DUDE ... Yeah it was fun getting out of bed yesterday. Hookup "Made You An Offer" from a vendor no self respecting hoarder would say no to. Are you kidding?? was what I thought when I saw how little it would be. Many thanks, Sir or Madam.
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The star of the pile, spotted it in a thumbnail of the whole junkpile on a fone and knew it was out of the ordinary. Still no idea what real-world helicopter it might be based on, though I will concede that it may just be a super-simplified CH-47 (callsign "Chinook"). But don't think so. If it looks familiar hit us up! You don't have to sign in to comment.
I gots to know.
Larger roadster missing one wheel. Other than that the whole lot of it in admirable condition.
Nice little SAAB jet, and that dude on the Go-Cart was one of the eye-catchers for the lot. Da heck is that??
I like it. Moon Base personal transport buggy for maintenance staff.
Gilmark Toys "Howitzer Carrier", hard clinky plastic. Top half of a self-propelled gun missing tank treads.
Staff car by Mohawk, soft plastic. Have a little Army Jeep by them in hard plastic as well.
Some sort of fender bender mishap, a recurring art theme. It's why I need small vehicles, can't draw stuff like that but the picture can be adapted, messed with, printed, painted, etc. Doesn't even matter what color the toy pieces are, everything can be altered.
Mr. Sato's car from "You Only Live Twice", soft plastic. Marked Hong Kong on underside.
Bronco Toys Moon Bus, hard plastic maybe 2 inches total length? I do not know they year on these but am presuming early 1970s based on other Bronco labeled cars I have seen. Already had one in my stash which played a supporting role in a photo based spacework last year.
Nice how the siren light is an opaque orange above, new arrival's is a translucent red.
Would like to learn more about these. Also seen by my eyes in yellow with blue roof light.
Good luck searching "Bronco Toys". You'll see page after page of diecast Hot Wheel and Matchbox type trucks with very little else. Even choosing plastic as a material doesn't help much. Will try again when more patient, just want to see what else they made. And yeah, I want that yellow one now too.
Pretty sure it's based on the Sikorsky CH-19 (callsign "Chickasaw).
Compared with a Galoob Micro Machine CH-34 (callsign "Choctaw") and it's agreeably different.
Rescuing Pilot Down Behind The Lines
Comparing body shapes with a Marx Boeing-Vertol H-47 (green) in what I presume is a civilian configuration. And a Piasecki HUP (blue) and none match. Yellow helicopter is a wedge shape angling downward towards the cockpit.
All look different, but it has more in common with the blue helicopter than the green one.
No rear wheel hubs on the yellow one. The Marx helicopter shows a tricycle landing gear but I'm not sure if that's universal, military CH-47s have four wheels with hubs both front and back. The hull shapes are totally different and I doubt it's just from simplifying the form. The yellow one is meant to look like that.
Marooning the Mutinous Corporal Willard on Cestus III
So beautiful ... The missing port turbojet its only real flaw.
"Flying Potato Wedge"
Finally noticing the Hong Kong along the middle of the hull's bottom. They could not have made the script smaller if they were trying to.
Nah, that's not a Chinook. Maybe the HUP super-simplified? One thing about the HUP is that it was out of service by 1964. If the form is based on a real-world vehicle you can bet lunch for all next week that the toy would have been made while it was still in service. So if that's an HUP it was made 1963 or earlier. Some of the little plastic trucks in the lot could have been made early as 1950, so it's within the realm that this too is 1960 or earlier ...
ISN'T THIS EXCITING?!! Yes!!
The Day Sgt. Henderschodt Flipped Out and Just ... Ran Away
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