Fireball XL5 Spaceship
Spacecraft
1963
1963
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| Place of origin |
1) Box, card printed in colours to show the titles and illustrations of the toy
2) Rocket, light and dark grey plastic body with a yellow and red striped nose cone, clear plastic canopy and silver plastic tail cone. Red and yellow patches with XL5 are on the tail fins and blue stripes below the canopy. On the underside of the rocket is a shaft which is the release mechanism for the canopy block of the rocket to come away to reveal the figure and its parachute. It is operated by a series of elastic bands, which has dried and broken away.
3) Canopy block, the top half of the rocket immediately behind the nose cone. It is held on with tongues at the back and a lever and elastic bands at the front which connect with the release shaft.
4) Parachute, red and clear plastic stripes and cotton threads attached. There should be a figure of a man.
2) Rocket, light and dark grey plastic body with a yellow and red striped nose cone, clear plastic canopy and silver plastic tail cone. Red and yellow patches with XL5 are on the tail fins and blue stripes below the canopy. On the underside of the rocket is a shaft which is the release mechanism for the canopy block of the rocket to come away to reveal the figure and its parachute. It is operated by a series of elastic bands, which has dried and broken away.
3) Canopy block, the top half of the rocket immediately behind the nose cone. It is held on with tongues at the back and a lever and elastic bands at the front which connect with the release shaft.
4) Parachute, red and clear plastic stripes and cotton threads attached. There should be a figure of a man.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts.
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| Title | Fireball XL5 Spaceship (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | |
| Brief description | "Fireball XL5 Spaceship", Italian, c.1963 |
| Physical description | 1) Box, card printed in colours to show the titles and illustrations of the toy 2) Rocket, light and dark grey plastic body with a yellow and red striped nose cone, clear plastic canopy and silver plastic tail cone. Red and yellow patches with XL5 are on the tail fins and blue stripes below the canopy. On the underside of the rocket is a shaft which is the release mechanism for the canopy block of the rocket to come away to reveal the figure and its parachute. It is operated by a series of elastic bands, which has dried and broken away. 3) Canopy block, the top half of the rocket immediately behind the nose cone. It is held on with tongues at the back and a lever and elastic bands at the front which connect with the release shaft. 4) Parachute, red and clear plastic stripes and cotton threads attached. There should be a figure of a man. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | MISC.136:1 to 4-1992 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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