#531 Mira Vs Matchbox – Turbo Fury, Gruesome Twosome, Stretcha Fetcha As Well As Lamborghini Countach (Ref. 119, 120, 126, 127) (Around 1981)

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I’ll proceed the previous entry amongst to a greater extent than Mira cars, only this time, they are based inwards Matchbox models from the Superfast era. These cars are rattling attractive, together with I empathize that Mira position its attending on these models.

Some convey already appeared inwards this blog, together with those that haven’t yet, volition seem another day.

TURBO FURY (Ref. 119)

GRUESOME TWOSOME (Ref. 120)

The Turbo-Fury does non convey the “Rolamatics” feature. One of the weak points of these cars are the suspension. The axles tend to larn upward together with the machine does non coil rattling good afterwards that. Interestingly, those Mira models were approximately of the terminal made that could hold upward opened using a screwdriver. Three of these iv cars convey screws on the chassis, then they tin flame hold upward opened together with repared inwards approximately way.

These showtime 2 models were too copied yesteryear Tin Toys (or TinToys), every bit I showed inwards entry #336.

LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH (Ref. 126)

STRETCHA FETCHA (Ref. 127)

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: TURBO FURY, GRUESOME TWOSOME, LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH, together with STRETCHA FETCHA (Ref. 119, 120, 126, 127)
• Scale: Approx. 1:64
• Year: Around 1981
• Company: Mira (Spain)
• Size: approx. 3’’ or seven cm

#532 Mc Toy – Motorized Robot – Dump Truck In Addition To Jeep (Around 1988)

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We convey talked several times most MC Toys inward this blog. I fifty-fifty wrote a brusk history of the fellowship inward 2 entries (#390 in addition to #391), although this history focused almost entirely inward die-cast cars. This fourth dimension I wan to introduced some other type of toy yesteryear the May Cheong Group: transformable robots.

The information for this article has been retrieved from our friend-blog hisparobot.

MC Toys´ transformers are called Motorized Robots, at that spot were several robots made, most of them real similar to each other. All robots are transformable inward vehicles amongst a pull-back motor ("dyno-drive"). Other features of these robots are that they include plastic in addition to metallic element parts, soft plastic tyres in addition to unproblematic transformations. The pull-back motor is a removable slice that tin live inserted inward either means depending if the toy is inward robot means or inward vehicle mode. The motor industrial plant inward both modes!

Each robot is merely about 9-10 cm tall, in addition to was sold inward private blisters. There seems to live too gift sets including to a greater extent than than 1 robot. There were too a serial of bigger transformable robots, called the Mega Motobots (around xiii cm tall).

Among the Mega Motobots at that spot are trucks in addition to off-road vehicles. As their smaller brothers, these were too made of plastic in addition to metal, in addition to they were all real similar to each other. New in addition to distinctive features are chromed parts, similar the front end grill or the exhaust pipes, that could live detached in addition to placed every bit "antennas".

• Trucks: crane, burn downwards brigade, charge trailer in addition to tanker
• Off-Road vehicles: explorer, military, snowplow 

The off-road vehicles (or some of these) had audio in addition to lights in addition to were for this operate battery operated.

According to hisparobot, apart from MC Toys, Motorized Robots convey too been sold every bit "Motobot" (Maisto, ZEE, Intex Creation), "MotoRobot" (Imperial Die-Cast), "Galaxy Transformer" (Simba Toys) or "Super Transfo Robot" (MC Toys).

UPDATE1 (Dec/2018): This is a Jeep from the same series, inward red, in addition to cames amongst some plastic seats that tin live detached easily.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: Dump Truck in addition to Jeep 4x4
• Toy Line: Motorized Robot
• Year: Around 1988
• Company: MC Toy (Hong Kong)
• Size of the figure: Around 10 cm (in robot mode)

#533 Unknown Toymaker - The Littles/ Los Diminutos Pvc Figures (Around 1985)

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I bought these figures a piece agone inward to a greater extent than or less flea market. I produce non scream back just when was it. When I decided to inspect them to honor out a fleck to a greater extent than almost them, I noticed that they were non marked, together with that they were non Comics Spain, because they are painted inward unlike colours and, paying fifty-fifty to a greater extent than attention, the figures are non together with then good finished. The plastic has to a greater extent than or less imperfections, together with the paintwork is non together with then accurate.

