These four-vehicle bags being a case in point as they all contain things that had either been available singly, or that had already appeared in the figure sets, where a sprue was often thrown-in to give the set a bit more playability!
The car is quite nice, described as a Ford, it looks quite like a Rolls or other prestige mark to me, the two space items (UFO and NASA return-module) have been seen on Moonbase Central before now, the tanks are a bit lame but the 'planes are OK really, a bit crude and around 1:100, but not that bad.The bag at the back contains the ship which is so brittle it's powdering in front of itself! It's also a very poor model and not worth putting together - even for a photograph. The scooter is closer to 54mm in scale/size.
Close-up of the astronaut in his capsule, he also mans a Wild West era fire-wagon! And the car on the sprue and with an Airfix 'Officer Type' to give an idea of the size - quick bit of paint, some dry-brushing and you've got yourself a staff-car!
wow! thanks for this entry! It brings me very good memories. I had many of those planes, but they were obtained from much newer sobres. Only with the logo, I can see these are older.
ReplyDeleteI had that car too (or a very similar one), but mine was bigger... it looks great with the Airfix figure, the scene reminds me of the car in which the archduke Franz Ferdinanda was assesinated in Sarajevo.
The UFO was also available many years before, and even you have photographed the gate below, the best and biggest detail is a small man (should be an alien) sitting inside of the UFO. Maybe this was a later add to the mould, I don't know, but I remember from all Montaplex toys, the UFO was between my favorites.
Hi Gog - I thought you'd like it after your comments the other day - I strive to please! Hugh
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