As my summer break melts away like a discarded ice pop and work beckons once again I'm gathering materials for my next scratch SpaceX toy, the ATS, to keep me sane in the September evenings next week.
Its full title is Astronomic Telescopic Satellite and as I understand it the toy acted as a small telescope, its main play feature.
Whilst gathering stuff I took a look at other vintage toy telescopes and found a few.
A bagged Mickey Mouser.
A 13.5 incher, nicely carded
A TV SWAT scope
The bat scope, baturally!
and a modern playset with a 'satellite' that isn't vastly dissimilar to the ATS.
I suppose I was hoping for a similar carded toy to the ATS from the late 60's but I couldn't find one.
Still it's interesting to see these scopes before I make my own toy ATS.
Did you have a toy telescope or maybe you have a real one?
I've got a little old brass telescope with a leather sleeve to it. I also have a Spacex ATS!
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