BANDAI ZERO-X & THUNDERBIRDS TOYS

Just in - check out these fabulous BANDAI 1960's Thunderbirds plastic toys brought to us by WOTAN via Yahoo Japan. The Zero-X and X- Car are just superb!

AEROJET MOON VEHICLE

Here's one that Darth made earlier! The Aerojet Moonmobile with Major Mat Mason style suits and station!

MOON VEHICLE ON EBAY

Check out the astronomical start price on this space model spotted by Darth, who reckons it looks a lot like a Bendix unmanned rover proposed in 1966.

http://cgi.ebay.com/APOLLO-12-DLRV-MOON-VEHICLE-MODEL-KIT-OLD-BANDAI-JAPAN_W0QQitemZ360093962276QQihZ023QQcategoryZ774QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

IMAI UFO DOOM BASE AND STAR BASE KITS INCLUDING MINIATURE BLUE MOON PROSPECTOR

Another ace google of the Imai UFO DOOM BASE (bottom pic) with Prospector and Crawler. FAB! For more great kit boxes like this check out

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http://www.isoshado.org/6/6_merchandise_archivio/mk_imai.htm

Also the Imai UFO STAR BASE , which contains the mini blue moon prospector model - courtesy of Chris King of the Space 1999 Eagle Transporter forum (top 3 pics).

Does the fabled IMAI PROJECT SWORD MOONBASE KIT actually exist? It's mentioned in the bible for Andersonalia, The Gerry Anderson Memorabilia Guide. Some of these UFO kits are more or less Sword moonbases. Could it be one of these with a different title?

GOOGLING - ZERO X, MOONBASE, DYNA SOAR

Aoshima UFO Moonbase Kit with PROJECT SWORD Bug, Prospector and Crawler ( top left in narrow picture)

Century 21 Zero X toy ( Wikipedia) - WOW!

Space Voyagers X - Planes toys including Dyna Soar and a Space Glider-type plane

Imai ZERO- X Flying Type Model KitSpace Voyagers Adventure Fleet Toy Set

Just googling tonight a while. Can't do anything serious yet after yesterday. Found some toys and models on the web that may be of interest. There is also a fabulous picture of the ZERO X MARS EXPLORER KIT re-issue on this site http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10058934 If TARHEEL had made a ZERO X I reckon the box would have looked like the Mars Explorer photo box!

Dennis Nicholson

The author of the truly encyclopeadic Gerry Anderson Memorabilia Guide published in the early 1990's, I corresponded with Dennis many years ago about Project Sword.

Does anybody know how to contact Dennis these days?

It's late again so I'd better hit the sack. I'm at a funeral for a friend tomorrow so I don't really want to sleep.

FUTURISTIC SPACE VEHICLES: THE SET - SPACEX TWINS

JR21 STINGRAY NUCLEAR AIRCRAFT CARRIER - DOES IT EXIST?

Ten years ago I corresponded with the curator of the online Stingray Memorabilia Museum. He believed that JR21 had produced a Nuclear Aircraft Carrier like the one that appears in the first Stingray Annual. He thought he had a photograph of the toy but couldn't find it.

Can anyone else verify the existence of this toy - JR21 or otherwise or at least email a picture of the said Aircraft Carrier from the Stingray annual?

I am unable to locate the online Stingray Museum these days. Seems to be off-line?

MOONSHIP MELTDOWN!

I'm excited about this bloglet - more fabulous pictures of the MOONSHIP in various forms! WOW! You remember I covered this gem in September as part of the PROJECT MOON thread. The pictures are ( top to bottom):

1. AHI Super Rocket Plane and box cover 1960's - plastic - (with kind permission from Anthoni Emchowicz, from his book Future Toys)

2. AHI Super Rocket Plane 1960's - plastic - courtesy of WOTAN ( Blast Off, Space port edition -boxed set with slipcase, supplementary booklet, in which appears the moonship and an actual Archer plastic spaceship)

3. Century 21 Moonship with box 1960's - plastic - likely to be the PROJECT MOON moonship - courtesy of WOTAN

4. Kang Yuan Toy Factory of Shanghai, China Moon Ship with original box 1960's - tinplate - with chinese lettering on the ship ( SOLD on http://www.ozziesrobots.com/ - great online shop!)

5. Kang Yuan Toy Factory of Shanghai, China Moon Ship with original box ( flat view) 1960's - tinplate - with English wording on the ship ( with kind permission Anthoni Emchowicz from his book Future Toys)

BTW - Anthoni Emchowicz's excellent online shop is http://zoomertoys.com/ and his truly amazing FUTURE TOYS book, crammed with hundreds of colour pictures of space toys, can be found athttp://www.amazon.co.uk/Future-Toys-Antique-Collectors-Club/dp/1872727689/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223133069&sr=8-3

So I challenge anyone to find any more MOONSHIPS!

X60 SPACE ROCKET LAUNCHER - JR21 AND UNBRANDED

Here we have the JR21 version of this very - SWORDESQUE toy covered previously on the blog - top picture. BUT we also have, with kind permission from Anthoni Emchowicz, a fabulous shot of the 1960's UNBRANDED x60 made in Hong Kong. Notice the similarity of the 2 logos in the 2 pictures. Can we assume that JR21 copied/ re- marketed the unbranded toy? NB. the D3 refers to the Desriability rating in Anthoni's wonderful wonderful book FUTURE TOYS ( published by New Cavendish Books)- 1 being the lowest, 8 the highest.