#534 Polistil – Super Smasher Cars (Around 1986)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

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 

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

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

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

#629 Unknown Manufacturer - Dinosaucers Pvc Figures (Around 1990)

 

This PVC dinosaur is a bootleg figure from the Dinosaucers series. The cartoon was never real popular, as well as in that place were never an official (licensed) business of activity figures. The exclusively vintage toy products I know were a serial of PVC figures (licensed past times Telecon  Inc 1988) as well as closed to other PVC figures past times Yolanda (monochromatic). This plastic figure is nearly completely unmarked (China is the exclusively give-and-take marked on the figure) as well as came inward a blister pack which was quite simple. Each packet included 1 torso as well as several heads (5, I think). I recall I bought 1 every bit a birthday introduce for my neighbour, thence I recall good the figure.

The toy could live purchased inward the early on nineties inward the famous inexpensive stores inward which everything costed 100 pesetas (0,60 Eur) today, these shops withal be only most products terms 1 Euro. These shops were a modest revolution dorsum then, as well as they had closed to lineament toys at the beginning, similar MC Toy scale cars or several figure bootlegs of MOTU, G.I.Joe as well as other pop lines. Later, the lineament would decrease.

I gauge the figure is older than that, since the figures e'er came subsequently to Espana than to the residue of the world. The TV demonstrate dates from 1987 (65 episodes for iv months) only also came subsequently to Spain, past times the early on nineties again. The figures were belike available before inward other parts of the world, although I convey exclusively seen as well as then on Ebay Espana or Castilian auction sites. Some Dinosaucers collectors worldwide also wrote that they got their figures inward Spain, thence it is hard to gauge on this point.

There were 2 torso casts available, each of them painted inward many unlike patterns, including closed to exotic colours. Most dinosaurs convey a base of operations color peel inward yellow/orange as well as the color of the uniform would vary, only these exotic figures convey for example majestic skin.



Second cast available. Tail did non correspond real good as well as it is real ofttimes missing, every bit inward the picture.

The heads available are non real good casted, thence it is hard to mention the dinosaurs as well as the mention of the characters that each represents. One of them is clearly "Allo", the leader of the Dinosaucers, which tin attain the axe live clearly identified because he is wearing a helmet.

Other are Styraco, Tricero, Ankylo (missing) as well as an unidentified one, which could live Stego, Bonehead, Bronto Thunder, Dimetro, Quackpot or Plesio. All these dinosaurs had similar heads.

FACTS as well as FIGURES:

• Name: DINOSAUCERS PVC FIGURE
• Alternate Names: ASTRO-DINOS (German)
• Year: Around 1990
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer (China)
• Size of the figures: Around x cm

#665 Globo Italy (Vr) – Several Cars Inwards The Micro Machines Scale (Around 1997)

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This serial of cars inward the Micro Machines scale (or slightly bigger) were actually mutual at fleamarkets the commencement of the 2000s. I jurist they were made past times the mid 90s together with could move flora inward inexpensive stores, otherwise I cannot explicate why are they together with hence common.

 

There are several unlike models, to a greater extent than oft than non race together with 4x4 cars, each of them inward ii colours, although at that spot are likewise tyke variations. I had much to a greater extent than of these, only I alone kept 1 of each type including variants. I left the balance inward unlike geocaches around Europe.

 

Note that some are marked: "TURBO", "DESERT DEMON", "TYPHOON" together with some likewise deport race numbers.

 

If you lot convey whatsoever data most these models, I´d dear to request heed it! Please piece of job out a comment to this entry.

UPDATE: I flora a blister pack alongside sme of these cars marked "GLOBO ITALY (VR)" (VR is for the portion Verona, since they are located inward Illasi). I intend this companionship withal exists together with it is straight off called GLOBO (see www.globo.it). Probably they started importing knock-off toys (according to the spider web inward 1982), similar Transformers Micro Masters (called Micro Metamorphs) together with they grew from that betoken on to move 1 of the most of import Italian toy importers today.

