Ed's Golden Astronaut SpaceX Boxed Sets

Woodsy,

Your recent post had me curious as just how many boxed Spacex/Golden Astronaut sets I had so I herded them all together into a folder for future reference and here they are.

From Vegas Base

Ed

HI YA! OUR CUSTOM MULTIPLE TOYMAKERS KUNG FU TARGET SET DONE!

  I'm pleased to show you our latest team effort readers, a custom Kung Fu Target Set finished.

Here it is booted and suited.

Bill created the fabulous graphics based on the original card by Multiple Toymakers released in 1975. It required some custom artistic licence on Bill's part on the 100 section, as the original was hidden from view and no loose card could be found online so it could be seen.

I had fun sorting out the toys and the blister; the horse and rider were from my bits box and needed a little tinkering; the toy revolver was from the local farmshop and got a lick of paint and a white grip; the target card clasps were plug fuse covers from the DIY box [the target cards were part of the backing card and had to be cut out originally in 1975].

As always the blister was tricky and in the end I used the original blister off the farmshop cowboy set I bought and cut it up to create two suitable shapes to glue down.

Here's a comparison with the the original toy; 1975 on the left and our 2025 custom on the right.

I forgot about the dart! Doh!

Hope you like this latest effort from ..... "Moonbase International"!

Toy Fu 2

I've done a more accurate draft mock-up of my custom Kung Fu Target Set with suitably sized panels like the original by Multiple Toymakers.

Hope you like it.

I picked up a small cowboy gun from the farm shop, shortened the barrel, painted it and glued on a new white grip trim.

The card target holders are old fuse covers painted yellow.

I like the horse and rider the most.

I cut up an old Leeds Film Festival programme for the two mock pictures and title.

The wild boar panel is from Razorback for our Looey, who worked on the film!

Here's a plastic bag over it.

Bill will kindly fettle the card art later this month I'm hoping and then, hi ya!

I seek not to know all the answers but to understand the questions!

TOY FU: RE-CREATING THE MULTIPLE TOYMAKERS KUNG FU TARGET SET

 My next toy project is inspired by various nostalgic neurons firing at all once:-

my memories of the beautiful white plastic horses included in Waddingtons' Battle of the Little Big Horn we had at home in the Sixties. God I adored those horses and figures, that came in that terrific box ....

and then there's the really gorgeous Planet of the Apes Target Set by Multiple Toymakers, which I bought for a very pretty penny at Memorabilia at the NEC around the year 2000 for my toy stall, which sold ... sadly!

With all these horses galloping I thought I'd have a bash at including one in a mock set of my own and settled on something I've always loved, Kung Fu.

So, Master Po, here's the similar Multiple Toymakers Kung Fu Target Set they released to cash in on the fabulous TV series starring the late great David Carradine and summoning my inner chi the toy I'll attempt, without spending more than a fiver, to emulate next!

I started with a loose Britains Deetail horse and a spare tractor driver. They got a little re-shaping, a lick of paint and a PVA glaze to imitate Kwai Chang Caine bareback on his white mare.

With three rough yellow card bases, an ersatz Lugar and dart, I mounted the horse and rider on a mock card and blister to see what I'm dealing with.

I've ordered a cowboy dart gun for £4.49 on Ebay including porto, which I hope is as small as the one Multiple Toymakers used. The yellow card stands need to perfect for this so need further thought, as does a decent dimply blister.

The backing card will be courtesy of Bill's wunderbar graphics skills.

Something a little different and one which taps into my love of the Kung Fu TV series. Did you like the series readers?

Master, watch this space!

[top three images: Worthpoint]

Spanning the Years: Bridge Building Toy Tanks

Ace toy spotter Terry H sent me a link to an interesting US auction earlier this year for a seemingly rare vintage and boxed Puddle Jumper Mobile Armored Launcher by Multiple Toymakers. What a Christmas present it must have been!

 It's certainly a new one on me. 

See what you think. I wonder which is older?

This Multiple Toymakers tank recalls Century 21 Toys own version, which we've covered before on MC.

Here's a nice one I saw on auction years ago.

Have you got a bridge tank? 

Addendum:

Woodsy,

I was surprised to see this post regarding MPC's Puddle Jumper - aka Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge (AVLB). 

These are the first photos I've seen of a complete one with an original box. I've had a couple over the years and still retain one in the collection. Mine is missing the gun barrel, but a repo barrel from one of MPC's tanks is a good 'nuff substitute. 

While this mobile bridge works great with MPC's 60mm tanks, Jeeps, personnel carriers, etc., it also came as part of a set which included an oversized tank and halftrack. 

Attached are some photos of my MPC Puddle Jumper as well as my much smaller Boley Armored Vehicle-Launched Bridge (AVLB).

