Probe a Bit More: Lucky Toy's Lunar Probe No.1

 A few toys only ever appear once or twice; online, in books, on auction, on here.

This is such a one.

The Lunar Probe by Lucky Toys.

I think it's first appearance on MB was probably 15 years ago at the start of the blog.

This one [it could be the same one] surfaced on Ebay last year [I think the seller was ZZRobot]. I kept the snaps.

Very similar to the rocket at the rear of the JR21 Rocket Transporter, its a fabulous space toy and worthy of Project SWORD livery I think. It even has those X-series silver rocket exhaust fins.

There's an unbranded silver grey version from Eastern Europe as well.

Lucky is the word, as its not a rocket we see often at all and as such, its a blog legend. 

Have you anything like it?

LUCKY TOYS ROCKET CARRIER

I like this simple Lucky Toy Series Rocket Carrier I saw on an old sale.

The box art is quaint, almost naive.

That sextant rocket looks pops up on a number of toys I'm sure. Is it based on a real design?

Can you think of any toys with it on?

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?