The Space Enthusiasts' Thread

[Drago]

I had a Dinky interceptor from U.F.O. Fired a solid plastic missile at worryingly high velocity. Armed with a cocking lever on the bottom and you could feel the cocked spring quivering. Delightfully dangerous.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I had a Fireball XL5 that was fired by a catapult into the air and then was supposed to descend on a parachute. It never descended on its parachute - all it did was come down at much the same speed as it went up. After a few goes, there wasn't much left to go back into the air again.

I was looking for this, but thought it was Joe 90 for some reason, so missed it out until later when I could remember what it was

 

[Deleted member 1258]

An excellent documentary film by Ron Howard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Shadow_of_the_Moon_(film) is very well worth watching.

Coverage from the Apollo missions and interview with the astronauts.

I've just watched that, excellent, fascinating stuff.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

View: https://youtu.be/wV6m9NlsOJ4

 

[Dayvo]

I've just watched that, excellent, fascinating stuff.

If you want any film advice just have a word with moi, Barry Norman.

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

Who remembers this from the '70s/'80s??:


View: https://youtu.be/OZ4c1X5ene8

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

I don't remember this one:


View: https://youtu.be/acOnskcyrtA

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

We had the toys as kids in the '80s with all their magnets, folding up abilities and mechnisms for opening and shutting so you could transport things about in the larger spaceships (they were bloody clever and well designed toys actually*), etc, but I do not remember a cartoon for it too!:


View: https://youtu.be/wKZfwih-3dM


View: https://youtu.be/FmwnZ7DMiWI


* - I ended up with two of these beauties (one we got new, the other second hand), the 'Starmax Bomber' and I loved them, although there were other things with much more exciting opening and unfolding mechanisms.
They were quite brilliant (between my brother and I, we had quite a lot of things).
Oh and there were figures too, who were, of course, magnetic to stand/sit on many of the surfaces on these things.


View: https://youtu.be/71q_lgslUqA


My favourite by a country mile, the Starmax Bomber, which could also double as a pretend Space Shuttle or an airliner of sorts!!:


View: https://youtu.be/EhPCgmtbIWM

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

And these were the bad guys, complete with an explanation on how it came about.

We only had one Shadowbat and a few of the parasites:


View: https://youtu.be/fphVyOWD-xk

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

View: https://youtu.be/0-15zALmV4Q

This second video shows the folding mechanism for the small fighters on the 'good' side. These and other things could be folded up and stored/transported inside other things:


View: https://youtu.be/JYZlzc_FcOU

Good old Starmax once again!:


View: https://youtu.be/EhPCgmtbIWM

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

View: https://youtu.be/URJyqbWjGQA


The theme I remember:


View: https://youtu.be/C3yK77GWBbk

The modern equivalent:


View: https://youtu.be/QBRtOpwaehM

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

The Jetsons, sponsored by Scotch Tape! :


View: https://youtu.be/t2Z8kPpLg1g

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

That green rabbit sure had a cool themetune!!:


View: https://youtu.be/UD3lUzIB9JQ

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

View: https://youtu.be/tLt0GaIBMIs



View: https://youtu.be/1WFjM3QWKlE

 

[Mad Doug Biker]

And, finally, possibly, one of the most melanchonic cartoon theme songs ever - He doesn't even want to be there!:


View: https://youtu.be/S7XCe2XorcY