The Magic Roundabout - Margote

Margote, Rúbia, Portugal, 1970's

Seems to be based on same mold

Margotte, Celluloid, Portugal ?

Margotte, Celluloid, Portugal ? 

Superman, the man of steel or the man of clay ?

Superman Plasticine, Harbutt's, England, 1979

This packaging was obviously made for the French market...

 

Better than one radar ? Two radars !

Space Radar Scout Pioneer, Modern Toys, Japan, 1960's

Danguard

Danguard, Popy, Japan, 1970's

More Italian flats

Aliens and Spacemen, Italy, origin unknown

Sticky Jumbo Stickers

Jumbo Warriors promotional stickers, Mattel, 1970's

Italian aliens and spaceships on a diet

 .... well, not really, because they came as a premium in candy packages...

But the figurines are really flat, and you have to ask yourself : what did the toy designers smoke to make some of these ?

The material is a bakelite-type of plastic and they are about 3 / 3.5cm tall.

Aliens, Spaceships, Saucers... brand unknown, Italy, 1950's

Group of aliens

Bagpipe man ?

Green Carrot 

Walker the engine (grey)

Space chimney sweeper

Smiling Sunny

Mr. Crescent (grey)

Trumpet tank

Pepper ship

Mr. Crescent (burgundy)

Hoboe head

Walker the engine (burgundy)

Please check more of these on Alphadrome 

Barbara Gordon

Batgirl, Burger King, China, 2020

The Indian Chief

Indian Chief on horse, Leyla, Germany, 1970's

 

The Chinese green machine

Space Walk Man - China, 1980's 

This is a pivot robot. Still tin, but gone is the flashy litho from Japan. 

We still have some army green laying around ? Great - let's use that ! The build quality got a C minus too. The doors open without warning, and even the gauges at the waist are not centered as it should.

Remember Maximilian the robot ?

Maximilian, GIGI, 1979, Italy

It's good to be the king...

Babar (blown plastic)

? no markings

 

The Kaiser's limo...

Flying Bug, Matchbox, England, 1972

I had this one as a child. Bismark with moustache and all driving Ferdinand Porsche's creation.

And of course they had to add jet engines... The stock VW did the 0-100 km mark in a whopping 27.5 seconds... wouldn't you ?

It's really getting hard to travel...

They are, 80 days are, 80 nothing more, to go around the world!

Nowadays a lot harder to achieve due to all the Covid restrictions ...

Willy Fog, unmarked, Spain ?, 1983-84

Check more about the cartoon here.