Quick - E.T. is at the ... Quick...

E.T. in spaceship, Quick restaurants

... with extendable neck, 2002, China

Mushroom living...

This was the same one I had when I was a kid. Good times :) Happy and Smurfy X-mas to all.

Smurf-house, Bully, Germany, 1975

Government shutdown ?

Bugs Bunny piggy bank, Warner Bros. Studio store, 1995, USA

Canadian Aerocar by G.P.L.

Aerocar, G.P.L., Canada, 1950's ?

This one is of course based on the US-version made by Plas-Tex (see here). Did they sell or swap the molds after they made their production run ? Who knows...  G.P.L. was more active in plastic dishware than in toys.

Strangely enough, this one still has the non-friction base. The moulds went afterwards (or before ?) to another Commonwealth country, Australia, where company Duperite made a friction version. (see here).

 

Bug-eyed bot ?

ONI-MO Rover Robot, Masaduya, Japan, 1986

Removable backpack is the remote control
Head can open up to store the cable !

Steamlined Hubley

Futuristic car, Hubley, USA, 1930's

ZAP ZAP ZAP - you have been neutralized by the rainbow...

Double-barrelled rayguns, make ? country ? date of manufacture ?

Flying Goldrake Saucer

Atlas UFO robot, Cosmec, Italy, 1979

Cosmec did a number of these. You had Superman of course... but also our favorite robot in 2 different versions. Here is the saucer. (for the robot version click here) Just clip the "fishing rod" to the wing (there is already a hole there for the occasion) and start flying the ultralight piece of blown plastic.in a circular motion in the air. Hours of fun guaranteed !

Playing with rubber again !

Goldorak / Goldrake, Fabianplastica, Italy, 1978

Holly inflatable doll, Batman !

... must be some of the most "Kitch" pieces in my collection... but boy - here we go !

Batman, Peru (?), 1970 - 80 (?)

Batman, Peru (?), 1970 - 80 (?)

Batman, Razak e Karim Lda, China, 2000's

Little bot...

Walk Robot (nº2005), Hong Kong, 1970's

Matt Groening's green machine...

Planet Express Spaceship (Futurama), Quantum Mechanics, China, 2010's

Hey ? I'm seeing double...

Skeletor, Mattel, 1981, Spain

Battle Armor Skeletor, Mattel, 1983,
Mexico

... brothers in arms ?

German spaceship with an American flair...

Rakete 268, Technofix, US Zone Germany

Capitaine Flam / Captain Future dimestore bootleg ?

Not a lot to say here, except that Picasso had his "période bleue" and our Captain has his "période rouge"... Looks like he stepped in molten lava... They just took the mold of the Popy toy, guns, watch and all and... voilà...

Captain Future, ? (bootleg), TAIWAN, ?

The new (old) FAB 1 by Tomica

This one was issued for the 50 years of Thunderbirds.

FAB 1, TOMY, 2016, Vietnam

Click here to see how this car evolved....

Parachuting in space ?

Up to not too long ago this would have been a silly idea... Why would you need a parachute in space where there is no air ? But since Felix Baumgartner's record - you kind of start to understand the whole spacesuit with a parachute thingy... Italians were on it a lot sooner... 9cm. figurine.

Spaceman w/parachute, "Brevettato"
(= patented), Italy (Torino), Aerogiocattoli,
Flli Giolitto

Back of figurine with parachute
remains...

Little clockwork futuristic cars...

Futuristic car, ?, Great Britain,  ?

No markings on these littel cars of about 7.5 cm each, except that they have a metal clockwork motor, wheels and chassis marked : MADE IN GT BRITAIN. Because of the pegs on the side they surely had some kind of track to run on. Anybody has more information about date ? Manufacturer ?

Libellule de Popy - Il était une fois l'Espace / Once upon a time... Space

Libellule, Popy, 1981 Singapore

From all the cartoon we watched on TV in the 80ies, this one (Il était une fois l'Espace / Once upon a time... space) was maybe one of the Frenchiest of all - even though it was created in Japan. All the mecha (= including this spaceship) was the creation of French illustrator Manchu, His very realistic approach to design was something no one had seen yet in a cartoon. But this is also why, about 30 years later, these same designs do not look outdated at all.

Sci-Fy artwork by Manchu 

He was also at the drawing board for Ulysse's 31 "Odysseus" spaceship...

Inicial sketch by Manchu for the Odysseus