This is the first of four OUTTER SPACE TRAVEL SERIES toys included in Tri-ang's Superset 1. When reading the origin stories for the various toys (as presented on Paul Vreede's excellent Spacex website), it's clear the designer's put a lot of effort into what would become pocket change toys. It was truly a wonderful line of toys way ahead of its time. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed
Origin story: "Found by Kim Stevens, the Pleasure Cruiser is copied from an aircraft appearing in Stealers of Men, published in the 1968 Boy's World annual. According to Kim, the artist is presumed to be Bruno Maraffa (some panels are signed MB), an Italian who was drawing comics in Britain at the time."
Courtesy Paul Vreede's Tri-ang Spacex website
(NOTE: Editing made the fuselage look more white than yellow)
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