#529 Corgi Juniors – M Prix Racer, Formula Ane Racer, Formula 5000 Together With Hot Rodder (1973)

The next cars are made yesteryear Corgi inward three inches size for its describe of piece of job Corgi Juniors. They are formula racers in addition to futuristic prototypes that await similar formula racers. I showtime took the pictures in addition to the noted that all of them were released the same twelvemonth 1973. The virtually futuristic ones are perhaps an campaign to struggle agains Matchbox’s Superfasts, that already had released a few invented cars inward a similar style.

Grand Prix Racer inward Green (Nr. 1-D1 – 1973-76) in addition to Hot Rodder inward yellowish (Nr. 28-B1 – 1973-76)

UPDATE: The same model inward much ameliorate shape including stickers:

END OF UPDATE

Formula 1 Racer inward Orange (Nr. 22-C1 – 1973-78) in addition to Formula 5000 inward Black (Nr. 27-B1 – 1973-81) From the mo model I am showing 2 measure versions, ane amongst stickers, about other ane without, summation a variant amongst dark base of operations in addition to dark motor at the goal of the article.

Formula 5000 (Nr. 27-B? – afterward issue)

This end automobile is non described inward Dr. Force’s direct in addition to seems to live a afterward issue, since the motor is made inward dark plastic instead of golden in addition to it is decorated amongst a tampographied “9”, instead of stickers. I am certain it is a afterward issue, simply seems to live a rare model. Never saw it somewhere else.

UPDATE 2 (JUNE 2018)

This model is practically identical to the previous one, solely the tampography is applied equally a "6" instead of a "9". This model does non appear inward the guides, in addition to I intend it is a to a greater extent than recent variant. Wheels are (or at to the lowest degree look) fifty-fifty newer than inward the RN9 model.

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: GRAND PRIX RACER, FORMULA 1 RACER, FORMULA 5000 in addition to HOT RODDER (Nr. 1-D1, 22-C1, 27-B1 in addition to 28-B1)
• Scale: Approx. 1:64
• Year: 1973
• Company: Corgi (G. Britain)
• Size: approx. 3’’ or vii cm 

#535 X-Changers - Battlehawks Skywing (1986)

MONTH OF THE BOOTLEG AT TOYS FROM THE PAST!

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

#541 Matchbox - Snr6 Hovercraft Together With Rescue Hovercraft (Nr. 72 Together With 2) (1972 Together With 1976)

 

The showtime article of the terminal calendar month (month of the bootleg) continued the terminal entry of March, too the showtime entry inwards May volition too somehow choke on the terminal entry of April. This way, both articles volition live "together" too it volition live easier to detect 1 from the other.

 

These are the ii Superfast Hovercrafts made past times Matchbox. Both conduct keep the same base of operations alongside the same reference inwards the 1-75 series, although they are dissimilar casts too inwards all catalogues conduct keep dissimilar numbers, they conduct keep been numbered 72 & 2, too they are actually 72-B too 02-C.

 

The showtime 1 (72-B, from 1972-78) is a white hovercraft alongside dark base of operations too cerise plastic details. It is a quite mutual model, but unfortunately the plastic business office on transcend is quite fragile, too then sometimes, those blades are broken. It carries 1 sticker on each side alongside the letters SRE6 addition the Union Jack.

The minute model (02-C, from 1976-80) was made inwards brilliant dark-green alongside a brownish base. Maybe they had inwards heed to unloose a armed forces model, but at the terminate it was decorated alongside but about random "RESCUE" stickers. This model has ii chromed bits on top, that resembles but about sort of motor addition an air intake. These are sometimes non really shiny anymore, but, inwards general, this model is much to a greater extent than durable than the showtime one.

 

It seems to me, that the white model is a scale reproduction of a existent hovercraft, patch the minute 1 is to a greater extent than similar an invention, but I could live wrong, I am no skillful on this topic, too never saw a existent hovercraft either.

 



 

The white hovercraft was too available inwards a bigger scale inwards the Superkings series.

 

UPDATE: This is a rare Rescue Hovercraft inwards a pale dark-green alongside dark base. I institute it past times jeopardy too never had seen it before. Did you lot know it? Was it sold equally business office of but about bigger kit, or inwards the ordinary 1-75 series? Anyhow a really interesting model. I know what Christian Falkensteiner has published here: http://www.cfalkensteiner.com/Matchbox/Catalog/LS/LS01-39/LS02c/ChF-LS02c.htm

This is the version alongside regal windows.

 

 

FACTS AND FIGURES:

• Name: HOVERCRAFT SRN6 too RESCUE HOVERCRAFT (Nr. 72 too 2)
• Scale: 1:145
• Year: 1972 too 1976
• Company: Matchbox (G. Britain)
• Size: approx. 3’’ or vii cm

 

#553 Con-Nec-Tors – Skateboarder Together With Wrestler (1990)

Matchbox has rarely produced other toys than die-cast cars in addition to vehicles. This is i of the exceptions. After the success of the Connectables Line (see entries #471, #472 in addition to #473), Matchbox launched approximately other draw of piece of employment alongside a like approach, solely instead of creating vehicles yesteryear combining parts, you lot could shape unlike activity figures yesteryear combining torso, caput in addition to limbs.

Because each figure is composed of vi parts, at that spot are multiple combinations to generate novel figures, fifty-fifty if you lot solely ain a couplet of figures. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 sticker inwards a 2-pack blister bubble said: “Over 3.5 Million Combinations!”, which should move if you lot ain the whole collection

The characters chosen are pop characters of the 90s in addition to before: at that spot are several monsters in addition to creatures, merely equally good a policeman, a cyborg (in the Terminator style), an american football game player, a soldier... all easily identifiable characters.


To my knowledge, at that spot were xvi figures made for this collection, which could move purchased individually, inwards two-packs or inwards bigger gift sets. In English, the characters had pretty tedious names, encounter list:

• Monster Fly
• Football Player
• Dinosaur
• Rock Star
• Vampire
• Swamp Monster
• Skateboarder
• Pterodactyl
• Sheriff
• Robot
• Mummy
• Cyclops
• Wrestler
• Mutant
• Soldier
• Indian

In Italian, curiously, the names were a Little flake to a greater extent than inventive.

By the way, this toyline was non solely a Matchbox line, it was equally good produced yesteryear Giochi Preziosi. Maybe for this reason, the province inwards which this toyline had the biggest success was inwards Italy.

FACTS in addition to FIGURES:

• Name: SKATEBOARDER in addition to WRESTLER
• Toy Line: Con-nec-tors / Connectors
• Year: 1990
• Company: Matchbox (Great Britain) / Giochi Preziosi (Italy)
• Size of the figures: Around 10 cm