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Top completely of tin, bottom of hard plastic. Large rubber wheels, hard plastic nose wheels, clear plastic cockpit and side windows. The plane runs on 2 x 1.5 volt batteries and in the 'on' position the propellers will spin, drive forward while the lights in the cockpit and in the rear part of the cabin come on. Japanese manufacturers often omitted the mark at the request of importers, because toys were sold, for example, by HEMA or abroad by Marks & Spencer and provided with their own brand sticker. The registration marks, in this case PH-DSF, were not consistently used by toy manufacturers and used for different models. Year of production (1965) is an estimate based on analogue Lockheed Electra models from Japanese manufacturers. ** KLM was the only European carrier to fly the Lockheed Electra as a long-haul aircraft. Others were: American Airlines, Eastern Air Lines and Braniff Airways (nl.wikipedia.org). * Boat, Rob. Personal communication, CATAWIKI, 03062014. ** Marchand, Frédéric. Avions-Jouets 1945-1970. Paris: Éditions Langlaude, 2004.
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