21st Century #20205 German 75mm PAK 40 WWII Cannon and Crew (2006) - Pt 2 The Cannon

While this cannon is exquisitely detailed, that can be a drawback in that it's easily breakable. Unlike Britains Deetail pieces which, due to them being diecast, can shoot projectiles, these plastic cannons are really for display only. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

The ammo cases included in the set.

21st Century #20205 German 75mm PAK 40 WWII Cannon and Crew (2006) - Pt 1

It's a crying shame that 21st Century products couldn't survive the rigors of the 21st century marketplace. They produced some of the finest 54mm figures and armor and sets ever made, bar none! Highly detailed, accurate, and well thought out, their mini-sets like the one presented today and the days to come, featured highly detailed terrain pieces, small accessories, and finely sculpted figures. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

Tri-ang Earth Launch Pad Set #1176-20 - Pt 4 (Final) Set-up

This was an enjoyable set-up to do. As you can see by the photo of the launch pads at Cape Canaveral, Tri-ang did a nice job of capturing the essence of a launch facility in a limited space. I would say the only thing that really doesn't belong is the Rocket Ship 'Hawk'. This portion of the installation is strictly for launching missiles and rockets - there is no active runway for aircraft. The helicopters are sort of okay, but they too would have been located near the runway on a different area of the installation. All that is minor though, as the one thing to keep in mind is: it's a toy! 

First, I set this all up with the pieces that originally came with the set. As you can see there's a lot of open space on that big playmat. The playmat itself is rather fragile because it's paper not plastic, making it more prone to rips and tears. That said, plastic isn't perfect either and I have plastic playmats that are wrinkly & crinkly and next to impossible to set figures down adequately. Next, I placed all the Rocket Base U.S.A. clones on the mat and they made a really nice addition to the overall look and feel.

Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

Launch pads at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Courtesy Wikipedia

Without Rocket Base U.S.A. clones

With Rocket Base U.S.A. Clones

Tri-ang Earth Launch Pad Set #1176-20 - Pt 3 Vehicles, Aircraft, and Figures

The Earth Launch Pad set included the pieces listed below. As I've already posted full photo essays of the types vehicles and aircraft included, I'm just going to give a quick photo overview (besides, I'm not feeling good again! The granddaughter had caught another cold and I think I'm coming down with it - damn!!) Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

Here's what came in the set:

1 Mobile Launch Pad (covered in yesterday's post)

-1 each Forklift 7

-1 each Tractor T-5

-1 each Rocket Ship 'Hawk'

-2 each Helicopter P3

-4 each figures

The following photos were all taken years ago and already blogged here on Toys and Stuff. I simply didn't want to re-invent the wheel and re-do all of the photos. Except for the Helicopter P3, all the pieces that came in my set were in decent shape.

Forklift 7

Tractor T-5

It looks too yellow here - the result of poor editing on my part I'm afraid. It is in fact a orange-yellow tone

Rocket Ship 'Hawk

Helicopter P3 x 2

My set came with one intact P3 and one broken and incomplete P3. Since then I have gotten replacement pieces.

Figures x 4

The figures included in Tri-ang's big sets were all thrown in at random. Here's the poses that were available and any four of these would have been selected for inclusion. As my set was missing a couple of figures I went into my collection and pulled out a couple of pieces to complete it.