A-Team BA Peterbilt Truck by Ertyl- Mr. T *SOLD*

A-Team BA Peterbilt Truck by Ertyl – Mr. T truck

Sometimes  you find new toys completely charming with pop culture tie in.  In this case, The A-Team B.A. Baracus Peterbilt trailer is absolutely destined to become a sought after antique.  The cab is diecast metal and the trailer is heavy, possibly with some steel in it.

What kids don’t like imposing Peterbilt 18 wheelers with every accessory that was made in the day?  The Mr. T adds flair to the tractor trailer.  I pity the fool…… I digress.

Antique toy collectors may hate this, but you must admit it makes you smile!  Oh, Ertyl was still making toys in the USA when this was produced.

A-Team History:

The A-Team was created by writers and producers Stephen J. Cannell and Frank Lupo at the behest of Brandon Tartikoff, NBC’s Entertainment president. Cannell was fired from ABC in the early 1980s, after failing to produce a hit show for the network, and was hired by NBC; his first project was The A-Team. Brandon Tartikoff pitched the series to Cannell as a combination of The Dirty Dozen, Mission Impossible, The Magnificent Seven, Mad Max and Hill Street Blues, with “Mr. T driving the car”.

The A-Team was not generally expected to become a hit, although Stephen J. Cannell has said that George Peppard suggested it would be a huge hit “before we ever turned on a camera”. The show became very popular; the first regular episode, which aired after Super Bowl XVII on January 30, 1983, reached 26.4% of the television audience, placing fourth in the top 10 Nielsen-rated shows.

The A-Team was always portrayed as acting on the side of good and helping the oppressed.