My latest list/article at Flashbak gazes at the great toy spaceships of the disco decade.
Here's a snippet and the url: (http://flashbak.com/toy-adventure-beginning-seven-coolest-toy-spaceships-1970s-34296/)
"The
disco decade was the great era of toy spaceships. This great development for
kids came about for a few reasons. Star Trek (1966 – 1969) took off in
syndication, Space: 1999 (1975 – 1977) premiered mid-decade, and 1977
brought Star Wars…and a flood of similar-minded productions, from Battlestar
Galactica (1978-1979) to Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
(1979-1981).
It
was, without exaggeration, the great age of cinematic space adventures and
merchandise tie-ins. Additionally, there
were the knock-off toys (like Starroid Raiders and STAR Team) and fantastic toy-lines
from Japan (like Micro-Man, re-packaged as Micronauts in the U.S.). The choices
for imaginative play were numerous, and incredible.
Your mileage may
vary, of course, but these are my picks for the seven great toy spaceships of
the seventies..."
Continued at Flashbak
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