Suction Crew

In my ongoing search for replacement LP astronauts [HO, gun-metal grey] and aliens for my Apollo Moon Exploration set I came across a great set of rubber suction versions in a shop called Tharp Sajik on Etsy, a really well laid out online marketplace for small craft objects. I was aware that the robot version of our friend WOTAN and his sidekicks appeared in rubber suction form but not that LP astronauts did too so I was very pleasantly surprised. The five aliens and four astronaut colours and poses are shown here [do any others exist?].

Therp Sajik, the shop owner, described how the little fellows were found, which I found really fascinating. Here's the item description in full: "Just made a deal with an old closed gum machine company here in Columbus. The owners found ME on the internet and contacted me to make me a deal I could not refuse. This is a toy originally placed in the display cards for the front of gum machines.

They all seem to have some paint on them to show details or for some weird unknown reason. If the paint is going to disappoint you, then maybe not a good item for you. There are four designs of the astronauts. You are buying ONE design of a random color. Buy more than one design and I start trying to mix colors for you. Here are the four designs and their measurements:1 HOLDING RIFLE 64mm x 20mm, 2 CANISTER ON SHOULDER 70mm x 20mm, 3 BOX PROBE 70mm x 20mm, 4 LEFT HAND UP 70mm x 20mm."