Lifting body

[MikMo]

Was reading an article from NASA about lifting body technology when I saw this picture:



Thought I'd remembered seeing that aircraft from somewhere. Realized it when I read further that it was the footage used in the opening of the Six Million Dollar Man.


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[jtw61194]

Man, you just hit on one of my favorite shows! My favorite toys were the Steve Austin action figure and that evil robot (can't remember its name.) Those were the good ole days. Not giving you a wink...it's the bionic eye!! Do do do do do!!

[MikMo]

Heck yeah! I remember the action figure with the roll up skin on the arm with the little bionic "circuits" you could take out. Came with the car engine and the lever on the back that you could press to make him look like he was lifting the engine. And the little peephole in the back of his head you could look through like you were seeing through the bionic eye! Killer!

Don't remember about the killer robot, though. Had a rocket ship I got for Christmas for it and it folded out into a bionic repair bed for him.

[MikMo]

Maskatron! Just found it on the net. Take a look:

http://www.bugeyedmonster.com/toys/smdm/

[jtw61194]

That's the one! They don't make toys like that anymore. I spent many a day in Cracker's Neck with Steve Austin and Maskatron. Only thing that was compareable was my Emergency! firetruck with Roy and John. Classic stuff.

[MikMo]

You hear about the new Bionic Woman series on NBC? Seems to have a different spin on Jamie Summers from the Six Million Dollar Man. Still, looks to be pretty interesting.

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[sup-rbeast]

Besides Steve Austen and Maskatron...I used to constantly carry around Stretch Armstrong and that green sea monster villan made like him...loved those things till the arms ripped off.

BTW anyone remember these?..
http://www.megomuseum.com/wgsh/dc.html
I had a boat load of em i carried in a canvas back pack from burger king..lol