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as far as I can remember I never had the balloon but I had it around 1973/4 . I probably had it second hand from a jumble sale

The underside

Do you know, in all my years of collecting Matchbox i have never seen the underside of one of these Zoomies, Thanks for showing!!

Can't see any rivets...it may not be genuine

Ghosty.

johnboy wrote:"Blow 'em up and hear 'em go" was the slogan.

i like the blow 'em up part horrible little things

fixer wrote:

johnboy wrote:"Blow 'em up and hear 'em go" was the slogan.

i like the blow 'em up part horrible little things

Just like their eastern european cousins Reg!!!

motorman wrote:

fixer wrote:

johnboy wrote:"Blow 'em up and hear 'em go" was the slogan.

i like the blow 'em up part horrible little things

Just like their eastern european cousins Reg!!!

The Zoomy Balloonies are from the Superfast era and have Superfast wheels, but they formed a separate series of their own outside the Matchbox Miniatures - which serves as an excuse for many of us not to collect them.

Anyway they are not often seen in general, so I suppose they did not sell too well originally, and they were available for a short period of time only.

I remember them from the 1973 pocket catalogue, but I do not remember seeing them at any stores back then, and I have never found any at local flea markets, so I believe they may not even have been sold over here.

I have a box full and the trade pack.

Cheers, Steve
Matchboxkiwi

I have just a few as well as 2 pre pros. As I sort since my move I have not yet come across them.