the Spanish Beetle by prolific toy company Clim. It reminds me of the Project SWORD Beetle or its un-shielded version The S...

Today's fascinating discussion about the LP Moon Explorer Car tyres reminded of the mysterious wheels on another model I have, Imai...

This is exciting for SWORDies like me. This looks like a normal boxed Thunderbird 7 / Project SWORD Beetle by Imai. But it cont...

Japanese fan painting of the Imai Thunderbird 7 box art. The TB7 or  サンダーバード７号 was the Project SWORD Beetle, the heat-shielded form o...

Here's a nifty Japanese SF site detailing the various old models kits of the Beetle and the what we know as the Lunar Climber. Lots of ...

Fellow collector Terry H recently alerted me to this auction in Japan of a Imai THUNDERBIRD 7. The interesting thing that Terry spotted is ...

I took these photos recently to show the size of the Imai Thunderbird 7/ Beetle model, [kindly constructed by Bill] compare...

Browsing the amazing Japanese website, which in English is the Thunderbirds Merchandise Museum [I think], I found two new images of ...