Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Adventure 2000


I absolutely adored toys like Matchboxes "Adventure 2000" as a boy and  was really disheartened as an adult in the actual year 2000, none of their bold predictions came true. My Pontiac Aztek could not fly nor did I get any sort of laser cannon accessories.

You lied to me Matchbox!
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8 comments:

  1. Tex3/16/2011 1:40 AM

    I got The Raider Command from the Circus World, in Singing River Mall, back in 1980. Trivia--it was used by Judge Dredd in "The Cursed Earth Saga" (where it was called the Law Wagon.) It didn't survive to the end of that tale.

    I had to go to Merrie Olde to get The Crusader. Tough toy, even with the twin plastic barrels; it survived Katrina!

    Maybe Dredd should have used it in his journey across the Cursed Earth, yah?

    Tex
    (who has no memory of The Flight Hunter.)

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  2. Unknown3/16/2011 7:57 AM

    Funnily enough, I was just about to share that same Dredd trivia...

    I seem to recall they came with non-poseable ''army men'' style figurines, possibly cast in solid silvery plastic. I remember one guy who was bald and wearing a little half-cape...

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  3. Umbratikus3/16/2011 9:52 AM

    I had the winged car. In fact, I think I still do. I have to go digging around in my basement tonight now.

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  4. Unknown3/16/2011 1:43 PM

    I need my eyes checking. Of course they came with figures, as you can see them in the photo!

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  5. Shlomo Ben Hungstien3/16/2011 9:22 PM

    that is one cool Matchbox play set! i used to love innovative toys with futuristic themes like that when i was a kid.

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  6. Lance3/18/2011 12:23 PM

    I still have these, sadly the missles have been lost over the years and the treads are brittle/broken now. There was one more in this line that was a four wheeled vehiclethat the sides flipped down and it had a missle launcher. Don't recall the name of it though.

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  7. Cyber-Wizard4/17/2011 8:27 AM

    Recently scored a Rocket Striker on eBay that came with a full complement of rockets. I was pretty pleased to finally fill all of the bays on mine. Now I just need that red rocket for the Raider Command.

    The Judge Dredd story called the K2001 a Land Rider/Land Raider and the back half was dubbed the Killdozer.

    Check out this link for most of the vehicle pictures from the Cursed Earth story.
    http://www.cyber-wizard.ca/2011/04/17/judge-dredd-the-cursed-earth/

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  8. Don C12/02/2019 12:17 PM

    I've always wondered about the Dredd connection. Did the comic have the rights to use the design? Did they poach it? Was there a deliberate tie-in with Matchbox?

    It also appears in the "Judge Minty" film.

    Don C.

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