Blue Box Space Shuttle No. 6337

I got a pleasant surprise the other day when going through my photos and found  a bunch I took last year and never got around to editing and posting. Space toys has been a recurring theme on the blog since its start back in october 2010 and generally speaking I try to maintain posts as a series, concentrating perhaps on a particular company or maybe toys that are about the same scale but hey, it's okay to deviate from that format every now and then - especially when I don't know what to post next! (BTW, speaking about that, a couple of months back I promised to post the MPC dinosaurs but had to wait until the collection was complete - wellll, it's complete enough!! I hope to start that series of posts in another week or so.)

But I digress, today we're going to look at Blue Box's Space Shuttle No. 6337. The first pic was culled from eBay and while I don't generally like pulling from there to illustrate my collection, in this case it was a big help in identifying this piece. The Blue Box shuttle measures 4 1/2" 1(11.43cm) L x 3 1/2" (8.89cm) wingspan x 2" (5.08cm) H and has a friction motor. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Blue Box (L) HG Toys (M) Golden Astronaut Apollo Moon Exploring (R)

Processed Plastic No. 9670 Space Shuttle Columbia - Red fuselage

Here's the last color variation of Processed Plastic's Space Shuttle Columbia that I'm aware of. My sample is missing the large fuel tank and booster rockets though so I don't know what colors they were. These red versions are often listed as 'rare' - don't believe it! There's far too many of these that come up for sale to be anywhere close to 'rare'! I'll give it 'Slightly Hard To Find' but that's it! That being said it's a nice addition to the PP fleet. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Processed Plastic No. 9670 Space Shuttle Transportation System with Shuttle 'Columbia' - Gray Fuselage

On 6 Jul we featured the Processed Plastic No. 9670 Space Shuttle Transportation System with Shuttle 'Columbia' - White Fuselage. Today we're happy to present the same playset from Processed Plastic but this time the Shuttle has a gray fuselage and with white fuel tank and red booster rockets. On this sample the band holding the fuel tank and booster rockets was too hard to just slip off without cutting so I just left it on for the photos. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina