The Future in Colour! From Look and Learn Magazine in the late
sixties and a fabulous book, 'The World of Tomorrow' comes this collection of
colour images from the Futurama exhibit. Although the bulk of the Moon Buggy
photography shows a white machine, some press shots show them in yellow and
again with the 'Crablogger' machine, happily chopping down the rainforest, a
yellow colour scheme is evident. See also the 'laser' glowing red at the front
of the craft, this would flash brightly and the mechanised arm would appear to
be removing the tree trunk as the convoy trundled along.
The larger road paving machine had lots of moving features, such as rolling
racks and conveyors inside. Also shown is part of the Antarctic diorama, showing
a modular base unit and a large ice drilling machine and snobuggy.
The earth orbit space station shows small supply ships akin to the Sword
Booster Rocket leaving for the moon base. If you look carefully at the larger
Moon Buggy pic shown earlier, you can make out the astronaut figures are clearly
taken from the sixties Marx Toys Operation Moon Base set, the guy on the left of
the picture is the astronaut figure bouncing on a small moon rock! Check out the
fabulous Space Glider that came with that wonderful set too! (pic courtesy of
Timewarp toys).
Nice one Wotan!
sixties and a fabulous book, 'The World of Tomorrow' comes this collection of
colour images from the Futurama exhibit. Although the bulk of the Moon Buggy
photography shows a white machine, some press shots show them in yellow and
again with the 'Crablogger' machine, happily chopping down the rainforest, a
yellow colour scheme is evident. See also the 'laser' glowing red at the front
of the craft, this would flash brightly and the mechanised arm would appear to
be removing the tree trunk as the convoy trundled along.
The larger road paving machine had lots of moving features, such as rolling
racks and conveyors inside. Also shown is part of the Antarctic diorama, showing
a modular base unit and a large ice drilling machine and snobuggy.
The earth orbit space station shows small supply ships akin to the Sword
Booster Rocket leaving for the moon base. If you look carefully at the larger
Moon Buggy pic shown earlier, you can make out the astronaut figures are clearly
taken from the sixties Marx Toys Operation Moon Base set, the guy on the left of
the picture is the astronaut figure bouncing on a small moon rock! Check out the
fabulous Space Glider that came with that wonderful set too! (pic courtesy of
Timewarp toys).
Nice one Wotan!
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