The big Zark will keep your money safe from Spectra !

7-Zark-7 hucha, ? , 1980, Espanha

 

No markings...

Here with smaller versions...

Piggybank bot !

Paul Verhoeven's Detroit

Robocop Helmet, Orion Pictures Corp.

China, 1993

To Serve and Protect...

The French Connection

Great box-art !

Fulgur Virevolte, CHR, France, 1960's

Very basic design...

 

But with antenas for that futuristic look 

Little plastic parachute space capsule...

Space Capsule and Flying Saucer, ?, Hong Kong, 1970's

Did you know ? before parachutes, NASA was thinking about using a paraglider...

The Sunrubber futuristic racer

Racer, Sunrubber Co, USA, 1930's

With driver !

... and 1930 styling !

 

Drive me to the moon...

 

Radar Car T218, DTC Educational Toy, Hong Kong, 1970's

The "baby" Imperial Shuttle

ISP-6, Kenner, Macao, 1983

 Most of us kids did not have access to the big one, so in a world of play, somewhere far far away...

Spectra's goons

3 Spectra soldiers (Gallactors), Tatsunoko Production,
China, 2015

Oh no you didn't !

Capitan Futuro, Mattel, 1980, Italy

This is the pinacle of cost-cutting design in the story of Italian toy-making. You take the surplus of previous diecast success (Goldrake), change head and torso, keep the rest, restyle, repaint and voilà...

I agree that Popy's figurine had it all wrong due to the lack of details and wrong colours, but this is on another level. Mary Shelley beware ! You have some serious competition ! 

All that shines... (part II)

Mechanical Missile Robot, TPS, Japan, 1960's

 

Radar Robot nº902, ?, Hong Kong, 1970's

Wonder Woman's ride ?

Wonder Woman car, Corgi Juniors, 1979, UK

This one was based on a real vehicle (or at least prototype) : the 1969 Autobianchi A112 Runabout, designed by Bertone. 

Corgi, Matchbox and Mebetoys made a number of versions in their bigger 1/43 scale, but none for Wonder Woman, she only got access to the smaller version in the Corgi Junior line in approx. 1/64.

Strangely enough, I don't recall seeing Lynda Carter in one of those... An I remember seeing her in an invisible plane !

Corgi's Bat-bikes

 The small...

Bat-bike, Corgi Junior, 1978, UK

the large...

Bat-bike, Corgi, 1978, UK

and the real deal...

More diecasts ? I give you Daltanious !

Daltanious ST GA-99, Popy, Japan, 1980

Soul of Chogokin Grendizer GX-04

Grendizer GX-04, Bandai, 2000, China

Heavy piece of metal alloy, magnetic joints with spring-loaded fists ! Sorry... Fulguropoings !

Pure joy.

You like ants ? Oh boy, do I have the wheels for you !

Magno, Bandai, China, 1996

They mutate from vehicles to insects ! 

The bigger version of this toy did not have that bug-mutation thing, but could host an action figurine. Check it here.

When you don't make it as AT-AT driver...

MTV-7 C6 Mini Rigg, Miro-Meccano SA,
Spain

... and for the anecdote, MTV stands for Multi-Terrain Vehicle... NOT the popular 1980 music video channel ! 😉

The Varitank

Varitank, Popy, Japan, 1978

This vehicle comes from the first ever Super Sentai show : Goranger ! They had sweet mecha back in the 70ies...  To read more bout these shows, check this link.

Swim Goldo, swim !

Grandizer / Goldorak, Bandai, Japan, 1978

I sense something tingling...

Spiderbike, Corgi, Gt. Britain, 1978

See the smaller version here. 

Superman's pimp my ride !

Supermobile, McFarlane, China, 2024

How cool is that ? McFarlane finally got the correct Supermobile out, nothing like that 1980's thingy Kenner tried to sell us in their Super Powers line in the 1980's ! 

And yes, I know it's Captain A. flying the damn thing... But really, why would the Man of Steel need a vehicle anyhow ? He has a cape... a cape !

With Corgi toys for size...

Public transport to travel the deserts of Tatooine ? Not for me...

Desert Sail Skiff, Kenner, Macao, 1983

Oh Boba, you did it again !

The Korean Godphenix - Gatchaman, sorry... Eagle Riders !

New God Phoenix, Seoul Chemical, 1996, Korea

The vehicles were more detailed than the red Popy ones...

It is really a good plastic counterpart from the Popy diecast...

... and came with a Ken action figurine... see here !

Major Tom ? nope... Major Matt Mason !

Matt Mason, Mattel,
Hong Kong, 1966

The small BOTP Delacoste Ken the Eagle / Marc

Marc, Delacoste, France

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