Majorette Kenworth Rocket Transporter

Last year, I added this nice loose example of the Majorette 600-Series Kenworth Rocket Transporter to my collection of NASA-themed items. While I’m still looking for a complete listing of the 600 series, this French-cast example that I picked up on eBay is likely from pre-1990.

The Kenworth sleeper cab can be disconnected from the trailer.

The rocket carriage is hinged so it can stand up at the rear of the trailer and detach to prepare for launch.

Majorette | 19XX | #610-A | Kenworth Rocket Transporter | white cab with red and blue NASA tampo, chrome plastic grille and exhaust, black metal and black plastic base, white trailer with blue and red NASA labels, black plastic rocket carriage, white plastic rocket with blue, red and black NASA label, unpainted metal engines, black plastic base on trailer | 1/87 | France | black tires with red and chrome hubs on cab, black tires with black and chrome hubs on trailer

Click here to compare to the Matchbox Convoy NASA Rocket Transporter in my collection.

Other Majorette 600-Series models in my collection include the #612 Hook and Ladder Fire Engine, the #611 Semi Circus Trailer, and the #609 Kenworth Auto Transporter.

The photo below shows my Majorette Kenworth Rocket Transporter on one shelf of my NASA display along with other NASA items.

2012 Mars Rover Curiosity

When I went to Target the other day, the pegs were almost entirely covered with 2013 cars. So I was pretty surprised to finally find my Mars Rover, which I had mostly given up on. I scanned through the rest of the 2012s, hoping to find the elusive Mystery Machine as well, but I was pushing my luck there.

I recently read in the newspaper that the Curiosity had logged less than a mile on the Martian surface since it landed in August. This is a little surprising when you realize it travelled 350,000,000 miles through space to get there! But soon, Curiosity will get moving and set off on an expected 9-month journey across the Gale Crater to Mount Sharp.

IMG_0205 IMG_0204Hot Wheels | 2012 New Models | Mars Rover Curiosity | white with gold, black and NASA logo | OH5