This is one of a couple of interesting sets utilizing Ajax figures as well as Royal Toy Atomic Cap Bomb and Processed Plastic rocket ships (or parts of them). These were shown in the book 'Blast Off - Rockets, Robots, Ray Guns, and Rarities from The Golden Age of Space Toys!' by S. Mark Young, Steve Duin, and Mike Richardson. The sets in the photo only show silver-gray spacemen and I believe these were not offered directly by Ajax, but rather a cake supply or decorating business who utilized the various components from different companies. In today's post, the lower portion, or first stage of the rocket, is the Royal cap bomb, while the upper parts are PP.
Ed
Culled from the Internet
One of mine (shown with a Thomas spaceman)
The upper stage components were culled from rockets like these (my collection)
Extract from the book 'Blast Off'
The three rockets I have in my collection. Note: all of my trigger release mechanism had gone brittle over the years and are broken! The release levers you see sticking out of the sides were just placed in position to make the rockets look complete, but they are in fact busted.
As the figures have already been covered during this past week or so, I'm only posting one photo of each here.
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