Tri-ang Earth Launch Pad Set #1176-20 - Pt 2 Mobile Launch Pad

Today, we'll look at the Mobile Launch Pad (MLP). This version has the green rocket with yellow gantry, while another version I blogged back in June 2020, had the white rocket and orange gantry. The MLP that came with the boxed set is missing its two catwalks. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

a) MLP = 11 1/8" (28.25cm) high overall 

b) Mobile platform = 4 7/8" (12.38cm) D x 3 3/8" (8.57cm) W  x 1 7/8" (4.76cm) H  

c) Gantry = 9 1/2" (24.13cm) H w/crane

d) Rocket = 7" (17.78cm)  H x 1 1/2"

e) Silver Dyna Soar Rocket = 1 1/8" (2.85cm) L x 1 1/4" (3.17cm) wingspan (3.81cm) dia.

The white rocket/orange gantry version covered in an earlier blog post. Notice it has the two catwalks going from the gantry to the rocket.

The subject of today's post

Here's it's shown with the clone rocket transport truck covered last week.

Tri-ang Earth Launch Pad Set #1176-20 - Pt 1

While I was preparing to cover this Earth Launch Pad Set #1176-20, I was looking at my photo files and turns out I never blogged my Superset 1 either! Okay, so we'll take a look at this Earth Launch Pad set and afterwards take a look at Superset 1. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

Tri-ang basically divided its line of small space toys into four separate series:

-Earth Base

-Space Station

-Moon Base

-Outer Space Travel

Within each series, four or five individual carded toys would be offered, for example this Helicopter P3. Each card held a piece of equipment and any one of a dozen different figure's packaged at random. 

As well, slightly larger boxed sets were also offered featuring a large toy from the series like this SpaceX Moon Base HQ.

Welll, if that wasn't all, Tri-ang repackaged a bunch of toys into Supersets! I know of four:

-Superset 1 having a mix of land vehicles and spaceships, and a large vacu-form Moonscape

-Earth Launch Pad Set featuring the Mobile Launch Pad with rocket, two helicopters, a couple of ground vehicles, Swing wing Hawks, and a large paper playmat

-Moonbase Set featuring the Moonbase HQ set along with several land vehicles and a couple of spaceships

-Space Station Set featuring the Nuclear Pulse Space Station and several spaceships

To start things off let's see what ended up getting delivered when this was ordered a few years back. 

Originally, the set as sold contained:

-Mobile Launch Pad

-Two Helicopter P3's

-Forklift 7

-Tractor T-5

-Rocket Ship 'Hawk'

-4 Figures

Paper launch site playmat

Lots of wrapped-up goodies when delivered

When I took out this cardboard insert, lo-&-behold, underneath was the intact paper playmat!

Without toys

Loaded with the toys from the purchase

37" (93.98cm) x 28" (71.12cm)

My set was delivered with a few extras. Looking closely at the photos, on the far left you can make out the components of the Deluxe Reading Rocket Base U.S.A. clone I just finished blogging.

My set was complete in that it had all the major components, however, there were a couple of small issues:

-One helicopter had broken landing gear and a missing rotor (a replacement rotor has since been found)

-The Mobile Launch Pad is missing the two tiny walkways which lead from the gantry to the rocket

Multiple Toymakers Golden Astronaut - Stage I Launch Site Space Set No. 1523 with Mobile Launch Pad

When Multiple rebranded thes toys, the MLP went from the SpaceX Mobile Launching Pad to the GA Mobile Launch Pad. Not much of a change. According to the SpaceX Central site, the Mobile Launch Pad was not available for separate sale. I was fortunate enough to get an almost complete set, however as you can see the box is rough. My set had a bunch of extra pieces - including an airport tractor and generator that are most certainly not a part of the line but which fit quite well size-wise - but was missing the two figures which would have come with it. It's origins are here and the dimensions are:

a) MLP = 11 1/8" (28.25cm) high overall
b) Mobile platform = 4 7/8" (12.38cm) D x 3 3/8" (8.57cm) W  x 1 7/8" (4.76cm) H
c) Gantry = 9 1/2" (24.13cm) H w/crane
d) Rocket = 7" (17.78cm)  H x 1 1/2"
e) Silver Dyna Soar Roket = 1 1/8" (2.85cm) L x 1 1/4" (3.17cm) wingspan (3.81cm) dia

There are so many cool features to this set - it's great: rolling launch pad, removable rocket, hammer head operating crane, removable Dyna Soar craft, the Lift Loader, the Terrain Tiger. Lots of play potential for a young 'un. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

You'll notice the black walkway in the lower right corner. There should've been two in this shot but I mistakenly omitted it. Sorry!

The micro Dyna Soar

Plastic overlays meant to represent the ginat treads on the real NASA MLP

I was trying for a dramatic shot here. Did I succeed?

When I took this photo I didn't realize there was a second walkway which extends from the gantry to the rocket. I found it along with some spare parts and perused the SpaceX Central website to look at pics of a complete set-up

The string is long enough to allow the Dyna Soar craft to be lowered almost to the ground. It would be sufficient to reach the bed of a transport vehicle hauling it.

That tractor and generator are NOT a part of the series but they actually came with my set - along with a bunch of extra parts and turned out to be compatibly sized