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3-HULL SPACESHIP - POPLAR PLAYTHINGS - WALESA small three-hulled spaceship. Hard plastic. Silver with bronze engine and bronze with silver engine. Used on Polplar's space sets.
This is a copy of the Gilmark Supersonic Jetmobile. The silver and bronze semi-transparent plastic is characteristic of the English Poplar version. Included in a several carded sets of spacemen and spaceships.
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4 SPACE SHIPS THE SPACE FLEET OF THE FUTURE - PYRO - USALarge boxed set of four Pyro spaceships, all in grey plastic. The ships are held in a vacu-formed red plastic tray molded for the wheel base of each ship.
X-100 Space Scout
X-200 Space Ranger
X-300 Space Cruiser
X-400 Space Explorer
The set was on sale in November 1957
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A-WING FRICTION VERSION - MARX - W GERMANYSilver grey hard plasticA-Wing spaceship with friction drive. Smaller than the original US version and with distinctive window cut-outs.
A German Marx variation. Date?
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AEROCAR - PLAS-TEX - USARed plastic space car. Low, rounded design with tailfin and tailplane. Plastic windscreen and clear plastic headlights. Push along. 7.5" 19cm.
On sale December 1947: San Bernadino County Sun
There is also a Canadian version produced by GPL and an Astralian version by Duperite.
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ALCA 234 - ALCA CAPEL - SPAINA copy of the Tudor Rose Space Flyer. Superficially similar to the Pyro X-100 but there are significant differences. The spaceship has a distinctive long sharp tail fin, though the length of this does appear to vary.
The factory had difficulty ensuring that the wheels would stay in place, so most examples have had the wheel supports manually welded to ensure a tight fit.
Usually silver, though bronze examples are know.
Made by Alca Capel of Barcelona. 1950s
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Apollo 3 Space Base - Airgam, SpainAPOLO III BASE ESPACIAL
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APOLO I BASE - AIRGAM SPAINApollo Space Base
AIRGAM APOLO I COMPLETO BASE ESPACIAL
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APS ROCKETS
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APS VEHICLES
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ATOMIC DEFENSE SET - ARCHER - USAA set consisting of one Archer Defense Truck and three of the interchangeable weapons that can be mounted on the rear of the truck. This set has the searchlight, the radar tracker and the rocket tracker.
On sale in December 1953
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ATOMIC MOON ROCKET - GILMARK - USAA hard plastic spaceship. This spaceship has a particularly long top dorsal fin. Small side wings. Two rows of windows. A three tube engine is mounted on the back. Marked ATOMIC MOON ROCKET on the top. Plastic wheels.
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ATOMIC SPACE SHIP - MAKER? - AUSTRALIALarge, detailed hard plastic spaceship. Marked Atomic Space Ship on the sides. Based on the Tudor Rose original. This version has no maker's mark, but was located in Australia. Possibly Moldex / MiP
Green, blue
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AUTO CARRIER WITH 4 CARS - ARCHER - USAA set containing plastic push along car transporter with four plastic autos. Blue cab and red trailer. A blue plastic ramp is included.
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AUTO ESPACIAL GERATOMIC - MIRIM - ARGENTINASilver hard plastic space car with gold painted details, a copy of the Pyro Pyrotomic Energiser. GERATOMIC molded into the sides.
Sold in a box. Date?
One of two Argentinian Pyro copy space cars
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AUTO ESPACIAL SUPER BOMBEIRO - MIRIM - ARGENTINASilver hard plastic space car with gold painted details, a copy of the Pyro Fire Control Vehicle. Sold in a box. Date?
One of two Argentinian Pyro copy space cars
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CAMION SUPERSONICO CANON - NOVEDADES PLASTICAS - MEXICOMexican issue of the Archer SCOPEMOBILE DEFENSE TRUCK.
Item No 3001 Hard plastic space vehicle with a rotating cylindrical plastic Atomic Siren attachment at the back. Friction drive. Boxed with bronze plastic Moon Boy astronaut figure who can be attached to the bumper. Blue
The box is two sided and also depicts the DEFENSE TRUCK WITH SOUND BEAM.
