Viva Billy Blastoff

 I love this old Spanish catalogue ad for the Payva clone of Billy Blastoff. It may even be a licensed issue and not a clone.

Lily Lledy did something similar in Mexico.

Have you any Billy Blastoff or knockoffs?

Payva the Way

 Ever since finding this Payva toy series, Series Espacial, on Todo I've loved the look and the link to the Blue Box originals.

I think I like the Spanish boxes more than the UK releases.

The one missing is the elusive space tank car.

Anyone got any of these toys from any maker?

PAYVA SPACE TOYS

Spanish Space toys are a blast. At least they look like they are online.

I haven't got any but between Paya and Payva they had it sorted back in the day.

Many toys we recognise too.

Here's Payva's version of our friend the Blue Box space car from the Serie Espacial.

It appears in Apollo Moon Exploring carded sets too, released by Imperial Toys

Have you got anything like this?

Have you got the little Apollo Moon Exploring version?

PAYVA BILLY BLASTOFF

I was fascinated by the Billy Blastoff set in an old Spanish toy catalogue from 1973.

Its unlike any set I've seen before for various reasons:

1. Its red, yellow and white

2. Its in a card lunar background display case

3. It appears to be by Payva

Have you seen anything like this before?

payva and blue box space vehicles by paul v

Morning Woodsy,

RE: Recent Payva Post

Attached is the cardboard rider to a baggie that contained the Blue Box cruiser. You'll see that the three Payva toys shown in your blog piece are derived from these toys.

Since Blue Box appears to've made these toys over a longer period in time (also sold in boxes iirc), it might be they were the original manufacturers. Can't immediately recall another brand that did all four of these toys, but would be happy if another reader would know.

As you state in your blog piece, the cruiser was a popular design with all kinds of copycats. Including LP who made the familiar smaller copy in red, which then turns up in their own packs and many other brands' packs including Imperial's Apollo Moon Exploring series.

Hope that helps

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Paul Vreede

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Woodsy recommends: Paul V's own fabulous SpaceX website recently launched including an excellent LP space cruiser toys section here

serie espacial by payva: spain's apollo moon exploring glider and co.

These plastic space toys are from the Serie Espacial by Payva of Spain.

They aren't that big as you can see from the Euro next to this one.

The four vehicle series comprised of: 1. flying saucer, 2. space glider, 3. space jet and 4. rocket [my names] and were numbered as such rather than being named on the boxes. The number was ink stamped on the white panel on the box end as shown below with the number 2.

Toys 3 and 4 are not pictured here.

The red space glider above links this series to Apollo Moon Exploring by Imperial Toys as its the same, although the Spanish version is larger I think [I don't have the Payva toys].

Colour variations may exist of the Payva range. As we have featured many times, several toy outfits released this series in their own name, such as Blue Box, C21st Century and Ahi. They all had different packaging and the decals were specific to the brand I think [this needs checking].

The red glider above was released in different sizes and forms on its own by many toy companies such as HG, Imperial and as a Blakes 7 spacecraft.

Do you have any of these toys readers?