Hello again!
While we're on the subject of customized toys...
My toy astronaut of choice as a kid was Major Matt Mason's friend Sgt. Storm.
At the time, I didn't really see the absence of female astronauts as a huge problem. More recently I thought about making a female Matt Mason style astronaut, maybe with different nationality patches (a buxom Russian Scientist would be a nice choice!)
As I did a bit of Google research, I discovered something I never knew...
I had the space crawler with the Johnny Apollo figure by Marx, but I never realised that like Jane West Cowgirl, Marx made a Jane Apollo Female Astronaut!
More remarkable still (to quote Colonel White) a Mexican company now has the Marx moulds and is reissuing some of their old toys.
Long story short, I now have a Jane Apollo in a white spacesuit - although her helmet and accessories are moulded in purple polythene!
After a bit of fiddling, I produced a passable clear plastic helmet, moulded from the purple original and yesterday I painted up her purple accessories (I could make a whole blog about how to paint polythene!) and made some sticker type labels for her.
Now it's time to leave the capsule if she dares -but I do hope she remembers to put her gloves on first!
I bought my figure direct from the Mexican manufacturer although I can't find the details offhand. Here is a more expensive eBay listing...
Anyway, time to clean up my studio,
Lewis
Oz
That's a fantastic customized Jane Apollo, Lewis! I always thought the original issued plastic space helmet was a let down. For me as a kid it was an issue because the helmet lacked any type of visor. You've solved this in superb style. Great piece of work! :)
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