OPERATION ASTRONAUT: ARGENTINIAN MATT MASON AND NUCLEAR FERRY FROM DARTH

Blog reader and space publisher Darth has sent in these fabulous pics:

Attached is an Argentinian astronaut toy. He is about 10 inches tall (Sword vehicle for scale in pic) and fully articulated. As you can see he is clearly a large version of Major Matt Mason, including a scaled up version of his space sled. Instead of the rubber, bendy Matt Mason he is more like an old Action Man. His spacesuit is silk-screened cloth. For those who know and love Major Matt Mason I have just published The Rocketbelt Pilot's Manual by William Suitor. Bill was the original Bell Rocket Backpack pilot and flew the first rocket belts in the 60s. He also stood in for Sean Connery in Thunderball. Did all the testing for the lunar rocket packs. The book includes lots of pictures of rocket back packs, including the original NASA simulator that was the concept for the Matt Mason sled. All on my website for anyone interested. Cheers, Darth

Amazing. An Action Man Matt Mason! And what's that I see on the back - its a NUCLEAR FERRY! Brilliant! That McCall image has legs! Thanks for sharing, Woodsy