Land Rover 109" WB "Daktari"

This is one of three Land Rovers that only appeared in Gift Sets issued in 1968. These were the Pony Club (7 blue), GS8 Lions of Longleat in white with the same camouflage design as the Daktari one and this one from Daktari, (15, green with black camouflage) .

These lasted well into the 1970s so can be found with spun wheels, cast wheels and Whizzwheels. Finding good versions with these original normal wheels can be difficult.

The set had a whole load of characters! A lady riding a lion, a tiger on the bonnet, glasses for the lion, a doctor with a stethoscope and a chimp on his lap! All this enabled Corgi to make a lot more money out of this remarkably long-running model.

This is a nice early edition with normal wheels. It has good, clear screens, fair paintwork and an original tiger on the bonnet.