While Woodstocks blogging capability is temorarily SNAFU, Marsbase continues to keep the party rolling with a little help from fellow readers. Andy B has sent me a veritable treasury of snaps from the Marx series of space base toys from the late fifties onwards. Enjoy!
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| Space Glider and Hazard Space Exploration Suit |
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| Blue Spinner very reminscent of Spacex Nuclear Pulse ones |
I can only assume these dropped out of santas sack somewhere over the continental US as they never made it under my xmas tree!
I can only assume these dropped out of santas sack somewhere over the continental US as they never made it under my xmas tree!
Beautiful sets on the tail end of the 'Golden Age' of space toys. That underground moonbase playset has me at 'hello'.
ReplyDeleteYeah the moonbase set looks like fantastic play value. How much did these sets cost in the 50s and 60s? Were they quite expensive?
ReplyDeleteThe cost was about 10 bucks or so, roughly about $100 in today's script. The moonbase and Cape Canaveral were without peer in toy land. You could throw in a Marx army or marine unit, and have everything covered.
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