2022 Holy Grail This amazing collection was purchased from someone who found this very blog. A detailed article will follow in due course. Absolutely amazing collection and condition including boxed Gen2 Explorers RE1
SUPERTOYS LAST ALL SUMMER LONG I came across this old auction item recently and thought, hmm, has that been on the E12 blog so here goes. Its a Supertoys Alpha Explorers toy and appears to be black. These are the only pictures I could save from the old listing.
TOMY CONSTRUCTION TOYS 1971 The rear grabber on the "8" Tomy space vehicle below left really does remind me of the similar rear claw on the back of some Explorer 12 toys.
MORE WOOLWORTHS EXPLORER III A further photo from an old Ebay auction of this unusual window boxed toy issued by Woolworths, which was clearly inspired by the British Home Stores original.
THE ASTRO MOBIL 1982 A Fischer Technik Explorer? It certainly looks the part with its huge tube tyres and boxy body. It would fit well into an Explorer 12 space base. Do you agree?
Virtual Explorers It just so happens the land-train aspect of Explorers lends it self very well to planetary exploration....who would have though lol. There's one or two games out there where
Space Annual After a decade I finally got round to scanning in the Space Annual! 😅😅😅 Available for download below. Right click on the item and open new window as Google doesn't like
New Blog Launch It's now 2021 and we have a new Blog! Look forward to further updates and ideas! The old posts from Blogger have been integrated here although I need to go
BFI mention of Explorer 12 advert Kindly contributed by Tom Canning http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/154713331 Does anyone have a copy of this? I can encode and upload to YouTube!
WoolWorths Adverts Bill over at Project Sword kindly sent me these that he discovered on the Daily Mail archives. [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/wordpress/2021/01/DMHA-1987-1210-0012.jpg] [https://explorer12.
An Italian Explorer I received some pics of from Massimiliano Brusa in Italy of his Explorer. A small pic of this type can be seen on the box of my Woolworths Explorer. [https:
Terrain Explorer (The Holy Grail) Got this from china still boxed and very good condition for the grand sum of £20. This is my first complete Terrain Explorer 🙂  Now to find the trailers! [https://explorer12.
Another Argie Explorer! Acquired this one last year for about £50 from Argentina complete with red snow plough. Its the same body shell of the American Explorer but this time boxed and in
The Argentinian Explorer [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/wordpress/2012/02/20120227_185820.jpg] [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/wordpress/2012/02/20120227_185835.jpg] [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/
The American Explorer? [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/wordpress/2011/02/20120227_185749.jpg] [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/wordpress/2011/02/20120227_185756.jpg] [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/
Modified Trailer Looking through my dupliate/spares yesterday I had an idea. I could complete my Space Explorer set if I took the Mechanical Excavator from a battered and broken Terrain EX1
Polar Explorer Bag [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/wordpress/2010/05/26052010324.jpg] Yet another Bill donation! I would loved to have on of these going to school. Not sure if there
Space Explorer [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/wordpress/2010/05/26052010316-1.jpg] Yet another donation from Bill, this is another almost complete set but is missing the Mechanical Excavator trailer. In
Ocean Explorer [https://explorer12.co.uk/content/images/wordpress/2010/05/26052010317.jpg] This was another donation by Bill over at Project Sword. It was acquired from a set off ebay a
2010 Update & New Acquisitions 2010 has been a good year for Explorers as I have managed to acquire some new examples off ebay and two vehicles kindly donated to me by Bill over at
The Woolworths Explorers These appeared in Woolworths circa 1994 also and were marketed as Explorer III. They also appeared/disappeared very quickly meaning that they never sold well either, It wasn’t long
Tandy's GO - Mars Mission (Remold) These appeared in Tandy circa 1994 and were one of a kind, they were of the rounded cab design and came with a trailer included in the box which featured
The Base Station The base station was less impressive compared to the vehicles but it was a nice accessory. I have an incomplete one in a damaged box somewhere in the attic. Recently
The Second Batch RE1 & ME1 These two are something of a mystery as I don’t know anything about them and never seen any other merchandise books etc. They are part of the official Explorer
The First Batch - Terrain Explorer EX1 The Terrain Explorer was of the flat cab type and if I remember correctly was relatively rare as I only remember ever seeing a few ever on sale, at least
