Sunday, May 20, 2012

Yes, I know that it's been a while, but life has been busy.  I HAVE picked up a few occasional bits and pieces here and there, though.

First is this beauty.


It's tagged as "1995 Toy State Industrial, Inc."  The best I can tell, it's sort of Chinese company which has a few licenses (like Caterpillar).  This was a generic attempt in the 1990s during that figure boom.  I have yet to see any packaging.

And this car is SPECTACULAR in the oddest sense of the term.

It's the LOUDEST toy of just about any that I have ever seen, blaring alerts like "DEFCON FOUR" and flashing a tremendous amount of lights and such.  The gatling gun on the front rotates as well.

The large gun on the side raises and lowers by hand, and it probably had a missile that shot out at one point.

It's solid in construction, but has one glaring fault.

 GI Joe-size figures, like the 1980s CORPS figure above, do not fit.  By MILLIMETERS.  A MINOR design change and it's perfect.

Over at www.Joecustoms.com, we christened it the Sky Force Chromey Futurecar, and the name is a good fit.

Anyway, there you go.  Generic oddities abound.

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