Even though these cars are likely older than 1997, I volition piece of job out the 1997 estimation. It is suspicious that they were withal together with hence tardily to find around 2010.

 

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: SEVERAL CARS IN THE MICRO MACHINES SCALE
• Scale of the cars: 1:150 aprox.
• Year: Around 1997
• Company: Globo Italia (VR) (Italy/ China)
• Size: approx. 2,5 cm

#669 Mc Toy – Lamborghini Countach Too Ferrari 250 Gto Mini (Around 1990)

MC Toy is a construct that copied together with knocked off (not certain if this verb exists) many famous collections. I lately learnt that MC Toy made the Forest Families, which are a pretty obvious knock-off of Sylvanian Families.

In this case, nosotros are going to speak close MC Toy knockoff of Micro Machines. The mini cars, that became pop past times the latest 80s, in all likelihood came out inward 1990. They are slightly larger than genuine Micro Machines, together with convey a metallic element trunk (not plastic). The auto is non reproduced accurately, only inward the “toon” trend of Micro Machines. However, the metallic element body, together with generally it’s thermopaint resemble the “Mini Color Racers” past times Hot Wheels! (see #281). These are bigger inward scale, together with were released inward 1990.

By that same year, MC Toy had a serial of 1:64 models also amongst thermal paint, together with thence they speedily adapted the sentiment for their “Micros” (see for example: #582).

UPDATE i (May/2017) Ferrari 250 GTO

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH together with FERRARI 250 GTO
• Year: Around 1990
• Company: MC Toy (U.S.A./ Macau/ China)
• Size: Around 2,5 cm.
• Scale: Unknown

#671 Violet China – Mudslinger In Addition To Swindler (Around 1997)

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Imperial Red People's Republic of China is the alone text that tin plow over notice endure read inwards these figures. I approximate they were made past times the belatedly 90s inwards really brusque batches, because I haven’t seen much together with on the cyberspace in that place are no resources on them.

The alone I know is that in that place are several micromasters knock-offs simply the colours may differ a flake from the originals, together with they are fifty-fifty smaller, perchance 20% smaller. They are fifty-fifty smaller than the smallest transformers e'er released past times Hasbro or Takara, so, all inwards all, squeamish collector pieces.

My ii robots are Mudslinger (Off-Road Patrol) together with Swindler (Race Car Patrol), although in that place are besides roughly jets from the Air Strike Patrol together with other cars from the Race Car Patrol. Some tin plow over notice endure seen inwards this page: http://www.builtstlouis.net/tf/mmkos/imperial.html

FACTS together with FIGURES:

• Name: MUDSLINGER together with SWINDLER
• Toy Line: IMPERIAL CHINA
• Year: Around 1997
• Company: Imperial Red People's Republic of China (China)
• Size of the figures: 2 to 2.5 cm

#731 Unknown Manufacturer - Game Sentry Basketball Game (Around 1990)

Game Watchs became actually pop past times the mid 80s. Most kids dorsum too then wanted a Casio lookout amongst chronometer, alert too equally many other functions equally possible) too and then a Game Watch. There was no Game Boy yet, thence this was the “top” inward electronic games…

Well, non this game inward particular, simply some made past times Nintendo amongst double enshroud too most complex controls (up, down, left, correct too ii buttons). Those were nifty games, too rattling expensive at the time. Even today are rattling sought-for too rattling expensive to discovery inward practiced condition.

The toy I am presenting is the inexpensive option to those Nintendo or Casio games. As a small-scale fry I had ii of them that I volition rescue for a futurity entry. In the offset i I had, yous had to movement a trampoline to avoid that some gymnasts autumn too wound themselves. The instant i dealt amongst basketball game players that passed the ball to each other until the ball was thrown to the basket.

This 3rd game was flora inward a flea marketplace several fourth dimension ago, equally i identify unit of measurement that worked equally travelling sellers decided to sell some stock that they had from the 80s too the 90s. Every slice costed i euro, thence I picked this machine.

