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Monday, 14 May 2012

THE ALL-TERRAIN-VEHICLE: SCI FI'S MIGHTY WORK-HORSE


Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Joe 90

UFO

MOON
PROMETHEUS

I love space ATV's. My favourite toy ATV's are naturally the SWORD Moon Bus and the Scramble Bug, with the SpaceX MOLAB a close second. Not sure how many toy space ATV's there are [is the SPV an ATV?], are you? I think Hot Wheels or Matchbox did one. I imagine there are more kits like the Tamiya U59 from Joe 90. The ATV that would have made a fantastic C21 toy would have been the UFO Lunar Tank [film clip above].

To celebrate ATV's in Sci Fi, above is a gallery of clips from the small and big screens. Which is your favourite ATV? Pics, gifs, clips, links all welcomed.
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7 comments:

  1. Anonymous5/14/2012 6:26 am

    Great topic Woodsy! Love these wheeled & tracked juggernauts. HALO has made the relatively normal looking 'Warthog' a household name, but the Scorpion Tank is a more interesting design to me. Anyone interested in space tanks the size of a city block (or three) should check out the BOLO series of books or stories.

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  2. WOTAN5/14/2012 11:05 am

    MMM WANDA VENTHAM AND THE MOONBASE GIRLS...

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  3. WOTAN5/14/2012 11:07 am

    Gotta be the Aliens APC, SPV or Sidewinder. In toy terms, Scramble Bug or Hovertank

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  4. Anonymous5/14/2012 5:24 pm

    No, no, no, no ... as president of the Wanda Ventham fan club, I cannot allow you to refer to her as an all-terrain vehicle. Nor the Moonbase girls, neither. Not nohow.

    Desist.

    (winks)

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  5. Anonymous5/14/2012 5:24 pm

    But, yes, I second that "mmm".

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  6. Anonymous5/14/2012 5:28 pm

    Although not in "that" way, of course.

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  7. WOTAN5/15/2012 12:15 pm

    ha, ha an MMM is an MMM in any language!

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