From Vegas Battle Ground

Ed

IT COULD BE WURST! THE HOT DOG KING TOY VAN

I like this Hot Dog King van from Multiple Toymakers I saw on auction. We've seen other vehicles in this range before including the ice cream van. They went on to influence the Century 21 Toys Topo Gigio Ice Cream and Camper vans.

Anyone for a hot dog?

PLAZER RAY GUN

I have just come across this, the Multiple Toymakers Transistorized Plazer Ray Gun, from the 1960s. Wow.

It is a massive ray gun, that needs both hands to operate, and uses two D Cell batteries, which are installed under the long red panel at the front. It reminds me of the head of K-9.

Made of red, white, and light blue plastic, with the name of the gun, Plazer Ray, in chromed lettering on the right side. The name of the maker appears under the rear section.

The box is made of corrugated cardboard, with full colour paper labels glued on. The ends say Multiple Toymakers, Bronx, N.Y., and A Division of Loral Corporation. Made and Printed in U.S.A. The copyright date looks to be 1966.

You look through the rear scope. Line up on your target, and pull the rear trigger. This operates the aiming laser and beeper. The colour of the laser can be varied - red, blue, or green - by turning the red wheel just in front of the scope window. Then pull the forward trigger. This fires a cap, which destroys the target. The caps are housed within a solid metal magazine, which fits inside the forward handgrip.

It seems there were problems with these guns not working, and it certainly looks as though it would have been a complex and delicate toy, even when it worked.

I only found a few sales listings for it, and an old print ad.

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/1966-wards-christmas-catalog-page-1809531804

Old TV commercial - the quality is not very good, but it is still fascinating.

https://www.google.com/search?q=plazer+ray+gun+toy&oq=plazer+ray+gun+toy&aqs=chrome..69i57j69i60l3.8403j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:d5e6831c,vid:uK_XOBh6cZI

However, there is a You Tube video by ToyKingWonder which shows the gun in action. It also shows how to take the toy apart, the inner mechanism, and how to get the gun to work. It is very detailed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wDlcKBHs0Y

I wonder if it was sold outside the US ?

Paul Adams from New Zealand

MULTIPLE TOYMAKERS' MULTIPLE HORSES

 Ever since we got Waddington's Battle of the Little Big Horn Board Game at home in the Sixties I've liked seeing white toy horses.

One such white horse I liked featured in the Planet of the Apes Target set, one of those wonderful blister rack toys by Multiple ToyMakers of the USA. When I could afford it I bought a set at the NEC show. I was thrilled but it was a pretty penny I can tell you. 

I no longer have my set but here's an auction example of the Planet of the Apes Target Set complete with Multiple's house style trotting white horse. Have you ever seen a more wonderful rack toy!

The explosion of fabulous TV shows in the Seventies like POTA garnered more toy horses and here's another from Multiple's growing stable, the Kung Fu Target Set. I imagine Kwai Chang Kane did ride a horse. He was in the Wild West after all!

You can't tie a good horse up and here's two, yes two, in Multiple's Lone Ranger and Tonto Target Set. This time the horses come in different shades.

Never a company to miss a trick Multiple re-issued and re-used everything. After all they were called Multiple Toymakers. Here's the Lone Ranger boxed up to the max in their 1971 Lone Ranger train set. Somewhere in there is our white horse [other box sets were issued for Planet of the Apes and Kung Fu too! Well of course they were!]

It would make sense that the white horse was trotting around from the start.

Here it is in Multiple's Wagons pack, which I assume is from the Sixties, though I'm not sure.

Similarly here's a neddy in 4 Wagons of the West, which sounds like a film title! One of the coaches is called a Surrey, which I never knew. I used to live in Surrey here in England!

if you weren't satisfied with one or two horses you get multiple steeds in a bag too!

That's enough white horses for one Sunday morning. Needless to say this is but a brief canter around Multiple Toymaker's vast saddlery and I'm aware there are countless variations, in particular the Wild West and the Lone Ranger. Maybe you have some?

If you have anything like this leave a comment or send in a snap.

[all pictures above courtesy of Worthpoint]

KOOKIE KAMPER

 

Here's another lovely camper van by Multiple Toymakers! The Mickey Mouse Kookie Kamper.

Century 21 Toys got hold of this vehicle and stuck Topo Gigio in there inside a Project SWORD style box too!

Kooky!

Do you have one?

LITTLE TWINS AND POOCHY HOT PIZZA AND SODA VAN

I don't think we've had this Pizza and Soda Van on Moonbase before.

Its a Multiple Toymakers variant on their ice cream van.

Here it is complete in its nifty case along with the three figures of the little twins and poochy.

Century 21 Toys also issued the van as a Topo Gigio ice cream van in a Project SWORD style box.