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CAMION SUPERSONICO SCOPEMOBILE DEFENSE TRUCK - NOVEDADES PLASTICAS - MEXICOMexican issue of the Archer SCOPEMOBILE DEFENSE TRUCK
Item No 3001 Hard plastic space vehicle with a cylindrical rotating plastic siren attachment at the back. Friction drive. Boxed with bronze plastic Moon Boy astronaut figure who can be attached to the bumper. 1950s.
The box is two sided and also depicts the CAMION SUPERSONICO CANON
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CAPE CANAVERAL PLAYSET - MARX - USASpace playset based on a tin lithographed building with fencing. Plastic four-stage rocket, "bomarc" missile and launcher, scientists gantry and launch pad.
On sale in late 1959.
SERIES 1000, #4256
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CAPE KENNEDY SPACE PLAYSET - REMCO - 1965Rocket launch scenario. "Working Gantry And Elevator, Missile Loading Crane, Rocket Launch Pad Really Fires." Also includes, miniature helicopters on landing pads and small trucks. Window box.
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Captain Video Lido Boxed Space ShipsFour boxed releases of the Captain Video spaceships. These are simple plastic ships with two hols for the addition of a range of accessories: antennas, guns, sails etc. They can be linked together. They are available in a wide range of colors. Innumerable combinations of color and accessorries are possible.
The spaceships are:
1 Pursuit Ship
2 Rocket Tank
3 Atomic Cannon
4 Troop Transport
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CAPTAIN VIDEO ROCKET LAUNCHER PLAYSET - LIDO DUMONT - USACaptain Video set consisting of the plastic rocket launcher and missiles. The launcher is a simple see-saw affair that thows the missiles.
The earliest sighting is in the 1952 Blackwell Wielandy catalog.
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CAPTAIN VIDEO SPACE SET - TECHNI-PLASTE - FRANCEAmn unusual carded set consisting of a Lido spaceship along with four hard plastic copies of Lido spacemen and aliens. The spaceship is the standard Captain Video Troop Transport with only one accessory. (There is only space for one accessory on the card.) It's marked Lido so it is a Lido repackaging. The figures are metallic hard plastic. It dates from the early 1950s.
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CAPTAIN VIDEO SUPERSONIC SPACE SHIPS PLAYSET - LIDO DUMONT - USAA boxed set of four Lido spaceships and accessories. The set comprises:
Troop Transport, Pursuit Ship, Rocket Tank, and Atom Cannon. They can link together to form a train
The earliest sighting is in the 1952 Blackwell Wielandy catalog..
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CARS OF THE FUTURE - MARX - USAThere are four futuristic space car styles. Each car is approximately 5 inches in length and made of hard plastic with one-piece plastic wheels and axels. Sold old as bin toys in the 1950s. Made in a wide range of colors.
Dime Store
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CARS OF TOMORROW - ARCHER - USABoxed set of five hard plastic futuristic space cars. Date?
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COSMIC ADVENTURE - AEROGIOCATTOLI - ITALYA blown-plastic astronaut with attached parachute. Space scene backing card. Torino. A rocket parachute toy may be substituted.
See also the Space Adventure version.
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COSMIC SPACE SET - EMPIRE? - USACarded plastic space toys on a rocket shaped backing card 8ins. The simple space toys are made of thin plastic, and have no moving parts. The feature that sets the apart is the imaginative design of the backing cards and the early space graphics on them. The spaceships and space cars are unique in design, but the spacemen are small, roughly modelled figures often based on Archer poses. The artwork may suggest a connection with Hale Nass of New York, circa 1953, though Empire has allegedly been seen on some of the cards.
There are at least six sets, each with five units:
Cosmic Space Set: rocket shaped card with a selection of five small spaceships, space car, space cannon and spacemen.
Space Men: rocket shaped card with a selection of five small spacemen.
Space Cannon: rocket shaped card with a selection of five small plastic space weapons. These all have stands.
Rocket Space Cars: rocket shaped card with a selection of five small spaceships.
