Space age haul

First off, I finally tracked down a Radicon robot to complete my own personal gang of 5 (*6). These are mini reproductions of vintage Masudaya tin robots from the 50s & 60s that now cost up to $20,000 each! These repros were made in the mid 90s by Rocket USA. Masudaya later sold their own versions in Japanese boxes.

http://images.snapfish.com/346328697...7%3B9%3Anu0mrj

Original labeled the "Gang of 4", Machine Man turned up in the 1990s and it was soon discovered that quite a few had been made back in the day. Some suspect MM was a fabrication of left over parts from the other four robots.

*Another late discovery became the unofficial 6th member of the Gang of 5, Shooting Giant Robot (green guy far right). This was a prototype offered in a 1965 Sears catalog but was never mass produced due to lack of interest.

I've been getting into rockets lately. This one I had in my childhood. It's a multi-stage Mecury rocket by an unknown manufacturer (if anybody knows anything about it let me know!)

http://images.snapfish.com/346328697...3B35%3A4nu0mrj

By squeezing the fins of the top stage you can launch the red capsule (with 2 chrome astronauts inside) into orbit.

http://images.snapfish.com/346328697...7%3B9%3Bnu0mrj

Here it is displayed with another tin rocket I recently acquired.

http://images.snapfish.com/346328697...5%3B3596nu0mrj

So much cool stuff................

marry me Andyman [img]graemlins/rose.gif[/img]

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& is this the same one?

http://home.att.net/~g.ruboyianes/apollomoc.jpg Processed Plastics Corp.

<font color="#cd6600" size="1">[ February 15, 2006 08:44 PM: Message edited by: Street Worm ]</font>

Sweet... I had that exact same rocket as a kid. [img]smile.gif[/img]


I also have one at my Dad's house that is all metal and is a piggy bank. You pull this little spring thingee back, put a coin in, push the button and ZINGGK!!!! The coin literally disappears!!!

It fires the coin from the spring area up into the overhang of the nose cone and inside the bank. Pretty cool.

I also owned that rocket when i was a kid, forgot all about it.

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Originally posted by Guitardeth?:
I also owned that rocket when i was a kid, forgot all about it.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ditto!

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Originally posted by Nomalas:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by Guitardeth?:
I also owned that rocket when i was a kid, forgot all about it.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Ditto!</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Dithree

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Wow, I guess this rocket was more popular than I originally thought! Cool! (or am I betraying the board's baby boomers?)

Of course my new fiancee, Street Worm, is the internet bloodhound. [img]wink.gif[/img] I didn't realize that there were several variants to this rocket. I don't think I ever remember seeing the Apollo version.

http://home.att.net/~g.ruboyianes/plasticapollo1A.jpghttp://home.att.net/~g.ruboyianes/plasticapollo2A.jpghttp://home.att.net/~g.ruboyianes/plasticapollo3A.jpg

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Originally posted by B?im?n:
Sweet... I had that exact same rocket as a kid. [img]smile.gif[/img]


I also have one at my Dad's house that is all metal and is a piggy bank. You pull this little spring thingee back, put a coin in, push the button and ZINGGK!!!! The coin literally disappears!!!

It fires the coin from the spring area up into the overhang of the nose cone and inside the bank. Pretty cool.

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">I've bid on a couple of those on ebay to no avail. [img]frown.gif[/img]

Wow, you guys are olldddd!!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]

Cool stuff Andy!

groovy!

that rocket looks kinda familiar...maybe my brother had one.
don't think I did.

great stuff Andy! [img]biggrin.gif[/img] [img]cool.gif[/img]