Ed's Tin: the Yonezawa C-124 Globemaster

Woodsy and Fellow Moonbasers,

Here's another beautiful Hunk O' Tin from Vegas Air Field: the C-124 Globemaster from Yonezawa in Japan.

The Douglas' C-124 Globemaster II was a heavy-lift cargo aircraft developed from their earlier work on the C-74 Globemaster. Nicknamed 'Old Shaky". Globemaster II's were initially assigned to the Strategic Air Command (SAC) hauling nukes until becoming the prime mover for the Air Force's Military Air Transport Service (MATS). 

It served with MATS from 1950 until MATS was re-designated as the Military Airlift Command (MAC) in 1966, and on until 1970 when the last Globemaster's were transferred to the Air National Guard.

This terrific tin-litho aircraft is 18 1/2" (46.99cm) L x 20 1/2" (52.07cm) wingspan x 6 3/4" (17.14cm) H, and is among the biggest planes currently in my collection. It takes two 'D' cell batteries and when powered up the propellers spinm the front loading hatch opens, and the loading ramp deploys. 

There is a small tank and Jeep inside (both made by Mohawk I believe). The toy follows the standard practice of having detachable wings. Unfortunately, I don't have a video of it in operation.

From Vegas Air Field

Ed

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For more of Ed's pics https://toyconnect.blogspot.com/search?q=globemaster

YONEZAWA SEA HAWK

This beautiful toy has probably been discussed on MB previously, but it’s my first encounter with it. I saw this post on Kitahara Teruhiso’s great Facebook page. Here’s a few photos and the google translation. 

What a vehicle! Do you like it?

Rob C

USA

YONEZAWA SPACE WALKER AND SPACE FRONTIER ROCKET

This is an interesting YT clip of Spanish toys from 1969.

There are Yone space toys and Famosa, Payá, Rico, Jyesa and Sanchis.

What do you think?

Do you have these space toys?

YONEZAWA ATLAS 7 1965 ROCKET

There is just something abut this toy rocket I saw on Ebay that reminds me of the Project SWORD Apollo Saturn Rocket and its relatives below.

I thinks its the overall shape, the bottom fins and in particular the nosecone.

What do you think?

Here's the complete toy on Alphadrome showing the spinning rotor and the box.

http://www.danefield.com/data/displayimage-12-4802.html

Anyone got one?

Could Zeroids Do Any Real Work?

I wonder just how much weight could a Zeroid have pulled?

I remember the brown one distinctly dragging his box trailer along behind him. He gave my Action Man a ride round the room now and then.

But could Zeroid's do any real work?

Would that trailer take a a book from one side of the room to another for instance or maybe relocate a whole stack of loose SpaceX vehicles?

There's one other working Robot I'd have loved as a nipper in 1968, Captain Robo from Yonezawa - their 21st Century Space Series range. It looks superb but I don't know how the robot pulled the trailer. Or did it?

Captain Robo reminds me of something in Space Safari by Miniflex. I haven't got that set so if you have maybe let me know which vehicle I'm thinking of. 

The Captain's red domed cockpit has a look of the Project SWORD Moon Ranger too. I'd like to get a good clear look inside that red dome.

Did you have any working robots as a kid? Zeroids, Ding a Lings etc?