So they are definitely a Comics Kingdom of Spain bootleg, or perhaps a bootleg from other toy manufacturer, although I am non aware that these PVC figures were made anywhere else past times whatever other brand.

I scream back the TV series, which I establish quite nice. I didn´t know that, just it was a real brusk series, alongside entirely 29 episodes inward three seasons. The chapters ever ended alongside to a greater extent than or less advice to produce to a greater extent than or less crafts. This V serial was based on the books past times american autor John Peterson.

To my knowledge, the serial was never real pop (except perhaps inward Spain, French Republic together with real few other countries) together with at that spot are no (or real few) toys made of them. In Kingdom of Spain at that spot was fifty-fifty a chewing paste that included ane tatoo-sticker each. Other trade were a sticker album or a deck of cards made past times Heraclio Fournier.

From this bootleg serial I am missing Tom Little, I promise I tin give the axe honor it sometime.

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: THE LITTLES: LUCY LITTLE, GRANDPA LITTLE together with DINKY LITTLE
• Alternate Names: LOS DIMINUTOS (Spain)
• Year: Around 1985
• Company: Unknown (Probably Spain)
• Size of the figures: Around four cm (1.5’’)

#534 Polistil – Super Smasher Cars (Around 1986)

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This was quite a regain for me. I constitute this automobile for sale inwards a big lot, together with at commencement I couldn´t recognise it. The automobile is casted quite roughly, thus at commencement I idea it mightiness live around chinese toy, precisely I checked the base of operations together with it is truly a Polistil model belonging to a rare together with curt business called "Super Bang". I was correct most its Chinese origin, nonetheless (keep reading!)

The business is of course of pedagogy based on Hot Wheels! Crack Ups which were launched soon earlier this one. There were a few models amongst the cleft lawsuit either at the front, the dorsum or the door. However, Polistil could argue, that earlier the Crack Ups, the italian fellowship made around tracks called "Bang". Those tracks were called "Super Driver Bang", together with were a slot automobile arrangement rattling similar to Tycos TCR, together with yous could fifty-fifty alter lanes. Each runway came amongst ii cars. If 1 of them crashed the other 1 from behind, the automobile would "explode".

After that "Bang" line, came the Crack Ups, together with thus Polistil hitting dorsum amongst the "Super Bang", which is the toy I am showing today. In this case, the automobile seems to live a Renault 25 inwards around scale slightly betwixt 1:43 together with 1:32. This is the lawsuit of the crash inmy model:

There were a full of iii casts, this 1 amongst the crash inwards its bonnet, a constabulary automobile (that resembles a chip a Chevrolet Impala) amongst the crash on its dorsum together with a tertiary sports automobile model that resembles perhaps a Datsun 280ZX, which the crash on the correct door. Each of these were made inwards ii dissimilar colours/decorations, together with had around stickers on them.

The cars are unfortunately non rattling valuable toys. They were made inwards China, together with they practise non stand upwards for whatever known car, what inwards my take in makes it lose a lot of value. The stickers are every bit good non rattling qualitative ones, together with the windshields are inwards all models dark. In this illustration that slice of plastic is at the same fourth dimension the bring upwards lights of the car, or inwards the illustration of the constabulary car, it integrates ii sirens.

Anyhow, it is a rattling curious model that I wanted to exhibit it inwards the “month of the bootleg”, promise yous liked it.

UPDATE 1 (Feb/2019): Added instant car.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: UNIDENTIFIED CARS "SUPER BANG"
• Scale: 1:43 (approx.)
• Year: Around 1976
• Company: Polistil (Italy)
• Size: approx. ten cm 

#535 X-Changers - Battlehawks Skywing (1986)

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Since the entry nearly the Cosmic Cowboys has had a non bad success together with thus far, I volition issue straight off some other entry talking nearly a similar figure.

The Battlehawks are some other toyline based on the X-Changers yesteryear Acamas Toys together with Spearhead Industries. In this case, the trouble is future-themed, together with its primary characters are bird-alike creatures or birdmen, only at that spot are besides 1 grapheme that resembles a tiger together with some other 1 that resembles a wolf.

