Love them or hate them, you have to admit, they had some great promo shots!

I really like my 1967 Trixon Telstar kit. The problem is with replacement parts, they are almost impossible to find. Cant just go down to GC and pick up a generic!!

I no longer Gig with mine, I gig with my '64 Kents. If those get damaged, I could care less!!

I have them on mine too. The only thing I could figure was that it was to hold the 13" tom inside when transporting - Trixon did a lot things such as the disappearing cymbal mount and tom mount (their innovations) to make setup/teardown easier. A few years ago I mentioned this to Ingo and he seemed to agree - I'll ask him again as he is on FaceBook.

ETA: Ingo says they are for putting the 13" tom inside

Thanks, I was thinking that as well, they were quite the innovators.

Yep, mine were the same color but less faded maybe? Mine were almost McDonald's arches yellow. Yours are in much better shape though. In the 70s so many drummers pulled tone controls out of drums so you luckily have all yours. My bass drum only had batter side Pratt, tom had none and floor tom had one. And finding the Bass drum felt and parts was HARD - I gave up on mine. Glad they sound good for you too. 13" toms aren't my thing - don't think Trixon made a 12" and my particular toms just never sounded that good.

I've had A few Ludwig, Slingerland, Rogers and Gretsch kits I couldn't get to sound to my liking.

This is my first experience with Trixon drums, I'd always been a Ludwig guy, but I'm really digging these drums. Since acquiring this kit, I've have been doing a lot of research on their history, very interesting reading, I feel like I've found a new cool friend.

That promo shot of them stacked up is cool. They look like a Darlek from Doctor Who.

I have a blue croco Telstar kit like the one pictured in the promo. It's an early one like that too. The shells are undersized at one end and oversized at the other. Heads fit but just. The bass drum is a real struggle to fit a batter side head. The bass drum tunes up nicely but the toms sound a bit rubbish. I like them though and use them quite regularly now. The Telstar design is not the most convincing drum concept and quality is not stellar but they are unique and kind of goofy, in a good way.

What's wrong with the quality? Are you referring to the hardware or the actual shells?

The shells are ok and the hardware is ok, just not great. My kit is an earlier one to yours so things may have improved. I completely stripped the kit and reassembled and it was a bit fiddly. Nothing went back together easily.

I haven't had any experience with the later 60s Trixon kits but I get the feeling that function wasn't given as much thought as form when designing them initially. But don't get me wrong, I am a fan