Soma have featured on Moonbase many times, usually as a result of my fascination with their white Thunderbird 5 knockoff of the JR21 toy.
They liked a good knockoff at Soma.
Bit Soma did other space stuff too - like the Star Rider range. There are a lot of different Star Riders; figures, vehicles books and toys. Here's just two from the mid-1990's.
First up is the 8 PC Star Rider Play Figures, which seem to come housed in a rather neat see-through plastic display. I assume PC means PVC. Some of the rifled figures have a sort of GUTS look too them.
Anyone got any?
Second is Soma's Wrist Star Rider, a name which reminds of Wrist Racers. This looks like a sort of light-up sound-effect plastic spaceship worn on the wrist. The ship's design features in some of Soma's other spaceship sets. I quite like the card art on this blister pack.
Do you like these Soma sets? For more just google Soma Star Rider.
PS. The word Soma rang a bell generally and I knew I'd heard it before. I read about it in the Seventies when I read Brave New World by Aldous Huxley. Its the mood-altering substance the rich consume. Have you read it?
I have a whole space station somewhere, but it only came with four figures and two crappy little micro-machine sized space-trucks! It folds/unfolds into/from an [it's own] integral carry-case - also aping Galoob's lines.
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A carry case! How fab H! |I'm sure I've seen something like this fir Star Wars figures on a bigger scale.
DeleteThe carded figure set contains 8 pieces, therefore I think 8 PC would be 8 pieces, rather than a reference to the material used. PC and PCS are fairly common abbreviations.
ReplyDeletePieces it is! Thanks Paul
DeleteTo be honest, these Soma toys seem a bit 'cheap and nasty' to me.
ReplyDeleteI don't think I'd have wanted them, even as a kid.