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Wednesday, December 5, 2012

R is for Run Raumfahrer, Run!

Apparently there were only ever these four figures in this Hausser/Elastolin set/range, and while they used to be considered very rare, the closing of the factory a few years ago apparently turned-up loads of them, as they had been poor sellers upon release and the bulk of the stock was returned to the factory - if indeed; it ever left the factory.

They are pretty quirky, and they are - with the exception of a pretty straitfoward 'astronaught' who is quite far along the evolutionary scale from Perry Rodan (very popular in Germany) to NASA - not your usual 'alien' types, being a very hysterical 'rubber-girl', a rather soft-looking dino-grinch and a slightly more atypical '60's pulp 'lobster-man'.
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4 comments:

  1. Sam WiseDecember 5, 2012 at 9:40 PM

    they could be funny figures, but for my own taste, they are ridiculous !

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  2. Hugh WalterDecember 5, 2012 at 10:57 PM

    Hehehe! They are not to everyone's taste...they didn't seem to be to many people's taste at the time they were issued either!!

    H

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  3. GogDecember 6, 2012 at 7:30 AM

    Hi Hugh, exactly these 4 figures appear in the last issue of "kult!" in the article about space/alien/robot toys. There's not much information about them, only Hausser-Elastolin and 1960s.

    There're also other plastic figures (for example those from the "Plong" Chewing gum, although most of them are tin toys.

    I find the figures great: great colours, great design, very similar to later figure series like the Trash Bag Bunch.

    Thanks for showing these!

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  4. Hugh WalterDecember 7, 2012 at 12:45 AM

    Pleasure Gog - glad you enjoyed!
    H

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