Unk Mfr F-86 Sabre - Silver SP

With this year being the 70th Anniversary of the United States Air Force here's another vintage toy plastic airplane representing one of the USAF's early warbirds. It's a small plane with no manufacturer's mark which came to me as part of a job lot. It measures 3 3/4" (9,52cm) L x 3 7/8" (9.84cm) wingspan x 7/8" (2.22cm) H and is made of a silver soft plastic. I'm calling it an F-86 Sabre although it's rather crude outline could be something else. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Marx Tin-litho Batt-Op F-86 Sabre

We've covered Sabre's a number of times here on Toys and Stuff and today we have yet another. I won't go into the Sabre history as that's been done here before but needless to say it was a very popular and famous warbird back in the day and it seemed as if nearly every toy maker produced at least one. This Marx version is the '50s version of a remote controlled toy. There is a battery compartment, which holds two D-cell batteries and attached by cord to the jet. Two buttons on the battery box allow the plane to go forwards or backwards. Not spectacular by today's standards but an awful lot of fun if you were a child of the Nifty '50s. I ended up with two of these. One has had the cord cut off so I used that one for the still photos. The other one is complete and fully functional. The jet measures 7' (17.8cm) L x 3" (7.6cm) H Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

Haji Mansei Toys #FU-881 F-86D Sabre

Being a child of the '50s I'm constantly torn between tin-litho and plastic. As collectibles I like them both but clearly tin-litho is the most colorful of the two mediums and one I'm drawn to probably a little more. The tin-litho Cold War arsenal wouldn't be complete without a colorful jet like this in the hangar and what a nice example of '50s/'60s toymaking it is. Measuring 5 3/8" (13.7cm) L x 4 7/8" (12.4cm) wingspan x 2 1/4" 5.7cm) H, it follows the standard convention of having a detachable wing on which the friction motor is mounted. Enjoy!