SPACE FLYING SAUCER 2100: FLYING SUB KNOCKOFF

Continuing the TV and Film vehicle knockoff theme today here's a good one.

The Space Flying Saucer 2001.

Looks like the Flying Sub from Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea to me!

It has lots of added bits and a racing car driver!

The toy's features are all listed on the box.

Looks like it came in three colours and there appears to be a helicopter rotor as well!

Its all too much!

Anyways, I saw it Ebay ages ago.

What do you think?

KEVIN'S SUTCLIFFE SEA WOLF TOY

Hi Woodsy

I seem to have developed a nautical theme here which was totally unintentional. Here are some pictures of my latest acquisition, the clockwork Sea Wolf submarine made by Sutcliffe. I had one of these as a kid and recently got this one for purely nostalgic reasons. It is a metal toy with minimal detail but it looks neat. 

The clockwork motor still works and the sub dives by virtue of its forward motion and downwards pointing hydroplanes. When it slows down, its buoyancy brings it back up again. The key fits into a winder hidden beneath the rubber bung on the conning tower. Neat huh?

Here is a short video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBJlL81lA6o

Take care,

Kevin

SUBMARINE SEAVIEW

I've always liked Irwin Allen's TV series, 'Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea' and the fabulous submarine, Seaview.

While I sadly don't have a lot of 'Voyage..' memorabilia I did pick up the annuals and story books as a kid, as well as collecting TV Tornado which carried the occasional strip or text story.

Like many British TV Tie-in books at the time American Gold Key comic reprints were used the Voyage annuals and Comic Album.

In most cases the best thing about the Gold Key comics was the front cover artwork.

One thing I did manage to get at the time was the Aurora kit of the Seaview which, remarkably I've managed to hang on to, although it's looking a little knocked about these days.

Here it is compared to the revamped second season version released by Moebius kits.

This is the Polar Lights re-release using the same box artwork as seen on the original Aurora kit.  

And here's the Moebius box art for the second season revamped kit. Strangely, I don't recall the Gold Key comic strips or the Annuals using the revamped shape in their illustrations which is a shame as that's the version I prefer.

Here's a few photo's of the 14" Moebius Seaview kit in the diorama I recently used for the Taito Thunderbird 4.   

Dive, dive, dive!