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CRAGSTON 1960's BATTERY OPERATED WW1 BIPLANE BY "NGS" OF JAPAN.
TURNING THE SWITCH SEES THE PROPELLOR SPIN AND THEN THE PLANE MOVES FORWARD THEN STOPS AND REPEATS THE ACTION. AT THE SAME TIME THE GUN ATOP THE COCKPIT FLASHES RED.
ALL TINPLATE EXCEPTING THE PROPELLOR. NOTE THE CORD SCARF OF THE PILOT USED TO ADD REALISM. THE BATTERY BOX WAS LOCATED IN THE FUSELAGE.
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1950'S JAPANESE MADE "ELECTRA" TIN TOY AIRCRAFT IN AMERICAN AIRLINES LIVERY.
HAS BATTERY ACTION. THE COCKPIT LIGHTS UP AND THEN THE PROPELLORS START UP ONE BY ONE AND AND WHEN ALL SPINNING THE AIRCRAFT THEN MOVES FORWARD.
AFTER A TIME THE AIRCRAFT AND PROPELLORS STOP AND THE SEQUENCE IS REPEATED.
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CLASSIC BATTERY OPERATED CARTOON TIN & PLASTIC TOY FROM THE EARLY 1960'S.
MADE by K-O JAPAN OFTEN KNOWN AS THE "BOMBADIER PROP FIGHTER PLANE."
PROMOTED AS HAVING A "MYSTERY ACTION" THE PLANES MOVES FORWARD WITH THE PROPELLOR SPINNING AND THE PISTONS LIGHT UP AND ENGINE SOUND IS EMITTED.
THE PLANE THEN STOPS AND THE COCKPIT COVER SLOWLY LIFTS OPEN TO REVEAL THE PILOT WHO THEN MOVES HIS HEAD AND RAISES HIS HAND IN A SALUTE BEFORE THE COVER CLOSES AND THE PLANE MOVES FORWARD AGAIN.
WHEN HITTING AN OBSTACLE THE PLANE WILL BUMP ITSELF OFF AND MOVE AWAY AND SO OFTEN REFERRED TO AS "BUMP N GO " TOYS. THE BATTERIES SIT IN THE ENGINE PODS UNDER THE WINGs
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THIS TOY HAS PLASTIC PODS INDICATING THE TOY AS EARLY 60'S WHILE EARLIER VERSIONS HAD TINPLATE PODS - ONE OF MY FAVOURITE PIECES. |
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MADE BY "Y" TOYS JAPAN THIS 1950'S DC 7 AIRCRAFT IN EASTERN AIRLINES LIVERY IS ONE OF THE LARGER
TOYS OF ITS TIME WITH A WINGSPAN OF 60CMS AND FUSELAGE OF 55 CMS AND HAS MULTIPLE BATTERY
OPERATED ACTIONS.
AS PROPELLORS CEASE SPINNING ONE BY ONE THE AIRCRAFT STOPS , PASSENGERS APPEAR AT THE WINDOWS
AND THE AIRCRAFT DOOR SWINGS OPEN TO REVEAL THE AIR HOSTESS. AFTER A SHORT TIME THE DOOR SWINGS
SHUT AND THE PASSENGERS DISAPPEAR AS THE PROPS START UP AGAIN ONE BY ONE AND THE AIRCRAFT MOVES
FORWARD WITH LIGHT A TOP FLASHING.
A POPULAR TOY OF THE TIME SOLD AT US AIRPORTS WITH DIFFERING LIVERY. THIS PARTICULAR PIECE WAS BROUGHT
AT LOS ANGELES AIRPORT FOR THE PREVIOUS OWNER BY AN UNCLE ON HIS WAY TO NEW YORK FOR CHRISTMAS.
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LATE 1930'S ALL TINPLATE "METTOY" TOY WITH FRICTION ACTION SPARKING GUN AND WINDUP KEY SPRING MOVEMENT TO PROPEL THE WHEELS FORWARD CAUSING A FRICTION WHEEL TO SPIN AND CREATE THE SPARKING ACTION OF THE GUN MOUNTED IN THE COCKPIT.
THIS TOY WAS MADE IN ENGLAND IN THE LATE 1930'S AFTER THE TOYMAKER HAD FLED NAZI GERMANY AND
CONTINUED HIS TRADE.
THIS TOY IS COMPLETELY TINPLATE, INCLUDING THE PROPELLOR AND GUN , AND IS QUITE INTRICATE IN DESIGN
BUT REMAINED A STURDY TOY- ONE OF MY BEST PIECES AS WELL KEPT FOR ITS AGE AND HAS GOOD DETAIL
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1950'S PANAM "CLIPPER AMERICA" TIN TOY. MADE BY GAMA IN POST WAR WESTERN GERMANY.
