This week at Flashbak, I also looked back at the toy space helmets of the 1960s and 1970s.
Here's a snippet and the url (http://flashbak.com/visors-golden-age-toy-space-helmets-37505/).
",,,I have previously remembered the great age of toy space guns and even genre-based utility belts.
But
the intrepid space kid of the 1960s and 1970s needed one more crucial piece of
gear for playtime on the final frontier: a
space helmet.
Many
toy manufacturers over the years obliged, and filled that need in memorable
(and sometimes strange…) style.
One
of the earliest toy space helmets of the space age comes from the forgotten
(but awesome…) 1959-1960 series Men in Space.
The
black-and-white series ran for 39 episodes and followed the adventures of
American astronaut Colonel Ed McCauley (William Lundigan) as he traveled to the
moon and Mars, repaired satellites in orbit, and worked in deep space on the
construction of a space station. Ideal Toys produced a show-accurate helmet
inscribed with McCauley’s name.
The
mid-1960s brought a renewal of the space race, and Remco got into the toy
helmet act with more than one licensed property.
The
company produced a Lost in Space (1965 -1968) toy helmet, though the resulting toy
didn’t look at all like anything that the Robinsons (or Dr. Smith, for that
matter…) ever wore inside or outside of the Jupiter 2. Instead, it was weird and dorky, but if you
want to own it today it will cost you a pretty penny..."
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