The Siku futuristic racer

I know this one is not in the best of nick, and missing the transparent cockpit, but it is a fleamarket find and it is rare as heck... Has SIKU made others in that size ? The company still exists to this day, and they are still making beautifull toys. Read more about it here.

25 cm long...

Futuristic Racer, Siku, 1960's, Germany

Speed on ice

Go !

Ready ?

 

Bobsleigh, Lehmann, 1970's Western Germany

You can even choose your team to personalize the toy !

Yellow tumbling robot

Acrobat Robot, Korea, 1980's

Originally a Horikawa Japan toy, this one is marked "made in Korea"... 

Sharpening pencils in space ? Then you need one of those !

and spacey design...

8 cm.

Rocket (pencil sharpener), 1950's ?
Japan ? Germany ?

Glued ?

UFO Grandizer 6 UFO Diapolon glue sitcks, Japan

 

Tomy's drilling tank ?

I don't know to what extend this was a toy to replicate / compete with Bandai's Thunderbirds license, because this thing has the looks of the Mole, but tires instead of tracks...

TOMY tank, Japan, 1970's (?)

The propulsion on this toys is quite clever, since a track links both independent set of 4 wheels on the bottom of the vehicle, making it an 8x8 drive vehicle.

Eh la qui va là ?

Inspector Gadget, Field-Comics, 1983 Spain

Ford Fairlane in space...

Space Patrol, Nomura, Japan, 1962

detail (astronaut)

detail  (gun litho)

This version is lightblue and the canister is at the back !

(other versions have canisters as backpack for spaceman) 

sponsored by... Ford !

1959 Ford Fairlane (non-space ready !)

Il était une fois l'homme...

 

Il était une fois l'homme

Era uma vez ... homem, figurines, Edigrafic, Portugal, 1980's

How about learning your history in a ludic, funny way ? This was the whole purpose of "Once upon a time ... man", a cartoon created and directed by Albert Barillé (read more about it here).

It became so popular that pretty soon it left the buondaries of France and was shown in lots of other countries... also Portugal where it was called "Era uma vez homem"...

And of course they made figurines of the show... 

A surfing Alien ? check. Because of course ...

W.-Germany, 1981

Windsurfing Astrosnik, Bully