Space Ships: rocket shaped card with a selection of five small spaceships.
Space Train: backing card with a space city theme. The card holds a small five-piece plastic train set: two engines and three carriages.
Apparently Empire has been seen on some of the cards.
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DAD DARE HORLICKS ROCKET - ENGLANDA large red hard plastic rocket-shaped cup. Divides near the top. Available as a Horlicks mail away premium in the early 1950s.
The cup was designed by a twelve year old boy called Rod Yarrow, who submitted the idea with his application for membership. He received a brand new bicycle and fifty pounds for his idea.
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DEFENSE TRUCK WITH SOUND BEAM - ARCHER - USAHard plastic space vehicle with a cylindrical rotating grey plastic siren attachment at the back. Friction drive. Name? Box?
Was this item sold in a box? There are three boxed motorized trucks. There is no reference (yet) to a boxed version of this truck. The sound beam attachment was not included in any of the sets.
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DESTINATION MOON SET - LIDO - USAA bagged set of space figures and spaceships. The set comprises four Lido spacemen, three spacecraft two large rocket launchers with rocket missiles and other equipment.
The set references the 1950 film Destination Moon, though there is no suggestion that this is authorised merchandise. Date?
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DOUBLE GUN SPACESHIP #1 - MAKER? - MEXICOA hard plastic spaceship. A copy of the Marx original. Details of the manufacturer and date remain vague.
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DUPERITE AERO CAR - MOULDED PLASTICS - AUSTRALIAThis hard plastic space car has a low, rounded profile with a tailfin and tailplanes.
The space car is a copy of the American Plas-Tex Aero Car. This is a modified design to give the car a friction drive. The quality of the molding gives less detail than the original with a less glossy finish.
'Duperite' is a variety of plastic compound that is resistant to water but not so good at withstanding heat, so many examples are warped.
The Australian version (bottom) is marked Duperite and has an exposed metal engine housing plate. The version at the top is probably a Hong Kong copy of the Australian friction version.
Date?
Various colors.
This is a much modified design to give the car a friction drive. 'Duperite' is a variety of plastic compound that is resistant to water but not so good at withstanding heat, so many examples are warped.
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ESTACO ESPACIAL, SPACE STATION - RAJA - PORTUGALA large clear plastic space station with an orange or blue colored base. Classic torus donut design. Offered as a mail away to store 30 Raja space figures. The spacemen were available with Raja ice cream, but the space station was only available by trading in a full set of the figures. Allegedly the returned figures were resold in the ice cream.
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FIREBALL JETMOBILE - GILMARK - USAHard plastic spaceship. Tailplanes with mudguards. Two rows of windows. Angular tailfin.
Called The Fireball in the Gilmark Jetmobile set.
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FIREBALL ROCKET - FETHALITE - USTRALIAGreen hard plastic spaceship. Push along. This example lacks its dorsal fin and rear engine.
This is a copy of The Fireball Jetmobile by Gilmark. This example has no maker's name, appeared in Austalia and is confirmed by the July 1953 advertisement. Foreign toys were obliged to show country of origin in Australia. Packaging>
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FIREBALL XL5 SPACE CITY - MULTIPLE TOYMAKERSFireball XL-5 playset. Comprises plastic spaceship, space trucks, jetmobiles and figures.
Gerry Anderson
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FLASH GORDON SOLAR COMMANDO SET - PREMIER PRODUCTS - USACarded set of various combinations of Premier spaceship spacemen. Random combinations. Blister carded and bagged versions with backing card.
The card appears in at least two sizes to accommodate different combinations of figures and spaceships. c1952
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FLASH GORDON SPACE ROCKET SQUADRON - PREMIER PRODUCTS - USAA carded set of five Premier hard plastic spaceships.
Includes four assorted 5" long rockets and one 9" long rocket, assorted colors including metallics. Copyright 1952. On sale December 1952.
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FLASH GORDON SPACESHIP - PREMIER PRODUCTS - USAA single hard plastic spaceship on a Flash Gordon backing card. 1950s.
