Actually, in my adult play/fan fiction daydreams, I picture Major Matt Mason having his lunar adventures in the run up to building Moonbase Alpha, but sadly, no 1999 figures are in the right scale with the Major. (The Major’s pal Captain Lazer could play with the OSI Bionic Heroes, however.)

Space toy moonplay timeline:
70s: Six Million Dollar Man
80s: Major Matt Mason
90s: Space: 1999
(Space GI Joes and Astronaut Barbies can be from the 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s!)

I bet the Bony Fingers would have been fun to stage ‘accidents’ with Tonka trucks (like the fake hands people stick out of their car trunks even today)… under a wheel, between two trucks colliding head on, dug up by a ditchdigger. Etc. (Heyy if we can have fun with the Lincoln Monster victim in our play….lmbo)

Love that Galactica parachute gun!! It’s totally ideal for playing space battles instead of cowboys and Native Americans! Hmm, wonder if you could shave off the bottom of the gun insertion pice and put it in a mug or office organizer with some pens and pencils to pretend you have a Cylon pen! (Dunno if those were a real thing or not…)

Cool stuff this week! Thanks for fueling daydreams of playing with toys!