Tomy Spacenik 2, Fully Working, 1969 Grippidee Gravidee, Complete, Rockets, EUC

Description

For Sale: A RARE & FULLY WORKING Excellent/Near Mint Spacenik 2 aka Grippidee Gravidee, from Tomy Toys & Rovex UK circa 1969. This early Tomy Toys set was made in Japan and produced only for the European market. Featuring a Single Rocket Car, here called a Probe Capsule, along with the Space Freighter which is available only in this set. There are 22 total track pieces. This set is approximately 52 years old and is in fully working condition. Fully working means that both the Probe Capsule and Space Freighter climb, travel upside-down and descend the various track layouts as they should. I recommend using only NEW AA batteries in both vehicles to get the best results.
Here's a video link showing a different Spacenik 2 set in action:
Spacenik 2 Video
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NOTE: The set shown in the video is slightly different than the one currently for sale here but does represent what a fully working Spacenik 2 set looks like.
For the Spacenik version of Grippidee Gravidee, Tomy and Rovex UK completely re-designed the GG brand with a box that has extra text and pictures illustrating how to set it up. Even the name of the various sections of track are different. Included is a copy of the single page printed instructions that originally came with the set. Here is a nice opportunity to own a very rare fully working Spacenik 2 set for your GG collection.
The Probe Capsule is in beautiful condition with a pristine battery compartment. It operates with a C sized battery but I highly recommend using a NEW AA sized battery to create less stress on the gear box. The body sticker has browned with age, which is very common with these toys.
The unique to this set Space Freighter also shows a browned-with-age body sticker, but otherwise is super clean and in near mint overall condition. The Freighter runs about twice as fast as the Probe Capsule. It features a lighted rear exhaust port fin and runs best with 2 NEW AA batteries in place of the customary C batteries.
All the track pieces are in perfect near mint condition, having been used very little. All the track end-connectors and white locking tabs are in perfect condition with the locking tabs tight for secure track connections. See photos for detail.
The large toy box measures: 25 in. length, 19-3/4 in. width, 2-3/4 in. height. The box top has multiple small creases and small missing areas of color. There is some clear tape on 3 of the corners. Overall the top is in very good condition with bright crisp colors, especially for a toy this old. Please review photos for condition details.
The inside white vacuum-formed plastic insert is very clean in excellent to near mint overall condition, with only a few small tears in the corners of some of the wells. The cardboard box bottom is also in excellent shape.
Special care will be taken in packaging this toy: I will place packing material inside the box to keep all the pieces from moving around during shipping, and then wrap the entire toy box in paper before packing it into the shipping box.
Feel free to ask any questions and I'll get back to you ASAP. Good luck and thanks for looking!
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