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There's something poignant about this cover art. I like the way the alien has its eyes half-closed looking down, perhaps lost in thought...

  Spotting more toys on CD covers this time. here's a nice pair of LEMS/ Anyone know the make? Not sure of this donut station is a toy b...

Like books, LP covers are a fab store of vintage toys and props. There are hundreds on the net. We've covered a few before on MC over th...

I was blown away by this cover art for Arthur C. Clarke's Prelude to Space from the 1950's.  Just look at that ship! Its basically a...

Browsing Pinterest I came across The Syndic by CM Kornbluth on Jim Potter's fab pages. Its a book I know not and have never seen the var...

Continuing my peek at GI Joe/ Action Man's other job, posing for Curtis Books, here we have him modelling his runabout, the Space C...

A controlled murderous solar system! I don't think this is an Action Man/GI Joe but rather a model kit of an astronaut although...

Taking a detour from Action Man covers for a day here's another old Curtis Books cover of interest. Maybe! The Impossible World...

Yet another Action Man GI Joe cover from Curtis Books! They really made our plastic spaceman work for his oxygen that day. This is th...

This third Curtis Books cover appears to have used the same GI Joe Action Man Astronaut image as the last one. I think they've ...

Here's another old Curtis Books cover using our articulated friend in his astronaut suit. I hope they paid him! Not sure wh...

Fans of Colourforms Outer Space Men will recognise Electron+, The Man from Pluto. [pic:MCWToys] Toy creator Mel Birnkrant's i...

Always on the lookout for vintage toys on book covers, here's one. Two spacemen on the front of Ray Bradbury's R is for Roc...

Years ago Bill B posted this fabulous image he'd made at his Mars Base home. Its remained one of my favourite creations on the blog...

About ten years ago I got an old paperback copy of Michael Moorcock's The Back Corridor. Its the one with the SpaceX Nova Rocket co...

I saw this old book cover on Amazon: Puzzle of the Space Pyramids. Its not a very high res picture sorry but the space chappie ...

Well, our good friend has gone home today after visiting for a week of pre-festive fun. She'll be nearly home now. The Missus took her ...

I saw this old book online again this week We featured it years ago on the blog as part of a toys on covers theme. Its the word...

A beautiful rendition of the Booster Rocket on this Spanish paperback cover AGENTE ESPACIAL No.1. Do you like it?