Note that the controls are express to ii buttons (left too right) too and then yous conduct maintain “Start” too “Game A/B”. The Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 too the B are commonly a difficulty degree mark, so, i yous top dog A, yous tin give notice play a lilliputian longer amongst the B-mode earlier it becomes also boring. The affair virtually these games is that they had no-end, thence yous could play for the infinity, each fourth dimension faster too amongst to a greater extent than too to a greater extent than balls, gymnasts or whatever your game was about.

I don’t hollo back this auto has whatever involvement for collectors today, Federal Reserve annotation that it tries to copy the electrical flow arcade machines, inward which the enshroud was commonly framed past times some figures or illustrations of the game. Back then, the graphics were non rattling good, thence whatever hand-made illustrations would assistance the thespian to croak into the storey inward a much easier way.

This auto comes amongst a rather pitiable box (original, though), ii didactics sheets: i generic inward English, too the translation to Spanish, too i battery, which later xx years, I’d improve accept it to a recycling-spot.

And why game-watch? Because on top of the game, the auto had a clock too yous could run across what fourth dimension it was. I hollo back some also had an alarm, simply non this one.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: BASKETBALL GAME WATCH
• Year: Around 1990
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer (China)
• Size: approx. ix cm long

#753 Reckoner Force/ Reckoner Warriors – Pc Board Amongst Romm (1989)

I am fascinated yesteryear this novel discovery. I completely ignored the being of this toyline of pocket-size figures (they are the size of a Dino Riders or a M.A.S.K. figure), until I flora 1 unit of measurement carded for sale on eBay. I bidded in addition to won this prissy carte du jour for real footling money.

The persuasion behind Computer Force is that at that spot is an regular army of footling hi-tech soldiers hidden inwards everyday objects similar a tin of Pepsi, an warning clock or similar inwards my case, a pc motherboard. Objects plough from their stealth cast to laid upward on cast real easily, simply similar M.A.S.K. vehicles, an behave the figures which are included amongst each set.

I produce non know much virtually the series. The pc motherboard comes amongst ROMM, who, according to the description, is the heroic leader of the Computer Force. So, if this guy is the heroic leader, at that spot is for certain around other faction of bad guys to fight. The figure is peachy in addition to is decorated inwards a real unlike means on its back. Note that the motherboard transforms into around form of delta wing, or low-cal plane, on transcend of which, the figure sits. In stealth form, the figure lies on transcend of the board, in addition to similar a chamaleon, it is hidden cheers to its camo designing on the back, consisting of electronic parts over a golden circuit board.

I’d dear to thin to a greater extent than virtually this series. On the backcard we read that inwards 1989 solely a few toys were available, since the pencil sharpener in addition to the Pepsi Cola tin would live available „later“, inwards 1990. Interestingly, the starting fourth dimension playsets appear to live all related to computers in addition to electronic, piece the pencil sharpener in addition to the can... non much. At around request the toyline’s cite was changed from „Computer Force“ to „Computer Warriors“, perhaps due to legal issues.

The toy has been distributed amongst a unmarried carte du jour for all European markets, in addition to it comes inwards vi languages. As yous tin come across it is a Mattel toy... or not. Actually it was made inwards mainland People's Republic of China yesteryear around other company, named Young Kowng Plastic Factory inwards mainland People's Republic of China FOR Mattel. Surely non the starting fourth dimension illustration of a toyline made yesteryear a pocket-size society for a large one.

The business was non then curt every bit I expected, at that spot were a dozen of playsets made, each amongst 1 figure, except the Personal Computer superplayset that came amongst 2 figures. This motherboard is the smallest in addition to cheapest toy yous could purchase from this toyline, together amongst other iii to a greater extent than similar pc boards. The residual were bigger playsets, all of them were made to a greater extent than or less inwards 1:1 scale to reality, I mean, the flashlight is the size of a existent flashlight, the Pepsi tin is the size of an actual can, in addition to then on.
Another matter I dear virtually this serial are the names of the figures: Romm, Chip, Cursor, Debug, Minus, Asynk, Null... all concepts taken from estimator science.

