Finally!
Wanted one of these from the instant first encountered & pounced on a chance to have one with original matched box. Which has seen combat in the trenches but intact enough for my meager needs.
Chopper rotor and wheels are a tad loose but the thing is what, 62 years old? Hope I look as good.
Reminds me of a Sikorsky H-34 but compressed.
Only realized when examining the pix that there does seem to be lettering on the tail. Will effort a decypherment.
One rotor blade folds over to aid in storage.
If memory serves the metal is a tin/antimony mix and safe when in solid form. But kids shouldn't handle and is best kept on a display setting in touch-me-not conditions. My toys stay boxed up until its time to make pix then go right back in. Nobody will be licking the metal or filing off bits to inhale.
Right front wheel bears evidence of a hard landing or two.
Here compared with a very similar looking take on a Piasecki HUP packaged by an entity using the name "Bag of Best Toy" and often mistakenly described by online vendors as a Linemar.
Red plastic chopper an unknown, but retains the title of the smallest toy helicopter in my stash.
Not quite the same front end ...
:D
Now we know how much they sold for at retail.
Matchbox striker tab? Old man Marx was having one on at Lesney UK's expense maybe.