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FLASH JETMOBILE - GILMARK - USAA hard plastic spaceship. Small side wings and rear tailplanes with mudguards. Single row of windows.
Called The Flash in the Gilmark Jetmobiles set.
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FLYING SAUCER - ALPIA - ITALYPlastic friction powered flying sauce. Clear pink tinted central dome with a pilot inside. Star embossed on the dome. This related to the Geyper flying saucer design. Seen in grey and blue plastic.
The dome does not fit the platform, it is much smaller. This would suggest that this is an adaptation of the earlier (?) Geyper design.
Date? Box?
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FLYING SAUCER - GILMARK - USAA hard plastic flying saucer shaped spaceship. Separate top fins and rear engine. Prominent front canopy. Marked FLYING SAUCER on the top. Plastic wheels.
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FLYING SAUCER BANK - TGP - NORWAYA large blue and white plastic flying saucer money bank. Made in Bergen, Norway. Date? Probably recent. 17cm Details?
Image courtesy Projectswordtoys
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FLYING SPACE EXPLORER - ELMAR - USAHard plastic spaceship. Silver grey top, red base. The spaceship glides along a string. When the nose is depressed the trap door opens and drops a spaceman from the interior of the rocket. Sold in a boxed set with accessories. Box?
Elmar Products Company NY No. 4970 Patent no. 2594527
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FRICTION X-100 - MAKER? Yellow hard plastic space ship. This is based on the Pyro X-100 but has a friction motor. No markings. Significantly, there are no grooves in the mouldings on ends of the wing tips.
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FUTURAMIC ATTACK TRANSPORT XP-19 - IDEAL - USAFuturistic spaceship transporter. The long plastic vehicle has a cockpit at the front and a large cargo bay behind. Two small guns are mounted on top. Marked SPACE FIGHTER TRANSPORT on the sides. Comes with three small simple plastic spaceships. Box? Item number 4866 in the Ideal catalog for 1954-5
The advert reads:
Futuristic space ship with ramp for three space vehicles
Simulated driver at controls
Space machine guns mounted to front and back of transport
Space cars fit into transport by means of grooved ramp which firmly holds cars in place. Transport 11 3/4" long. Cars 2 1/2" long.
Sturdy plastic construction
In assorted colors
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FUTURAMIC CAR - IDEAL - USARed futuristic plastic car with grey trim. Red clear plastic engine at the rear. Friction action with spark. In addition the car has a cap firing action operated by a remote wire. The car has an unusual friction mechanism; the shaft of the spark wheel sits on top of the back wheels and is turned by them. On sale in December 1953
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FUTURAMIC MODEL CAR - US PLASTICS - USAA 1950s copy of the Thunderbolt "Rocket Car of the Future". Hard plastic spaceship. 7.5" A futuristic vehicle with small side wings and a large dorsal fin. A gun is mounted on the front. Produced in combinations of red, blue and yellow components. Push along. Bagged with header card.
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FUTURE CAR - MOLDEX? - AUSTRALIAThis car is based on the Marx Future Car. There are some differences - the wheels are cast metal which had a thin layer of rubber to provide traction. The car has rubber. There is also a white cap placed at the top of the car, also the driver doesn't appear to be a "space" driver but rather a figure out of a racing car.
The car has an interesting friction mechanism: when you psch the car forward a small triangular cog rotates and flicks a little brass strip which acts as a drum stick against piece of cardboard?. At the same time a crudely cut tinplate cog rotates against a worm gear which turns a large horizontally mounted flywheel which has a rough underside. This strikes against a flint which sends sparks out the back of the car.
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FUTURISTIC CAR - GOODEE - USADiecast space car made by Goodee Products of New Brunswick. Available in a variety of colors. Goodee specialised in assorted boxes of cheap cars. 7" 1953
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FUTURISTIC CAR - MAKER? - W GERMANYHard plastic space car with a clear plastic dome containing two occupants. Blue and red versions known. Details?
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FUTURISTIC CAR - MARX - USAA sleek blue plastic futuristic space car. Driver under a clear plastic canopy. Friction action with spark. There is a highly probable sighting in December 1954.
