Comments on: LJN Road Stars

By: yuuki yokoyama

yuuki yokoyama — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 09:34:48 +0000

i want you the see full version of catalog

By: Dep1701

Dep1701 — Sat, 24 Aug 2019 18:52:33 +0000

Not only did LJN use a picture of a Dinky Eagle Transporter to represent their toy ( which was very obviously based on the Dinky ), they went to the trouble to tint the toy in the picture blue to try to make it resemble their product better. Instead it actually more closely resembles the much nicer Japanese Eagle Transporter rack toy released by "Yot Toys" around the same time!

I will say that the picture is prescient in that Dinky changed the chassis color of the Eagle Freighter in 1977 to a similar blue as in the pic, so that, by switching the center modules of the Freighter and the Transporter, you could have a toy that looked very much like LJN's picture, lol.

By: Dantheman

Dantheman — Fri, 08 Mar 2019 04:27:26 +0000

Does anybody else find it weird that LJN made, in essence, a German WWII staff car for Hogan's Heroes in this line?

By: YesterdayIsNow

YesterdayIsNow — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 16:01:22 +0000

Cool collection. Where did the design for the Captain America vehicle come from?

The fire and police trucks appear to have about one inch of ground clearance. I guess you are out of luck if there any speed bumps near your home.

By: NPM

NPM — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 01:14:56 +0000

Had most of these. The Flash Gordon "car" was the worst. It had metal wheels on a cheap axle that basically was only good for a couple "runs" before it became irreversibly damaged.

These were some of my favorite toys when I was a kid! Thanks for posting this ad!

By: David Morefield

David Morefield — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 20:20:11 +0000

The Eagle is a no-brainer. No idea what makes that mustachioed fish a "Flash Gordon" vehicle. The Hogan's Heroes car doesn't really work without swastikas, but I guess that would've been a hard sell even in the 70s. Maybe I just wasn't paying attention, but I think this is the only piece of Hogan merchandise I've ever seen?

By: Milé Murtanovski

Milé Murtanovski — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 19:39:47 +0000

I had the two Emergency! vehicles. Man, I loved that little Squad 51 truck; it was like a character itself. And I may have had that SWAT truck.

By: Hauntedheadful

Hauntedheadful — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:33:07 +0000

I'm going with that freaky-deaky Flash Gordon car.Can't say no to a whale on wheels!

By: Swank Cat

Swank Cat — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:31:18 +0000

They used the Space 1999 Dinky Eagle as placeholder photo.

By: Weird Fantastic Toy Adventures

Weird Fantastic Toy Adventures — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 16:20:13 +0000

How come they never made Fred Sanford's truck? THAT's what I want!