DUCK and DIVE

 A recent purchase at the boot sale, this plastic duck car by Nacoral was quackin' fun to fix up.

The seller had bought a huge cardboard crate of them somewhere - presumably Spain - and hoped for big things at the sale, but I bet I was one of the few brave souls who rummaged enough to find an almost complete toy and box amongst the wrecks.

In the end, after a darn good dive, I found all the parts except the bill, which I'm convinced wasn't in the crate. They were all bill-less! 

The box and separate box lid were crumpled and weak so I ironed them with a steam iron and both look a lot better for it. I think the two boxes, one being just a lid, represent two ways this toy was packaged in Spain.

For convenience I've slipped the colour lid over the much plainer but complete box. 

The instruction leaflet got a quick ironing too.

The toy itself needed a little glue on the windscreen, the hands re-wheeling and a good clean. 

Oh, and that missing bill I replaced with a party whistle. 

Googley eyes were added too.

The toy itself is pull-along, the duck going up and down as it's pulled. Very cute.

See what you think.

Have you any ducks?

DUCK!

I've been fixing up a Spanish Nacoral toy duck car.

It was missing it's bill.

This orange duck whistle might do the trick.

Watch this whistle!

SPANISH BILLY

This is the small jack-plug TV from the Spanish Nacoral version of Billy Blastoff.

Is that the same image on the TV screen as the Eldon original?

Nacoral and Billy Blastoff

This caught my eye on an online auction.

Its a Billy Blastoff Space Base set by a Spanish company called NACORAL.

Its even manufactured in Spain.

The name Billy Bastoff has the small R next to it for Registered design so I presume Nacoral were in league with Eldon.

The Nacoral set has a different colour schome to Eldon's original.

Eldon sets also appear on Spanish auctions sites its likely that both brands were available in the Sixties in Spain.

Has anyone got any info about Nacoral and Billy B?

LARGE PLASTIC TOY VERSIONS OF THE CORGI PADDLE WAGON AND CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG FROM SPAIN

I loved my die-cast Corgi Popeye Paddle Wagon when I was a wee laddie in the Sixties. So it was with astonishment that I saw this huge replica plastic toy online. Its by Nacoral of Spain and looks sailor man - tastic!

Just as awesome is this equally large plastic copy of the die-cast Corgi Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. By Molto of Spain too, who also did their own versions of the JR21 Thunderbirds toys, it looks truly scrumptious!

Anyone got either of these?

pics; todocollecion