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FUTURISTIC CAR - PLASTIX - USAPlastic space car, black top, yellow base. 8" long Details? Date?
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FUTURISTIC CARS - MANURBA - W GERMANYPlastic fururistic cars. Vatious colours. 6cm. These were offered as free gifts with coffee.
The one on the bottom right is marked RS17, 330 KPH and is a Nash Astra Gnome
The others are marked ZA567, 375 KPH and are the Ford Nucleon.
Date? 1970s?
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FUTURISTIC SPACE CAR - MAKER? - GERMANY?Yellow hard plastic space car with streamline details. Red plastic wheels. Based on the Marx original, this version has a distinctive black plastic chassis structure. Possibly German. maker unknown. 1950-60 11cm
Marx Future Car
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INTERCONTINENTAL MISSILES AND SATELLITES - ROYAL TOT MFG - USABoxed set of various plastic cap bombs. Window box. Date? Possibly 1958.
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INTERPLANETARY MYSTERY SPACESHIP - CONCORDIA - USASoft plastic jet plane style spaceship with very long swept-back wings. Each wing has an "obsevation platform" at the tip. Supplied with a plastic stand. Bagged with header card. Date?
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INTERPLANETARY ROCKET BASE - MPC - USAPlastic missile launching base set with figures. Contains launcher, rockets, jeep, figures. On sale in 1958.
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JET COPTER - RANGER STEEL PRODUCTS - USAA futuristic grey plastic and metal space ship with a distinctive circular section topped with a clear plastic dome and a plastic rotor. Friction action with spinning rotor and sparks. Picture?
Featured in the 1953 Ranger Steel Products catalogue.
This was also released in yellow and green plastic, but without the rotor and with an astronaut inside the dome, as the MOON ROCKET SHIP by EMPRESS, USA. It was bagged with header card.
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JET-O-CAR - POPLAR PLAYTHINGS - ENGLANDHard plastic space car with a clear plastic dome at the front containing a white plastic pilot. A wire is inserted into the end of the car and this depresses a spring: when released the car shoots forward.
Also produced as a prototype by Thomas Toys, their sister company in the USA, but never put into production. Various colors: maroon, blue. See also the PW Raketenauto version of this space car.
The axles on the Raketenauto have not had to be melted to ensure a good fit. The Poplar version has welded axle holders. In addition the inside top of the Raketenauto is smooth, while the Jet-O-Car has distinct lines. The prototype Thomas version of this toy is marked Thomas Toys on the underside, but has no shooting tube installed.
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JETMOBILES SET - MAKER? - AUSTRALIA?Set of three hard plastic Gilmark spaceships. The ships are mounted on a backing card inside a flat box. Believed to be Australian copies of Gilmark designs.
The three models are called:
The Flash
The Supersonic
The Fireball
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LARGE SPACE CAR - RELIABLE - CANADAAt 6" this is large only in comparison with the smaller Reliable space cars. A hard plastic space car. Auto style with a central dorsal ridge and fins over the rear wheelguards. This version has struts at the corner of the windshield. Various colors. 6"
featured in the 1953 Reliable Plastic Toy Catalog.
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LUNAR EXPEDITION SET - AHI AZRAK HAMWAY - HONG KONGPlastic Apollo Eagle Command Vehicle and Moon Lander.
Also shown is the Clifford version of the Apollo 11 set.
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LUNAR TANK - PARK PLASTICS - USAA low lying plastic space tank with wjite rubber tracks and a gun emerging from the nose of the vehicle. Pilot under a domed plastic canopy. On sale in 1965
Thi8s is one of a series of four toys using common components: Lunar Tank, Lunar Dump, Moon Cat and Lunar Crane.
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MARS ATOMIC SUPER ROCKET - GILMARK - USAA hard plastic spaceship. Long curved top fin, side wings. One row of windows and a prominent cockpit structure at the front. Marked MARS ATOMIC SUPER ROCKET on the top. Plastic wheels.
