page_title: VertiBird
section_title: USA versions
hierarchical_section_title: VertiBird / VertiBird versions / USA versions
context_page_description: VertiBird was the name of a line of toy helicopter products made by Mattel between 1971 and the early 1980s.
context_section_description: 1971 - Set No. 5972 -           - VertiBird. (Version 1, screw connected drive spring)
  1971 - Set No. 5972 -           - VertiBird. (Version 2, drive spring soldered in place. All subsequent USA and International versions)
  1973 - Set No. 7604 -           - VertiBird Air Police. (themed to tie into police TV shows of the 1970s)
  197? - Set No. 7646 -           - VertiBird Polar Adventure.
  1973 - Set No. 8243 -           - VertiBird Rescue Ship. (Another space themed set tying into the Apollo program)
  1975 - Set No. 9040 - 79-58256C - VertiBird Paramedic Rescue. (Themed to tie into the Emergency! TV series)
  197? - Set No. 9780 -           - VertiBird Airborne Rescue.
  1976 - Set No. 8997 -           - VertiBird Okanagan Logging 'Copter. (Also released in Canada)
  1976 - Set No. 9637 -           - Space: 1999 Flying Eagle. (Not branded as "VertiBird" on its packaging elements; tie-in to Space: 1999 TV series.)
  1978 - Set No. 2898 - VertiBird S.W.A.T. Patrol. (Themed to tie into the S.W.A.T. TV series.)
  1979 - Set No. 1675 - 1675-0970 - VertiBird Night Patrol (included  phosphorescent plastic parts and stickers)
  1979 - Set No. 2983 - 2983-0970 - VertiBird Battlestar Galactica. (Battlestar Galactica TV series tie-in)
  1981 - Set No. 5306 -           - VertiBird Megaforce. (Megaforce Movie tie-in)
caption: Vertibird Night Patrol Helicopter. Note the spring and pitch control shaft.
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