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Author:  Paulkaiju [ Wed May 25, 2011 7:24 pm ]
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I'm completely nuts about vintage space toys and vehicles lately.
Click on the rising sun at the bottom for more pics. Insanity.

http://www.japansuperfantasticmodel.com/

I recently picked this up of the bay. It's like slot cars in tubes!
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My first trip to Japan at Wonderfest, there was a dude selling 3 HUGE sets of these tube rockets.
He offered me a KILLER price, but i had to decline. I still regret it.
I think all three of them framed would have made the most incredible installation.
The box art was TOTALLY insane. beautiful. Sets my heart afire stuff.
Also check out this site:
http://projectswordtoys.blogspot.com/
I had S.W.O.R.D. based toys as a kid that I tore up without abandon. I never realized they were based off Gerry Anderson related vehicles.
That dude covers that bottomless pit like no effer.
Author:  jacksauce [ Wed May 25, 2011 7:45 pm ]
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That box art is a treat to wade through.

You've reminded me of the marusan tederos stuff. I think you just convinced me to get the submarine:
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Author:  Greasebat [ Wed May 25, 2011 8:43 pm ]
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....sort of related, I've been buying up old Matchbox and Dinky toy catalogs. As a young kid I had no idea what the SHADO vehicles were in the Dinky catalog, but I wanted them badly!
Author:  Paulkaiju [ Wed May 25, 2011 9:14 pm ]
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21st century toys.

The relation will drive you mad.

Not that missile firing speed space boats and mole space subs don't drive me crazy already...
Author:  jacksauce [ Wed May 25, 2011 10:01 pm ]
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Have you seen the unproduced outer space men prototype vehicles?
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Author:  gatchabert [ Wed May 25, 2011 10:41 pm ]
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awesome stuff, Paul!! Thanks for sharing. :D
Author:  nitty [ Thu May 26, 2011 7:38 am ]
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Thanks so much for posting those links :D Lately I've also been really into vintage space toys/art.Just bought the Mike Trim art book.I saw that auction on Ebay glad you won it.

Love the look of alot of the stuff made during the 60's space race.Really dig the Major Matt Mason toys.
Author:  organic_addict [ Thu May 26, 2011 8:06 am ]
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Paul do you own the Bandai Box Art book by Shigeru Komatsuzaki?

It has some amazing space vehicles artwork.

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Author:  Sanjeev [ Thu May 26, 2011 8:48 am ]
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LOVE me some spacey shit. Artwork as well as toys.

CDX recent posted this review of Anderson's Zero-X.
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And speaking of TEDEROS, Jack, the drill-tank-robo is also killer:
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Author:  Paulkaiju [ Thu May 26, 2011 3:41 pm ]
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organic_addict wrote:
Paul do you own the Bandai Box Art book by Shigeru Komatsuzaki?

It has some amazing space vehicles artwork.


I have a few different ones. Love it.
Author:  toybotstudios [ Thu May 26, 2011 4:32 pm ]
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those OSM vehicles are amazing. want..!
Author:  Leecifer [ Thu May 26, 2011 5:08 pm ]
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Gonna' have to make an effort to track that book down!!!
Author:  jacksauce [ Thu May 26, 2011 6:17 pm ]
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toybotstudios wrote:
those OSM vehicles are amazing. want..!


If you think those are hot, look at the drawings for the playsets and the packaging. This line would have been a white-hot comet streak across toy history. Mattel was a pack of fools for turning this guy down: http://melbirnkrant.com/osmvehicles/
Author:  organic_addict [ Thu May 26, 2011 10:35 pm ]
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Paulkaiju wrote:
organic_addict wrote:
Paul do you own the Bandai Box Art book by Shigeru Komatsuzaki?

It has some amazing space vehicles artwork.


I have a few different ones. Love it.



Can we see what other books you have?
Author:  Greasebat [ Fri May 27, 2011 6:55 am ]
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Leecifer wrote:
Gonna' have to make an effort to track that book down!!!

Me too! If you find more than one please let me know
Author:  Ultra999 [ Fri May 27, 2011 7:26 am ]
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Greasebat wrote:
Leecifer wrote:
Gonna' have to make an effort to track that book down!!!

Me too! If you find more than one please let me know

here are some nice scans from his books:
http://modular4kc.com/2010/08/03/20-sci ... matsuzaki/

you can also buy his stuff on amazon.co.jp.
Author:  dokuroking [ Sun May 29, 2011 4:38 am ]
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This is another great one for fans of this stuff:

http://www.animebooks.com/shshsfda.html
Author:  Paulkaiju [ Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:43 pm ]
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Just got my rocket tube toy today.

It's like a slot car in a tube.The rocket car lights up! (lil sucker gets HOT!)
Had to break the staple on the corner obi to pull out the parts and play.
i was the first.
it's fulfilled it's destiny.
Frikkin beautiful toy this is.
My perspective is, Japan LOVES it's children, and loves me too.

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Author:  wing_clipper [ Wed Jun 01, 2011 7:46 pm ]
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so freaking cool paul! it's like the race car track i always wanted but never knew existed
Author:  Sanjeev [ Thu Jun 02, 2011 6:55 am ]
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Holy shit!

Too awesome.

Heh...when I was a kid, I had a generic Tyco figure-8 racetrack...and me and my buddies would glue glow in the dark shit all over the cars and race those fuckers around and around in the dark!
Author:  jacksauce [ Mon Jun 06, 2011 7:21 am ]
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Japan does love its children, until they start going to school.
Author:  zapatoloco [ Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:32 am ]
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Those rocket tubes are awesome.

I used to dream about my parents buying this micronauts set for me and my lil bro, unfortunately i remember it was very expensive. We never got one...

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