Another Space:1999 toy I vividly recall was the Illfelder Toy Company's Chest Pack Radio (style no. 37-2070).
As the box reads, this was a "solid-state transistor radio with microphone, space signal morse code button and ear-plug." In design, this ATV-licensed toy is made to resemble the Alphan space suit chest pack. It straps on over the shoulders, and is worn across the torso. It takes four C size batteries to operate properly.
As the box reads, this was a "solid-state transistor radio with microphone, space signal morse code button and ear-plug." In design, this ATV-licensed toy is made to resemble the Alphan space suit chest pack. It straps on over the shoulders, and is worn across the torso. It takes four C size batteries to operate properly.
The Space: 1999 Chest Pack Radio includes the following features:
1. Solid State 5 Transistor A.M Radio
2. Sensitive Volume Control.
3. Microphone.
4. Space Signal Morse Code Button
5. Earphone
6. Precision Tuning Dial
7. Microphone Mix Control.
8. "Red Alert" Light
9. Authentic Space:1999 Chest Pack Style
10. Heavy duty body straps
11. Completely portable.
With the microphone you can "Broadcast your voice or sing along with your favorite tunes.
With the "Space Signal Button" you can "send real morse code messages."
And with the ear plug you can engage in "private listening."
So in other words, this is really just a sort of kid's radio, only styled and packaged to seem futuristic. It's similar to Mego's Star Trek Command Communication Console in concept, I suppose. The toy likely wouldn't seem too thrilling to today's kids, I'd wager. Precision tuning dials? Volume controls? Ear plugs? I mean, whoo-hoo, right? Today we sleep next to tiny alarm clocks with many of these features...though personally I'd like them better if they also included "red alert lights."
But back in the 1970s (the decade of the CB radio, lest we forget...), this kind of toy was absolute nirvana...and state of the art.
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