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Post by ptassler on Jun 7, 2006 21:09:39 GMT -5
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Post by radioscooter on Jun 7, 2006 21:28:14 GMT -5
These I like!
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Post by Wild Willy on Jun 8, 2006 10:44:15 GMT -5
Ok! I figured out they are NOT the Three stooges, mainly because there are four dudes there.  Who are these guys Pete? Will |
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Post by radioscooter on Jun 8, 2006 11:15:08 GMT -5
The astronauts from 2001: A Space Oddessy
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Post by faithfulbutler on Jun 8, 2006 18:49:27 GMT -5
Those Suits are amazing!Very nice set indeed!
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Post by ptassler on Jun 8, 2006 18:56:13 GMT -5
Glad you Like em Scott "Open the Pod Bay Door Hal" Silver suit = Clavius moon base suit Red Yellow and Blue ( shown hanging in film but never worn) Discovery Mission Suits Check out the colors on My Matt Mason Figs Coincidence ,I think not    |
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Post by martingb on Jun 9, 2006 3:18:17 GMT -5
HEY ANOTHER MAJOR MATT FAN!!!! Hi ya!
I have these fellas too. Love 'em to bits and did as a kid. The Twinch Squad figures are just gorgeous and the Madelman figure too. Check out YOU TUBE by the way. Original early 1970s Madelman TV ads which include stop motion 2001 Clavius astronaut stuff. Are those custom Lockwood and Dullea heads??? If so can we see some close ups. They look lovely!! Love it to pieces!!!!! As much as the MMM suits and the 2001 look kinda similar in colour I think it is probably just a coincidence. Matt first appeared in 1967 and Sgt Storm early 1968 with Kubrick's movie not being released until April and May 1968 throughout the most part of the World. Coloured space suits go back as far as movies like DESTINATION MOON so I reckon it was just a technique used to differentiate between characters in the movies and this toy line too. The Hammer Sci-Fi movie MOON ZERO TWO which is a big favourite of mine also uses this technique and the suits are even more like MMM as they have the 'bellows' at the knees, shoulders and elbows. Do you know that movie at all? Whatever just my thoughts on the subject but they look bloody fantastic and you have a stunning collection. I love the Jeff Long with the customised helmet too. Nice job! Zeroids too and Billy Blast-Off!! Amazing.
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Post by ptassler on Jun 9, 2006 8:41:19 GMT -5
Hey Marty
Matt Mason and Space stuff in general was a huge thing for me as a Kid
glad you like ..
Those twinch suits are really awsome the detail in them is unreal
all fasteners unscrew and helemts come off etc
the heads are Dragon heads that i felt most resembled the actors
they work in the helmets though
Cheers mate
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Post by radioscooter on Jun 9, 2006 12:18:59 GMT -5
I'm a big Matt Mason fan as well. Had them all as a kid. Had the Billy Blastoff stuff too. But did either of you have the Sea Devils? That's the big question.
Maybe we should have a new thread about our non-batman collections!
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Post by ptassler on Jun 9, 2006 12:26:54 GMT -5
Yes I had and have Seadevils
Here is one for ya Scotty
remember their equivilant to calisto
he came with a shark named zark I can't remember his name
was it Zartog ? something weird for sure
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Post by ptassler on Jun 9, 2006 12:40:03 GMT -5
Just Remembered
it Was Kretor and he came with a rubber band powered shark named zark
I had those guys too, went well with the colorform outer spacemen
Line
Man those were all so freakin cool
I wish i were 8 yrs old again so i could have all those toys
Oh wait I still do , but why does everyone look at me so strangely now when i play with them
Oh Well ;D ;D ;D
keep the faith my Brothers of the Eternal Internal Children
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Post by martingb on Jun 9, 2006 14:00:01 GMT -5
We never had the SEA DEVILS here just MMM and his buddys. However during the early 1970s when Mattel were getting rid of Major Matt and Co in slim generic 'Astronaut' boxes we got the basic loose skin diver in the orange rubber suit. Fantastic to hear other fellas here are into the good Major. Top bloody stuff. The old TV ads are the coolest too. I guess you guys know them. LOVE IT!!!!!
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Post by ptassler on Jun 11, 2006 12:33:11 GMT -5
here is what I have They are very hard to find  |
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Post by radioscooter on Jun 11, 2006 12:35:05 GMT -5
Nice Pete. All I have left is one of the orange divers. But I had that vehicle and all that stuff in the day!
-S
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Post by Figuremaster Les on Jun 11, 2006 15:17:31 GMT -5
[glow=red,2,300]MAJOR MATT MASON! SEA DEVILS![/glow]
I never had but a few of these as a kid!
Hey! Where's that ugly grey/silver Moon walker spider walker machine thing the Major rode in? I had one and tried for ages to tear it up when I was a kid. It was INDESTRUCTIBLE! Wish I had one now.
Great set Pete! Lots of memories here!
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