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Topic: Action figure-based spacesuit history display?
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BMckay
Member Posts: 3218
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 08-07-2010 11:50 AM
   
Just wondering if it is possible to use the GI Joes and other models out there to create a hands-on display that would show different spacesuits in human space flight history? I am looking to be able to display this, talk about it and not worry if people touch it. |
Larry McGlynn
Member Posts: 1255
From: Boston, MA
Registered: Jul 2003
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posted 08-07-2010 12:07 PM
The Frontiers of Flight has already done this via the "GI Joe Club of Texas" (go figure). It's on display in the museum now. |
Robert Pearlman
Editor Posts: 42982
From: Houston, TX
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-07-2010 01:22 PM
In 1997, the G.I. Joe Classic Collection included both a deluxe Mercury Astronaut and Shuttle Astronaut, the latter modeled after Bob Crippen on STS-1. To those you could add Dragon Models' "Buck" or Buzz Aldrin Apollo astronaut, released in 2002. Space Voyagers released in 1999 a shuttle astronaut figure wearing a blue flight suit. The major challenge to such a timeline would be Gemini. I do not recall a previous off-the-shelf Gemini 12" astronaut action figure. (If a smaller scale is acceptable, than Space Voyagers released six-inch figures representing Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and shuttle EMU spacesuits, though they can be difficult to come by today.) |
E2M Lem Man
Member Posts: 846
From: Los Angeles CA. USA
Registered: Jan 2005
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posted 08-07-2010 03:17 PM
FAO Swartz did a white spacesuit with Gemini 4 "zot" gun back in 1997 as a package with the History of G.I. Joe book. You might also find the G.I. Joe Buzz Aldrin (or pieces thereof) on the net to keep up the exhibit and lost pieces.The Organization to Support space Exploration (OSSE), working with Dragon action figures did an action figure display when the Dragon Buzz figure came out of ALL the Apollo lunar crews for the action figure show "Weekend of Heros" in 2003. We had Apollo 12's Surveyor, the rickshaw and rover and also honored the recovery of Apollo 13. We also had our full scale LM and LRV on display and Buzz Aldrin (the man, that is) climbed inside and came out onto the porch - when was the last time he did that? Was it July 1969 at Tranquility base? |
BMckay
Member Posts: 3218
From: MA, USA
Registered: Sep 2002
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posted 08-26-2010 02:44 PM
Does anyone have the expertise or know of someone who does who could modify or make spacesuits to fit a 12 inch Joe? Would love to have someone create a ACES suit and the flight suit they wore up to the Challenger accident. |
Jay Chladek
Member Posts: 2272
From: Bellevue, NE, USA
Registered: Aug 2007
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posted 09-01-2010 02:02 PM
Well, I don't specifically know of anyone. But the Bob Crippen figure's suit could be used as the basis for an ACES since it is a variation of the S-1030 series suit used for USAF high altitude operations. NASA's modifications to allow the 1030 to be used with STS-1 thru 4 were very minor.Main external differences between the ACES and the older suit is the helmet and the coloring (international orange instead of "old gold"). There is also a suvival vest and parachute that the astronaut straps on. Other then that, the suits look very similar on closer inspection. They even both have locking rings for the gloves while the LES suit went with zippers. |
astroborg
Member Posts: 200
From: Woodbridge, VA, USA
Registered: Nov 2000
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posted 09-02-2010 06:32 AM
BBI Elite Forces made a U2 Bob Chapman 1/6 scale figure with the orange suit that is very well done; would that help? I'm not sure if it's a close enough variant. I can send you pictures, or you can look him up on the web. Let me know. |
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