THE MIDORI LUNAR TRANSPORTER

Here are a couple of online images from Yahoo Japan of their auctioned space kits lot [thanks Terry H].

Its a tasty dish of allsorts including Captain Scarlet, Angels, the Skyship 1 gondola and much more.

Some lucky collector also bagged the wondrous Lunar Transporter by Midori. Its the long silver vehicle below to the left.

I mean Wow! has anyone got one?

MIDORI GREEN SLIME TRANSPORTER

This is the Midori model Lunar Transporter.

I saw it on Yahoo Japan.

I do like this design, which was first seen in the film The Green Slime.

The rear engine really does look like a permanent marker pen top.

Not sure what the black 'arms' are at each side. You?

Tri-ang went on to release a smaller toy version, the LT-10.

Have you got anything like this?

KSN MIDORI SCI-FI MODEL KITS 1969

There's a bit of everything here from Midori's catalogue 1969 I saw on the net.

Three pictures of their model LT-10 Lunar Transporter, some vanguards and a Lunar Climber.

Excuse the small size of the image.

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There'll be proper close-ups of fantastic Japanese kits to come soon from Rob C in the USA.

midori lunar toys

Eagled-eyed Japanese model fan Terry Harle spotted these beauties on an auction site last month.

Of great interest to SWORD and SPACEX fans are the second and third vehicles from the left, which we would recognise as the cigar-shaped Lunar Transporter or LT10 and the multi-wheeled Lunar Climber.

Both 'toys' shown are vintage built-up models from Japanese brand MIDORI.

The Midori 'Lunar Climber' is a moving model and has been featured before on the blog but I'm unsure if the Midori 'LT10' moves.

Does anyone know?

remote control green slime toy model

Just seen this Japanese clip on You Tube of what I assume is the built-up Midori Green Slime spaceship.

Or is it a scratchbuild?

It appears to be remote controlled and looks quite big!

We know this ship better as the toy SpaceX LT-10.

Do you like it?

THE MIDORI SCORPION

Japanese model masters Midori made the model versions of the Lunar Climber and the SpaceX LT10.

This is the Scorpion as it appeared this year on a Japanese auction site.

Do you like it?

Anyone got a built-up?

MIDORI STINGRAY HYBRIDS

These old Japanese Stingray-based hybrid kits are cool. By Midori in 1966. The top one looks like the Sea View from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. Seen online. The Japanese designers attention to detail and unlimited imagination never ceases to amaze me!

MIDORI ROCKET KIT MAKING FROM JAPAN

Here's a little Japanese film I found on You Tube showing the construction of the Midori Rocket kit. It's almost hypnotic to watch: the precise movements and the slow Japanese voice make a great relaxer whilst having a beer! Besides, his skills are so much more better than mine so it's also a training video for me! This one looks so incredibly fiddly its untrue!

The rocket is the same design to that on the back of the JR21 and this non-21 Rocket Launcher toy

and the Lucky Lunar Probe 1

and a variety of rockets from Eastern Europe like this one

Anyone know the origin of this rocket design?

MIDORI LUNAR TRANSPORTER: NEW BOX ART?

We've seen the MIDORI Lunar Transporter from Japan before but I'm unsure if we've seen this particular box on the blog. Set on a lunar landscape, its remarkably SWORD-like and would not look out of place as SWORD box art. 

You see from the contents that the unpainted model appears to be dark bluey green and comes with a picture of the Transporter and chums.

Anyone got one of these?

MOON BUS LUNAR TRANSPORTER CONVOY

 

 

After posting the Midori Lunar Transporter box art the other day I noticed it had the same angle as the Moon Bus at the back of the Project SWORD Annual. Here's my poor attempt to merge the two illustrations. See what you think.

MIDORI LUNAR TRANSPORTER A LA GREEN SLIME

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Anyone got this kit biult up readers?

SLIME TIME: THE MIDORI LUNAR TRANSPORTER

 

I'm back from a week in sunny North Wales and relaxing surfing the net after 7 days abstinence. Just found this new cool image of the model Luna Transporter inspired by the film The Green Slime; it was made as a kit by Midori. We know it better as the glorious Tri-ang SpaceX LT10. For some reason it always reminds me of a lipstick on wheels! [picture: Retro Plastic Model Gallery]

 

You can check out this image and many more fabulous Japanese kits at The Retro Plastic Model Gallery, illustrating catalogues at the Bunkyo Yayio Museum in Japan. It also includes the Midori and Paramount Beetle aka Lunar Climber. Yummy!