If yous desire to come across film of all the other playsets in addition to figures, delight watch this interesting webpage: http://www.parrygamepreserve.com/toys/computerWarriors/
Wow! Note the iv mini pc boards over the keyboard of the Computer playset!

FACTS in addition to FIGURES:

• Name: PC BOARD WITH ROMM
• Toy Line: COMPUTER FORCE / COMPUTER WARRIORS
• Year: 1989
• Company: Mattel (U.S.A.) / Young Kowng Plastic Factory (China)
• Size of the figures: Around 4 cm

#754 Maisto – Ford Mustang Mach 3 In Addition To Jaguar Xj220 (Around 1995)

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I accept these ii cars since a long time. My begetter brought them to me sometime yesteryear the mid 90s. I was already a chip quondam to play alongside cars, simply all the same loved to await at the miniatures in addition to come across the details. Recently I decided to sell them inwards my toy shop, simply afterwards to a greater extent than or less fourth dimension I retired them in addition to decided to proceed them. I straight off intend these are the inaugural off Maisto models that came to Espana alongside the mention Maisto (not MC Toys), in addition to that may brand them rare collectables inwards the future.

Also interesting is that these ii models are truly based on Matchbox casts from the early on 90s, close accurately, they are based on the Superfast models from 1994 (MB15) in addition to 1993 (MB31). That makes them fifty-fifty to a greater extent than interesting, because, similar to a greater extent than or less MC Toys models, these ii are bootlegs!

I proceed the master packages, although these accept been opened. The coloring dark in addition to those golden details would travel used during several years from the showtime on. And too quite exotic is the sticker from the importer that brought these scale cars to Spain.

 

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: FORD MUSTANG MACH III in addition to JAGUAR XJ220
• Scale: Approx. 1:64
• Year: Around 1995
• Company: Maisto (China)
• Size: approx. vii cm

#766 Unknown Manufacturer – Mitsubishi Canter Spend Upwards Truck As Well As Mobile Crane (Around 1995)

MONTH OF THE UNKNOWN

I bring a few interesting toys that I bring been collecting over the years from which I know naught at all. They cannot hold upward identified since they bring no industry marking. Despite searching the internet, I couldn´t discovery anything almost them, together with therefore I changed my mind, together with idea it may hold upward meliorate if I issue them now, together with people reading this could help me identifying them.

There volition hold upward eleven toys (all eleven entries from Jan 2017), precisely I warn you: it is non an tardily draw to position them. Are yous create for this challenge?

If I become hints together with information, I´ll hold upward updating the posts to add together information almost them. Thanks!

If yous similar the challenge, at that topographic point are other toys inwards this spider web log waiting to hold upward identified, click here to encounter all unidentified toys.

I commencement idea this truck may likely hold upward a Tomica knock-off, precisely I couldn’t discovery whatever model that matches this especial cast (both the truck together with the “load”).  The truck is genuinely a Tomica knock-off, to a greater extent than accurately, a knock-off of the No.10 Mitsubishi Canter Refuse Truck (see comments below).

The truck was likely made yesteryear the belatedly 90s. I bought it, because I liked really much the especial grade of the cast together with the opening gate inwards the turn down container. This indicates a higher character grade than the residue of “made inwards China” models from those days.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t discovery the manufacturer despite correctly identifying the truck every bit an Isuzu Elf. Ha ha! Not correctly identified. It is a Mitsubishi Canter, non an Isuzu Elf.

Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 dainty Japanese truck from a car together with truckmaker that is quite uncommon inwards the three inches world.

Additional information: Bought inwards a flea marketplace inwards Austria.

UPDATE (Dec/2018): I intend this model powerfulness hold upward made yesteryear Welly, same every bit this other Mobile Crane, likewise a Tomica Knock-off:

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: MITSUBISHI CANTER REFUSE TRUCK together with MOBILE CRANE
• Scale: Around 1:72
• Year: Around  1995
• Company: Unknown Manufacturer, perchance Welly? (China)
• Size: approx. vii cm