Geoff's Superheroes, Space and other incredible Toys

Thunderbird 1 - Eidai/Grip, Japan, 1970's The background of these boxes were always soo cool ! The button opens the wings...

Galactic Boom, Pedro Miras, Spain, 1980's Galactic Boom, Pedro Miras, Spain, 1980's  

Buck Rogers Space Fighter, Fleetwood, Hong Kong, 1979  

This was a freebee somewhere (possibly potato chips / crisps ?) in Italy in the 1970's. These came with different name of planets. Marte...

Great box-art ! Fulgur Virevolte, CHR, France, 1960's Very basic design...   But with antenas for that futuristic look 

Space Capsule and Flying Saucer, ?, Hong Kong, 1970's Did you know ? before parachutes, NASA was thinking about using a paraglider...

and spacey design... 8 cm. Rocket (pencil sharpener), 1950's ? Japan ? Germany ?

Space Patrol, Nomura, Japan, 1962 detail (astronaut) detail  (gun litho) This version is lightblue and the canister is at the back ! (other ...

Space Rocket Solar X - Nomura, japan, 1968 Well, of course it's Thunderbird one... with a lucky seven... and another paintjob, and diffe...

Space-Snik rocket, 1984, Bully, W.-Germany Back side

Buck Roger's Battlecruiser, Tootsietoy, USA, 1937 Going art-deco ?  Next to the Venus Duo-Destroyer

Italian toy-production had some great design of their own. They did of course do the licensing game (Goldrake, Harlock, ...) but soon found ...

Scout 3 Spaceship, Hong Kong, 1970's  A missile (missing) of the same color as the spaceship shoots from the nose section.

Landing aircraft without the need of big landing strips has always been in the mind of the military. This VTOL (=Vertical Take-Off and Landi...

Swirl the plane and hear it buzz... that's how kid's kept busy... with a red plane / spaceship with pink wings. Groovy ! Airplane Bu...