PROPELLORS & WHEELS SPIN BY FRICTION AND THE BATTERY POWERED WINGTIPS GLOW.
THIS WAS AN EARLIER TOY AS LACKS THE SOPHISTICATION OF THE LATER 1950'S TIN TOYS SOON TO BE PRODUCED BY JAPAN. IT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF TIN TOYS CAPTURING THE AVIATION DESIGN AND LIVERY OF THE TIME AS PANAM NO LONGER FLYS AS WE KNOW.
THIS TOY ALSO CAME WITH A PASSENGER LOADING STEP ON WHEELS THAT COULD BE PUSHED ALONGSIDE.
AND TYPICALLY THE STEP WAS NOT TO SCALE WITH THE AIRCRAFT BUT COMPLEMENTED A REAL TOY OF THE TIME. |
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UNIQUE 1960's TIN "FLYING TIGER" CARGO PLANE WITH BATTERY ACTION MADE IN JAPAN BY "TN".
THIS TOY GIVES EVIDENCE TO THE CHANGE AWAY FROM TINPLATE TO PLASTIC WITH A TIN UPPER FUSELAGE AND PLASTIC LOWER FUSELAGE AND PROPELLOR. THE CARGO PALLET IS ALSO PLASTIC.
THE PROPELLORS SPIN AND THE PLANE MOVES FORWARD , THEN STOPS AND THE CARGO TAIL SWINGS OPEN.
AFTER A FEW MOMENTS THE TAIL SWINGS SHUT AND THE PROPELLORS START UP AND MOVES FORWARD AGAIN.
AS WITH ALL B/O TIN TOYS THE AIM WAS TO CREATE ALL THE ACTIONS OF FLIGHT WITHOUT ACTUALLY LEAVING
THE GROUND AND THIS TOYS DOES THIS WELL.
TAIL OPENING CARGO PLANES WERE ARE QUITE UNIQUE AND THIS TOY CAPTURES THE CONCEPT FOR ALL TIME.
THIS ALSO HAS THE ORIGINAL BOX TO ACCOMPANY THE TOY |
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LATE 1950'S BATTERY OPERATED "VERTICAL LIFT" FAIRY ROTODYNE TIN TOY AIRCRAFT ( OR IS IT ??) WITH
"BUMP N GO' FORWARD ACTION , ROTOR MOVEMENT AND COCKPIT LIGHTING.
THIS TIN WILL FIND ITS WAY AROUND OBSTACLES BY BUMPING BACK AND FORWARD AND CREATING ANGLES THAT
SEE THE TOY ABLE TO MOVE FORWARD. THIS IS A STURDY ALL TIN TOY EXCEPTING FOR THE COCKPIT WINDOWS
WHICH ARE GREEN TINGED PLASTIC AND ALLOW THE COCKPIT LIGHT TO SHOW THROUGH
THIS IS A RARE TOY AS THE ACTUAL REAL EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, WHICH WAS DESIGNED FOR SHORT
COMMUTER HOPS, ONLY FLEW FOR A SHORT TIME AND SO PRODUCTION OF THE TOY CEASED.
A GOOD EXAMPLE OF TIN TOYS ENCAPSULATING AVIATION DESIGN OF TIMES GONE BY..
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A REAL FAVOURITE 1950'S TIN TOY " MYSTERY ACTION" PLANE MADE BY "TN" OF JAPAN WITH BATTERY OPERATED
"BUMP N GO " ACTION. THE BATTERIES SIT IN THE FUSELAGE UNDER THE PILOT.
MAKES A GREAT ENGINE NOISE AND RED LIGHTS FLASH IN THE REAR AND WHITE LIGHT ON THE SIDE TO GIVE AN " AFTER BURNER " EFFECT AND AT THE SAME TIME THE GUN ON THE NOSE IN FRONT OF THE COCKPIT FLASHES AND MAKES A "TAT ..TAT..TAT.. SHOOTING NOISE - A COOL TOY AND COMES WITH THE ORIGINAL BOX.
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CIRCA 1920 GUNTHERMAN TIN PLANE TOY AIRCRAFT MADE IN GERMANY WITH CLOCKWORK WHEEL ACTION.
THE DETAIL IS QUITE REALISTIC AND TRULY SHOWS THE DESIGN OF THE TIMES. IT IS AN EARLIER AVIATION TOY AS
YOU NOTICE THE WINGSPAN IS LESS THAN THE FUSELAGE LENGTH. LATER AIRCRAFT TOYS WERE MADE WITH MORE
CORRECTLY AND REALISTICALLY PROPORTIONED WINGSPANS.
THE WINDOWS ARE CUT OUT OF THE METAL AND THE PROPELLOR SPINS FREELY BUT IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE FRICTION WHEEL ACTION.
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