US "Battlestar Galactica" version, adapted (and renamed) for the Italian market. Japan Manufactured under the Japanese Brand "Takara". 19?? - Set No. ???? (Japanese Issue) - VertiBird Helicopter Technic. Likely the Japan market version of the Air Police version. The graphics and colors included in this set are very different. Also the radar antenna has a different shape and is attached to the motor base in a completely different method. Also the control handles functions reversed as compared to the USA sets. Direction is on the left side and power is on the right side. Also the control handle shape for the power control does not have the right-angle extension as seen in the USA set controls. Otherwise, the Takara branded set flies the same. Mexico 1973 - Set No. ???? - VertiBird Estacion Polar (Mexican version of "Polar Adventure" set), manufactured and distributed by domestic toy company "CIPSA (Compania de Plasticos S.A.)" with original "VertiBird" branding. United Kingdom 1976 - Set No. 9780 (UK Issue) - VertiBird Airborne Rescue. Contracted Vertibird versions Bluebird Air Police contracted set by Mattel 197? - Set No. PT-681 - Bluebird Air Police. Distribution in Canada and Europe. Produced during the same period as the Mattel branded set. Burbank Toys contracted set by Mattel 1973 - Set No.7604 - Burbank Toys Issue Air Police. Produced during the same period as the Mattel branded set. Takara Co Ltd Japan Licensed Design 197? - Set No. ?? - Helicopter Technic. Vertibird design licensed from Mattel by Takara Co Ltd for production and sale in Japan. Produced in the late 1970s to the early 1980s era. Other VertiBird-like toys and games Pre-VertiBird Era similar sets Childs and Smith (Atherstone, Warwickshire, England): 195? - Set No. ???? - Dan Dare (aka Nulli Secundus) Landing Mat Game. European release. Electric tin toy set similar to VertiBird, probably from the 1950s. Knickerbocker (North Hollywood, California): 195?/196? - Set No. ???? - Fly It Yourself Remote Control Helicopter. Early battery-operated flight toy with aluminium helicopter and paper landing mats. Maline: 195? - Set No. ???? - MARX-A-COPTER, Ship version. Made by Louis Marx and Company 195? - Set No. ???? - MARX-A-COPTER, Space Version. Many accessories. A space themed playset from the pre-Apollo era. Made by Louis Marx and Company VertiBird Era similar sets, spin-offs and knock-offs Amusement Engineering Inc.: 1968 - Model No. ???? - Helicopter Trainer. Coin-operated arcade and