With this addition to the Processed Plastic Spaceship / Rocket Ship fleet I believe I have all the major variations in regards to the styles they made BUT not in regard to the type and placement in applique's. I'll explain in a second or two. If you've been following the mini-series I ended up doing on Processed Plastic rocket variations. The below photo shows pretty much what I've covered to-date. This latest addition differs in that the final stage of the rocket has a very small spring-loaded nose cone with a teen, tiny satellite! Good grief those things had to have gotten lost pretty soon after buying one of these!! The rocket measures 11 1/4" (28.57cm) H overall and 2 1/2" (6.35cm) wide fin-to-fin. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina
Processed Plastic played pretty fast and loose with that 'Titan' designation, plastering it on larger rockets as well as my smaller version. Look at the wide variety of applique's and how they're used on the different variations. As usual with toy companies, historical accuracy was not a prerequisite for designing and selling toys!
As you can see in the photo below of one of these rockets in its original packaging, this thing was also called an "#920 Unbreakable Atlas Air Force Intercontinental Ballistic Missile' - whew! what a mouthful LOL
Photos courtesy of Charles Davenport
The #920 designation was also used for this version of the smaller rocket:
My 'Titan' version
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