Some More Helicopters

[grwebster]

Arne and all the other rotorheads!
here are some more

no name anywhere, but an exceptionally good toy





1950s Dinky Toys British ones on the ends, French Sabena in the middle

a 1960s Dinky Toy


Soildos


Fantastic, he can fly hands off.


1950s Wiking


I have no idea of the maker.

[Tone]

Your red/blue S-55 / H-19 with "no name anywhere" is a Multiple Toymakers POWER PATROL HELICOPTER snap kit made in the 1990s, stock # 2938. It originally debuted in 1955 and was featured in the Sears Roebuck Christmas Wish Book. Mine is the 1990s re-issue, from a "dollar store" and still made in US.

[Tone]

An S-61. I really like this one!



Yone-Ya brand "SY" trade mark.

[hovermd]

GR - that top one is made by MPC (Mulitple Toymakers) in Hong Kong. It's called the "Power Patrol Helicopter" and came with two green crewmen. Here's another photo for you...

By the way, that Solido S-55 distributor box makes me green with envy!!

[alas]

yes mark, three solido's in a box... I only have one, with the pontoon broken off (still there fortunately)

[grwebster]

That Solido box was a trade distribution one. Back 25 years ago in France at least no one valued them and they were given to you if you asked, otherwise they were thrown away.
I have never seen an individual box for the H-19 and must assume they were only sold in trade boxes. BTW There was on French ebay last year a Solido H-19 in army olive drab with wheels that the seller claimed was original. It was not original, but still sold for big money. You could see the additions/modifications in the photos.
Here is a better photo of the H-19s


Here is the other Solido helicopter, the H-21. Note casting marked Piaseki and it had three windows and a door.


it came in olive green also, same casting as above. I don't think there was a white red cross variant, at least I never heard of one.


The H-21, however did come in its own box. Count the windows. there are now five, and the casting now says Vertol. Hard to find, all versions, even the first ones.

I have heard rumors that there were variants of both the H-19 and H-21 in Air Force blue, but have never seen one.

Here is the only Mercury {Italy} Helicopter and its trade box.


Both Solido and Mercury made VTOL diecasts, but this falls outside your forum, I suspect.
Some where I have a whole display board with the very nice die cast Pilen [Spain} helicopters, I'll get a photo up when I get back to the USA


Of course Solido in the 1980s started making helicopters again, but my collecting focus stops at mid 1970s so I didn't track them all down at the time. I recall this one was supposedly the rarest of the bunch, a gunship in camouflage, but I have no idea if it so or not.

[alas]

I do love ( and own) both the Solido and Mercury Convair Pogo!

convair pogo by Mercury Italy

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I wonder if there are any in tin...
never seen one.

And I'd love to have the SNECMA Coleoptere, in metal instead of plastic kit:

Snecma coleoptere France

or any other experimental VTOL plane from before 1960.. I do have a german FOCKE WULF TRIEBFLUEGEL and the flying saucer from WWII, but in plastic alas:

there is a rotor inside for lift!

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[hovermd]

Arne and all the other rotorheads!
here are some more

no name anywhere, but an exceptionally good toy





1950s Dinky Toys British ones on the ends, French Sabena in the middle

a 1960s Dinky Toy


Soildos

By the way, that flying helicoper dates to about 1958 and is by Masudaya (Modern Toys) - a very nice example! Masudaya made a Navy variant, and a few other manufacturers copied the style. Brim Toy of England comes to mind with their Air Sea Rescue toy.

Fantastic, he can fly hands off.


1950s Wiking


I have no idea of the maker.

[alas]

here three versions of the 'flying' helicopter
emil haussmann Germany
Brim UK
Modern Toys Japan

[Tone]

Truly an international toy. I don't remember the name "Emil Haussmann" - did the firm make other toy aircraft?