Again, at that spot are 2 factions, the heroic Battlehawks (Star Hawk, Skywing together with Hawklord) together with the evil forces (Nighthawk, Star Prowler together with Iron Wolf) handle for the command of the cities inward planet Falconstarr. There is a overnice storey inward the cardback that recalls the origins of Night Hawk together with theabilities of each fellow member of each faction.

These figures ares, every 2d explained inward the Cosmic Cowboys entry, made of plastic together with convey some the size of a Master of the Universe. The particular characteristic of this toyline together with all the other X-Changers lines is that the arms together with legs tin live snapped off together with on, together with exchanged amongst other figures.

The solely figure I ain is Skywing, the “master of flying together with agility together with faithful protector of Falconstarr’s heaven cities”. Each figure came amongst some accessories, inward this case, Skywing came amongst a majestic cloak (made of a tissue that seems to live plastic, or a plastic that looks similar cloth), together with a foreign staff. According to pictures that I could detect on the internet, all battlehawks came amongst some form of materials or small-scale gun together with mayhap a harness or wings.

The figure is actually non bad together with every 2d the Cosmic cowboys is rattling rare to detect consummate together with rattling expensive anyway. This knock-off trouble was produced inward rattling curt numbers together with today amongst the collectors of MOTU KOs they are rattling sought after.

I link hither an interesting article inward a spider web log that I would recommend yous all to follow: Knock-Off Collector.

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: SKYWING
• Toy Line: BATTLEHAWKS (X-CHANGERS)
• Year: 1986
• Company: Acama Toys Ltd. (Great United Kingdom of Great Britain together with Northern Ireland / Hong Kong), Spearhead Industries Inc. (U.S.A.)
• Size of the figures: 5½’’ or 12 cm

#536 Sohbi – Lancia Stratos (D-E16) In Addition To Volkswagen Golf Game Mk1 (D-E17) (Around 1995)

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SOHBI is a Hong Kongese die-cast toy manufacturer that I discovered alone a few months ago. In a flea marketplace position I constitute an orangish VW Golf that caught my attention… it was beautifully casted, but on the baseplate in that location was no data at all apart from a logo alongside the give-and-take SOHBI. I idea a VW Golf would ever live a VW Golf as well as bought it. It represents the model from the mid 80s, the i at i time known every bit MK1 or start generation (1974-1983), the same that Majorette as well as Matchbox (among others) reproduced.

This model is genuinely a knock-off of the model made past times MC Toy, or maybe, SOHBI purchased the casts from MC Toy, when they didn’t postulate it anymore, which is also possible.

The Lancia Stratos is a knock-off of a Zylmex model, but it could also live the same example every bit above. I would similar to ain either the MC Toy Golf or the Zylmex Stratos to compare the casts thoroughly, but correct now, I don’t.

Both models include really prissy as well as detailed interiors, every bit good every bit windshields as well as windows, which is something really rare nowadays inwards budget die-cast models.

The companionship SOHBI was founded inwards 1984, as well as is focused on die-cast toys as well as novelties products, similar plastic playsets or keychains. They are exporting their products to every corner of the world. Despite beingness a Hong Kongese company, their manufacturing flora is located inwards DongGuan, a Chinese metropolis alone 10 kilometers away from the edge to Hong-Kong.

The wheels used are their ain design, they are non similar to MC Toy, as well as hold back perhaps similar to but about Zylmex models. Suspension uses a similar machinery to Majorette models, but it is slightly besides soft for my standards. Cars are also tampographied, although inwards the VW Golf case, that tampography is worn as well as lost.

I’d similar to cite that the tampographies of the Lancia Stratos are genuinely funny: “Sosoline Gasoline Supplier”, “Can’t Catch My Tail” as well as “The Best Gasoline inwards the World”.

The appointment is a pure estimation, I am non genuinely certain when were these 2 cars made.

UPDATE: Newly found VW Golf versin past times Sohbi alongside prissy ornament "Rettung 144", made expressely for the High German market.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: LANCIA STRATOS (D-E16) as well as VOLKSWAGEN GOLF MK1 (D-E17)
• Scale: 1:64 (approx.)
• Year: Approx. 1995
• Company: Sohbi (Hong-Kong/ China)
• Size: approx. 3’’ or seven cm