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 Lost for a while in my system. Sorry Ed!

They're superb! 

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Giant Ed 2: Plastic Figure And Playset Article

Woodsy,

As a follow-up to my GIANT brand space toys, here's the article from the now defunct 'Plastic Figure and Playset Collector' (PFPC) No. 57 article on the brand.

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Ed

'Ed Surveyor

Woodsy,

Here's a few of the latest snaps taken on my Moonscape. Having fun!

I know the radar dish on the Pippin Surveyor is incorrect, but my sample was missing whatever was supposed to be on there, and I had extra dishes sooo...

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Ed

Ed's Hover Rover

Woodsy,

Here's a Hover Space Explorer that I guess would fit the bill as a Lunar Rover. This is the one I had in mind when commenting on Bob Aucutt's carded Hover Space Adventure Lunar Rover. Anywho, this be the one 🙂

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Ed

Ed's Colony

 Moonscape and more from Ed.

American SWORD: Ed's Tarheel Space Glider

Well Woodsy,

I couldn't resist picking up this Tarheel No. 5934 Space Glider. It's in great shape, has the box and instructions, and it works - sort of.

 It tends to just want to make tight circles and doesn't want to go straight, but all the functions are there: motion, lights, and an annoying screech meant to mimic jet sounds. 

And, after losing an arm and a leg for that Booster Rocket, I didn't have to donate any body parts to get this one as it was quite reasonable (I thought)!

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Ed

Have you got one readers?

Ed's Exhaust

 Woodsy,

Here's the parts I have for my boosters' rear end (that doesn't sound right does it? LOL).

1st photo: The small cone on the left goes on first. The larger cone goes over it such that you can't see the smaller cone.

2nd photo (from Internet): Then, there is a nickel-plated exhaust pipe that gets inserted into the small cone (circled). I think that is doable using plastic tubing and a silver paint pen.

3rd & 4th photos: The cones that are shown in the link you sent could be used for other things. If you cut them in half, they would pass for a decent landing gear fairing as on the Falcon 9 spaceships. I'm a bit hung up on how to actually do landing gear without too much finnicky model work though. I'm not much of a modeler, so it would have to be something egregiously simple, along the lines of 'Spaceship Landing Gear for Dummies'!

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Ed

BoostED

Woodsy,

Here's a little something extra for Moon Base. I had to use Photoshop to add the shuttle at the tip of the rocket because my Booster Rocket didn't come with it.

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Ed

Ed's Watches

Hey Woodsy,

Got the time?

No?

Neither do I. I have the watches, but the batteries are all dead, LOL!

I have ended up with a few odds-&-ends of watches as well as a couple of clocks. Here's the few watches I do have:

-Lionel wristwatch

-Lionel pocket watch

-Harry Potter pocket watch

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Ed

Ed's T. Cohn (aka Superior) Space Port

Woodsy,

What if? That was the premise behind this composition. What would my T. Cohn Space Port (with Lido figures and space vehicles) look like if it was transported to its home world?

Ed

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Ed's Vegas Nova!

Ed's Tarheel Nova leaving Moonbase Central and back to Vegas Base.

The party's sadly over 😢

Ed's New Booster!

Woodsy,

I had mentioned that a couple of instances of synchronicity occurred after your post about the space glider. 

The first one was a decently priced Day-Fran Space Glider that popped up in a Fleabay search and which I shared with you. 

The second was this Century 21 Booster Rocket! When this popped up, I just had to get it!

 However, I am now missing an arm and a leg because that's how much it had cost (not to worry, I only have four more payments to go!). 

It did have the box, albeit a tad bit scorched!

 Also, it's missing the nickel-plated exhaust (I call it the tail pipe), as well as the small delta-shaped shuttle at the front. 

Oh, and it doesn't work! 

Okay, aside from me being just a tad bit crazy, this was the only Booster Rocket that I was able to find on-line that sold at least within the past year - so they are quite hard to come by. 

As well, in spite of the missing components, it displays quite well is really clean!

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Ed