Classic Star Trek toy....

[telerites]

Back then we had three TV stations and if you are lucky a color set. Cartoons only Saturday morning. We had to have more imagination with the lack of all the stimuli that kids today have. Goodness we would set up those little plastic army men and shoot rubber bands at them to fend off the ground nvading horde. Pure hours of bliss.

 

[Captain Rob]

If you were lucky enough back then to have a set of Lincoln Logs, some dominoes, and army men. This is what you do. Build a little camp out of the dominoes. Including at least one watch tower. Station the army men around the camp on the tower and buildings. Then use a little plank and a short Lincoln Log to make a seesaw. Then go across the room and launch more short Lincoln Logs using the seesaw at the camp like they're incoming artillery shells. Extra points if you nail the sniper on top of the tower. But you loose points if you hit the building that houses the POWs.

 

[spockboy]

If the point of this thread is to trigger childhood memories from the 70's, then you'll love this.
It's a recording of the old vinyl record found inside the AMT UFO Mystery ship called "Sounds From Outer Space"

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Spockboy

 

[Redfern]

It blew my mind when I learned that kit (and its earlier incarnation, the "Leif Ericson" Space Cruiser) was designed by Matt Jefferies. No wonder it "fit" so well with the AMT Trek kits I built when I was a kid.

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[Sir Rhosis]

My reference to the chin strap needing work was not to the animated Spock, but to the two photos I linked to, which showed screencaps of Nimoy as Spock with the helmet photoshopped on. One day I'll learn how to embed photos in posts... one day.

 

[Jonno1971]

I wonder if anyone can help me ? When i was a kid back in the 70s i remember a friend having some kind of mini film projector toy. You pressed a button and viewed the film through a view finder. It only lasted for about 30 seconds maybe a minute but it was from Star Trek episode and in colour i think. I remember being absolutely astounded by it at the time in the pre video age.

 

[Gary Mitchell]

I wonder if anyone can help me ? When i was a kid back in the 70s i remember a friend having some kind of mini film projector toy. You pressed a button and viewed the film through a view finder. It only lasted for about 30 seconds maybe a minute but it was from Star Trek episode and in colour i think. I remember being absolutely astounded by it at the time in the pre video age.

Pocket Flix. I had one that I wore out. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Pocket_Flix

 

[The Old Mixer]

I remember seeing a Star Wars version of that or something like it in the store, with footage from the opening shot of the Star Destroyer, IIRC.

 

[Maurice]

If the point of this thread is to trigger childhood memories from the 70's, then you'll love this.
It's a recording of the old vinyl record found inside the AMT UFO Mystery ship called "Sounds From Outer Space"

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Spockboy

Pretty sure that record only came with the original Leif Ericson version of the kit, not the Mystery Ship. which was so bare bones they left out the engine parts to go under the cowls!

 

[Redfern]

Pretty sure that record only came with the original Leif Ericson version of the kit, not the Mystery Ship. which was so bare bones they left out the engine parts to go under the cowls!

You are correct. The original kit was cast in conventional, non-glowing styrene, translucent red for engine parts which were illuminated by "grain of wheat" filament bulbs and a few electro-plated chrome pieces. Those translucent and chrome elements were dropped with the re-issue, relabeled as the "Interplanetary U.F.O." as well as the sheet vinyl record. When AMT resized the box to match the roughly 3 by 4 dimensions of the Trek kits in the mid 70s, the company went so far as to cut the "boom" in half so the parts could fit in the box!

"Nyrath, the Nearly Wise" who runs the SF writer's resource page ":Atomic Rockets" also hosts a site devoted to the model kit. Talented fellow downloaded and caught himself Blender just so he could model an accurate version of the ship for himself.

http://www.projectrho.com/SSC/model.html

Sincerely,

Bill

 

[ZapBrannigan]

I wish I'd gotten the Leif... I came in late on that one, mid-70s, and bought the UFO version. Still a fun model. Mine is long gone now, of course.

 

[Captain Rob]

Just wandered in my local HobbytownUSA to look around. And they had that kit mixed in with the Star Trek kits. Model kits are just too expensive these days.

 

[Jonno1971]

Pocket Flix. I had one that I wore out. http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Pocket_Flix

Oh wow fantastic ! Thank you. I've been wondering about this for over 35 years lol

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Just wandered in my local HobbytownUSA to look around. And they had that kit mixed in with the Star Trek kits. Model kits are just too expensive these days.

They sure seem that way, but if you shop around online, you can find prices roughly in line with inflation (or less) for some vintage re-issue kits.

 

[Maurice]

Yeah, but a TOS kit in 1975 went for about $2.50. And today you ain't gonna find one for $12.

 

[Captain Rob]

My main complaint regarding my hobbyshop visit was to myself.
Down the shelf from that kit was the Polar Lights 1/350 scale TOS Enterprise for $149.
That's the first time I've ever seen that kit in a store. And I want one really bad. And I've got way too many other things begging for my money right now.

 

[ZapBrannigan]

Yeah, but a TOS kit in 1975 went for about $2.50. And today you ain't gonna find one for $12.

Are you sure about that? My estimate for 1976 was just a vague memory, probably inflated. But your $2.50 estimate for 1975 sounds too low to me. Going on the Chinese adage that the faintest ink is better than the strongest memory, do you have anything solid?

 

[Maurice]

It's what I recall paying for the things at the local five and dime.

 

[Drone]

If the point of this thread is to trigger childhood memories from the 70's, then you'll love this.
It's a recording of the old vinyl record found inside the AMT UFO Mystery ship called "Sounds From Outer Space"

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Spockboy

I wonder what the record in its original sleeve, and in good shape, would possibly fetch today?

 

[Redfern]

We'd need to ask those who actually purchased the original '68 version of the Leif kit to verify, but I don't think the record came in a "sleeve", not the type one saw in stores at the time. The record itself was probably a very flimsy poly-vinyl, likely thin enough to be translucent. I've personally seen records like this. Some were even bound within magazines. StarLog published an issue with a "floppy" record containing sci-fi sound effects. They'd fit upon standard turntables, but due to their minimal weight, it was recommended a coin be placed near the center of the record, providing enough weight so the needle would not drag it.

Sincerely,

Bill