So, Mickey watches Fireball XL5! I do like his scooter he borrowed from Steve Zodiac or was this design around before Fireball? Not a toy I...

Hi Woodsy.  My restoration of the Kitmaster Fireball XL5 is nearly complete.  The decals are reproduction ones , the observation dome is the...

My customer who bought me that box of bits awhile ago bought a few more things for me the other day. What looks to be a Cecil Coleman superc...

Italy's Quercetti is well known for rockets and parachutes. Their JR21 marketed Fireball XL5 has featured here many times, as has the Ma...

Check out Santa's scooter! By Masudaya for Illfelder, its straight from Fireball XL5 and clearly inspired by Steve Zodiac's scooter....

I've written about these before but I'm always amazed when they turn up on Ebay, the Greek Leizer 200 made by Alpha. Its clearly a G...

  From Will's new TV21 comics collection, his JR21 XL5 parachuting spaceship and the ad in a November 1965 edition of the comic. Did you...

 There's nothing quite like a long launch ramp for a rocket. Here are two famous ones. The Ark from When Worlds Collide. Fireball XL5 Ca...

Hi. Not my own artwork, but painted for me by a friend some years ago. Will O

  Santa needs one of these! I saw these online on a ride auction a while back and thought, yes! Fireball XL5 hoverbikes a la Steve Zodiac! H...

At the top of this old auction pic is possibly a Japanese toy space rifle new to the blog. It recalls the Fireball XL5 rifles I blogged abou...

Hi, I have just come across a site devoted to the Rosebud Kitmaster kit range.  This was a British doll maker that branched out very brief...

I was fascinated by the detail of this online gallery for one boxed toy, the US Rocket. A battery-fired plastic rocket with parachute, each ...

Hi, Final batch of pics of my scratchbuilt XL5 for now! Take care, Kevin UK

Hi, Here are a few more! Kevin UK

Hi, Finally completed my XL5 scratchbuild. 20 inches long, made from plasticard, milliput and perspex tube. Junior is held in p...

Hey Woodsy! This showed up in my feed today despite it being several years old. I've not seen this video before but I do like the ...

This article pulls together all the research I've done on the blog about the Fireball XL5 toy rifle over the years. It tracks the...