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MARS CAR - MAKER? - W GERMANYA range of four soft plastic space vehicles. All have colored plastic canopies and either one or two tail fins. Details?
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MARS INVADER BOMB - PALMER PLASTICS - USARocket shaped plastic cap bomb with a spaceman inside. Mars Bomb Invader. On sale in June 1954 alongside the Jr "A" Bomb and Blockbuster Bomb.
Probably inspired by the 1953 film "Invaders from Mars"
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MARX SPACESHIP #1 DOUBLE GUN - MARX - USAHard plastic spaceship consisting of a large wing with a fuselage attached to the leading edge. The spaceship has two large cannons positioned on the wings. A tailfin is attached to each of these guns. 4 1/2" 11cm.
Marked with Marx logo and the number 1 on the base. Sold loose.
Seen in bronze, copper, maroon, green and silver.
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MARX SPACESHIP #2 TWIN FUSELAGE - MARX - USAHard plastic spaceship. The imaginative design consists of a large curved wing with two fuselages and a tailfin.
4 1/2" 12cm Marked with Marx logo and the number 2 on the base. Sold loose.
Seen in bronze, copper, maroon, green and silver.
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MARX SPACESHIP #3 CLAMSHELL - MARX - USAHard plastic spaceship. This ship has a quite unique design: the short wings run the length of the ship and are angled down. A complex fin runs along the top, giving the spaceship an odd, three-armed shape that has been likened to a clamshell. Marx logo and the number 3 moulded into the underside. Sold loose.
Seen in bronze, copper, maroon, green and silver.
5" 12.5cm
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MARX SPACESHIP #4 A-WING _ MARX - USAHard plastic delta wing spaceship. 5" 12.5cm Marked with Marx logo and the number 4 on the base. Sold loose.
Seen in bronze, copper, maroon, green and silver.
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MARX-ATOMIC CAPE CANAVERAL MISSILE BASE SPACE PLAYSET - MARX - USASet #4528, 1959. Box is 27 x 15 x 5". Comes with tin litho building, space record, fencing, four-stage rocket, bomarc rocket, somarc missle and launcher, scientists gantry and launch pad, flying saucer, searchlight, radar antenna, space capsule, flying saucer and launcher, helicopter, fuel truck, missle trailer, dome, fuel tanks, scientists, NASA ticket, and two sets of missle men.
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MECHANOID - CHERILEA - ENGLANDMechanoid v Space Pod
Unique antenna design. The Space Pod resembles a simple crosshair sight on a gun.
Hole on the front panel for the flamethrower and two holes in the rim through which the arms pass. The Space Pod version has the hole in the front panel filled in.
Ten narrow bars and no solid panels leading to the antenna.
Base of the Mechanoid version, which is moulded in one piece, is very different to the Space Pod base.
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MOBILE SATELLITE LAUNCHER - TUDOR ROSE - ENGLANDA rather basic red plastic truck with a satellite spinner launcher built into the back.
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MOON ROCKET SHIP - EMPRESS? - USARed and yellow hard plastic and metal 8.25” x 5” x 2.125” space ship. Identical in styling to the Moon Rocket Ship made by Empress Varieties Manufacturing Corporation. It has a metal lever at the rear that causes the blue and white circular metal platform and yellow plastic propeller at top center to rotate. Pat No. 149-865.
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MYSTERE 5 - PLASTIMAR - FRANCEA distinct variation of the Pyro X-400 Space Explorer. This hard plastic spaceship is very similar in design but has significant differences: the vertical rear fins have become side fins and a much longer ridge now runs along the top. This is a friction version with the mechanism fitted inside the ship. Box?
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NAVIGAZIONE SPAZIALE SET - CO-MA - ITALYA bagged space set comprising a 7" plastic space rocket that snaps apart in the middle. It contains a small red plastic astronaut pilot. The ship is made from soft plastic to survive impact. It comes with a slingshot and an instruction sheet.
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OPERATION MOONBASE - MARX
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OPERATION X-500 - DE LUXE READING USA
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OUTER SPACE SETTin space port with plastic rockets and spacemen.
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