Coaxial & Intermeshing Rotors - Helicopter & Gyrodyne Toys

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Here's another ball I want to get rolling... Coaxial and intermeshing rotor helicopters and gyrodynes.

I love the complexity of these toys! The way the rotors often actually intermesh, just like in "real life," is awesome!!

I have a couple examples. Are there any more out there?


U.S. Air Force Gyrodyne by Haji (Sansei)/Sonsco - this one was also released by Cragstan/NGS, but I've never seen the toy itself

U.S. Air Force Gyrodyne by Haji (Sansei)/Sonsco

Kaman H-43 Huskie by S&E (Suzuki&Edwards) / Rosko

Kaman H-43 Huskie by S&E (Suzuki&Edwards) / Rosko

Kaman H-43 Huskie by ATC (Asahi Toy Company) - ATC made a larger version which I'd love to add to my collection someday.

Kaman H-43 Huskie by ATC (Asahi Toy Company)

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And finally, a hybrid that was marketed towards space toy enthusiasts - the Bandai Space Bus

Bandai Space Bus

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The space bus has the same flight deck/fuselage as the Bandai XC-142 Tilt Wing with four propellers. Those toys are all very, very, very nice.

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Do you know what "NGS" stands for? This company made several variants of the 727 in two sizes, and other jet liners and even a couple propeller airliners.

U.S. Air Force Gyrodyne by Haji (Sansei)/Sonsco - this one was also released by Cragstan/NGS, but I've never seen the toy itself

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Sorry - I have never seen any documentation on what NGS stands for... I have a number of toys marked NGS and wonder if it was a manufacturer or a distributor?

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re. NGS:
oour brethren from the robot community ask themselves the same question:

http://danefield.com/alpha/forums/topic/9804-ngs/

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You probably just forgot this one from KY, mark!

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And finally, a hybrid that was marketed towards space toy enthusiasts - the Bandai Space Bus

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This Bandai Space Bus just brought $815 on Ebay.

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You probably just forgot this one from KY, mark!

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There is one German web site I saw whose owner claims that trademark stands for Yagikei.

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Two Japanese manufacturers with the initials KY are listed in Gallagher's book. One is Yagikei and the other is Yamazaki. The helicopter toy above also has a KY on the box, but it's trademark style matches neither of the trademark symbols shown in Gallagher's book. Perhaps the one of this toy's box is a later style of one of these two manufacturers?