Tri-ang Spacex Tractor T-5 'Customized' as USAF Tow Truck

I meant to post this when I was hot-&-heavy into the Spacex/Golden Astronaut series, but then, you guessed it...

...I got distracted!

This was bought oodles of years ago because it's slight modification intrigued me. It's basically a later color Tri-ang Spacex Tractor T-5 / Golden Astronaut Terrain Tiger with the addition of USAF decals. The photo's themselves were taken back in 2018. It's a nifty little piece for sure and does kind of fit in with all the military toys I've been posting of late. Oh, BTW, I will have another space toy to post hopefully tomorrow or the next day.

Ed

Tri-ang SpaceX Superset 1 No. 1175 - Pt 4 EARTH BASE Tractor T-5

This red Tractor T-5 is devilishly hard to find over here, as it's much more common to see the yellow version. Also, the tow hook - which is often missing - is still there. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

Tri-ang Earth Launch Pad Set #1176-20 - Pt 1

While I was preparing to cover this Earth Launch Pad Set #1176-20, I was looking at my photo files and turns out I never blogged my Superset 1 either! Okay, so we'll take a look at this Earth Launch Pad set and afterwards take a look at Superset 1. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

Tri-ang basically divided its line of small space toys into four separate series:

-Earth Base

-Space Station

-Moon Base

-Outer Space Travel

Within each series, four or five individual carded toys would be offered, for example this Helicopter P3. Each card held a piece of equipment and any one of a dozen different figure's packaged at random. 

As well, slightly larger boxed sets were also offered featuring a large toy from the series like this SpaceX Moon Base HQ.

Welll, if that wasn't all, Tri-ang repackaged a bunch of toys into Supersets! I know of four:

-Superset 1 having a mix of land vehicles and spaceships, and a large vacu-form Moonscape

-Earth Launch Pad Set featuring the Mobile Launch Pad with rocket, two helicopters, a couple of ground vehicles, Swing wing Hawks, and a large paper playmat

-Moonbase Set featuring the Moonbase HQ set along with several land vehicles and a couple of spaceships

-Space Station Set featuring the Nuclear Pulse Space Station and several spaceships

To start things off let's see what ended up getting delivered when this was ordered a few years back. 

Originally, the set as sold contained:

-Mobile Launch Pad

-Two Helicopter P3's

-Forklift 7

-Tractor T-5

-Rocket Ship 'Hawk'

-4 Figures

Paper launch site playmat

Lots of wrapped-up goodies when delivered

When I took out this cardboard insert, lo-&-behold, underneath was the intact paper playmat!

Without toys

Loaded with the toys from the purchase

37" (93.98cm) x 28" (71.12cm)

My set was delivered with a few extras. Looking closely at the photos, on the far left you can make out the components of the Deluxe Reading Rocket Base U.S.A. clone I just finished blogging.

My set was complete in that it had all the major components, however, there were a couple of small issues:

-One helicopter had broken landing gear and a missing rotor (a replacement rotor has since been found)

-The Mobile Launch Pad is missing the two tiny walkways which lead from the gantry to the rocket

Triang SpaceX Tractor T-5 (Golden Astronaut Terrain Tiger Substitute)

Like I said in yesterday's post, the first three postings of the Triang SpaceX STAGE ONE, EARTH BASE, series will be Golden Astronaut vehicles. The original Tractor T-5 was issued in red, however, Paul Vreede, in his SpaceX central website, did mention that the yellow tractor was a later color offering and would have looked just like this one except that the peel-&-stick appliqué would read "TRACTOR T-5". The Tractor measures  2 1/2" (6.35cm) L x 1 1/2" (3.81cm) W x 1 1/4" (3.17cm) H. Possible orginis for the design of this small vehicle can be found on SpaceX Central. Once I begin to cover the actual Golden Astronaut series I'll post more photos of this little guy. Until then - Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Here's the card back from the Helicopter P-3 showing what the original issue Tractor T-5 would have looked like