Paul V's fascinating mystery Space Patrol 1 post and WOTAN's subsequent picture of his yellow 2005 and Beyond version got me thinking about all the yellow versions I've come across. I've pasted them all together from my archives in a single collage here plus one green version [enlarge to read the captions]. Apologies if I have got any of the identifications wrong. I don't have any of these toys except a standard issue Spacex orange Space Patrol.
The pictures do make me wonder if the yellow Spacex and Golden Astronaut versions actually exist as I've certainly no images of the toys. Greater minds than mine may be able to help? Please let me know of any inaccuracies and indeed any further colour variations [the known orange variants can be read about on Paul Vreede's excellent Spacex Variations Page on the blog].
current thinking suggests the yellow space patrol and blue pulse are pre-production models. The images on the Spacex card backs clearly are, as the forklift and tractor have big chunky wheels and the Moonbase is shown as the original NASA drawing. Nothing is graven in stone though and its perectly possible that one will still show.
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