To Bat or Not to Bat? The X-40 BATJET

I've always been fascinated by this Bat Plane. We've seen it a few times on MC. Here's a rough looking and incomplete one I saw on auction this year, obviously worse for wear after a brush with Paint Man.

This SALCO Batman's Batjet is a gorgeous toy complete and when boxed I bet its a fabulous display item.

Here's a boxed example from an American auction.

I imagine the little black spike at the front is often missing!

Its a classic space design and the same as another beautiful space toy, the X-50 Space Racer, first introduced to us on MC by contributor and super collector Ferryman way back in 2009 in his fabulous and debut X-Series post, 

To Be or Not To Be JR21?

Have you anything like this readers?

JET POWERED BIRDS

I do love this 3-Wheeler, the Space Bird.

I saw this pic on an old Worthpoint auction.

So sleek and stylish, its clealy based on a landspeed record breaker like the Spirit of America.

Its almost art.

Don't know the maker. 

Do you like it?

It reminds me of my very similar grey racer by Hoover, the name of which escapes me and the shorter blue Space Racer X-50 by JR21.

SPIRIT OF AMERICA IN PLASTIC

This is a clip of an amazingly sleek toy. I assume its plastic but I'm unsure of the maker.

A little common I would say is the JR21 X-series version of the Spirit of America for the landspeed fan. I've got one in my collection.

Have you got any land speed record toys?

MYSTERY YELLOW SPACE VEHICLE

I saw this on PicClick and thought, hmm, that blue LP X-30 rocket nosecone doesn't look right.

What do you think?

I recognise the red car; its a Merehall Amphibious Missile Launcher we've had on here before. But what is that yellow vehicle? Anyone know?

MORE VILPA, MORE SHINY

I've found a few more cool shiny toys by Spanish outfit Vilpa.

The Hucha capsule has a variety of coloured tops.

Hucha means piggy bank.

Red

Green

Blue showing the coin slot

The Capsule base showing the combination lock

The flying Saucer bank.

The box side.

Platillo Volador means flying saucer. Ovni means UFO.

The Blue version.

The combination lock on the base of the red saucer.

Here's shiny lamp.

A shiny rocket

and my personal favourite, a castle piggy bank! God, I would have loved this as a nipper!

What do you think readers?

VILPA SPACE TOYS: SHINY SHINY

 A couple of years ago we featured this shiny Spanish version of the Moon Explorer by JP.

JP released shiny versions of the bigger LP vehicles.

Well, there are more fab shiny Spanish space toys it turns out.

Toy firm Vilpa were great at it.

Here's the red Ovni Hucha,

 and the silver and blue/red Hucha Espacial. I think its a money box too.

I love these Vilpa toys and the boxes. They're like redline Hot Wheels spaceships! 

There's a hint of JR21 and the X-series of toys about them.

Do you like them?

X-40 SPACE ROCKET TOY: THE ENOLA GAY OF SPACE?

Is the old 1940's WW2 Enola Gay Superfortress cockpit the inspiration behind the split screened front of the X-40 Space Rocket toy made in Hong Kong 1960's?

Or has it more to do with 1950's Dan Dare? What do you think readers?

ARTO'S THUNDERFLASH II X-40

Hi Woodsy

Here's the X-40 Space Rocket's cousin X-40 "Thunderflash II". While the toys are pretty much similar (apart from the differing wheel hub colour), the boxes are two different variations on a theme. However, the item number and the registration no. on both is again the same.

Arto