tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post8065601545461953082..comments2024-03-26T20:38:01.608-07:00Comments on Stu's Attic: The First Man to Orbit the Backyardstu29573http://www.blogger.com/profile/01965083590581106701noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-48403849632321771032022-11-20T18:27:45.090-08:002022-11-20T18:27:45.090-08:00No amount of easy research is too much for my read...No amount of easy research is too much for my readers!Stu29573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-83642701608374389312022-11-20T04:37:04.250-08:002022-11-20T04:37:04.250-08:00Thanks for that information, Stu! That 1970 versi...Thanks for that information, Stu! That 1970 version might be the one that I remember seeing.TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-17817866210297579392022-11-19T08:55:35.681-08:002022-11-19T08:55:35.681-08:00Sorry for the late response!
I know they had a lat...Sorry for the late response!<br />I know they had a later version of the capsule called "Space Walk Mystery" (or something) where the interior glowed in the dark, so that one could be the one you're thinking of?<br />EDIT: OK, you forced me to do actual research, lol! Spacewalk Mystery came out in 1970, and was the last capsule offered (at that time- there was a Mercury astronaut edition that came out in about 2000.) Stu29573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-59668891679165148792022-11-17T04:41:09.320-08:002022-11-17T04:41:09.320-08:00Stu, this is such a cool item! Do you know how lo...Stu, this is such a cool item! Do you know how long they continued to make it? I got my G.I. Joe (with lifelike hair!) probably sometime around 1972 or '73, but I never had any of the vehicles or play sets for him. I want to say that I remember this item being sold at the time, but it might be that I just remember seeing it years later, online or in a vintage catalog. Congrats on finding a replacement!<br /><br />Oh, and I still have my Incredible Edibles "cooker" and metal trays/molds. I remember my mom taking me to the toy store to get replacement gel, and the clerk told us that the product had been discontinued. It seems that little kids kept burning themselves on the hot surface of the cooker. I never burned myself! Leave it to a few reckless kids to ruin it for the rest of us! ;-)TokyoMagic!https://www.blogger.com/profile/16340756514811789233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-81088065498420914962022-11-14T21:20:37.639-08:002022-11-14T21:20:37.639-08:00Stu, I’m focused on the Incredible Edibles — I had...Stu, I’m focused on the Incredible Edibles — I had one, too. I can still taste those weird flavors. Licorice, Cinnamon and more. They had a nice plastic aftertaste.<br /><br />Thanks for sharing your toys!<br />—SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-27213944695464810152022-11-09T15:03:52.439-08:002022-11-09T15:03:52.439-08:00Thanks! It was a great Christmas. Probably remembe...Thanks! It was a great Christmas. Probably remembered so well because of these pictures of it. Pictures really do save the precious times of our lives!Stu29573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-52524592833910672872022-11-09T12:10:27.679-08:002022-11-09T12:10:27.679-08:00Nice update! That must have been quite a Christmas...Nice update! That must have been quite a Christmas, and you and your cousin ARE pretty cute kids. I love the artwork on the space capsule box.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-79126279188720516662022-11-07T16:28:33.203-08:002022-11-07T16:28:33.203-08:00Opps, that was Stu...Opps, that was Stu...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-26608790018066761562022-11-07T16:28:20.625-08:002022-11-07T16:28:20.625-08:00Has any other object given kids more joy than a co...Has any other object given kids more joy than a common cardboard box? Nay, I say! And cats dig them too! Your cardboard box was probably more "detailed " in your imagination than any toy could have been!<br /><br />"Fiddly bits" was born out of a huge rocket club project where we had to build 50 Saturn IB rockets for the 40th anniversary of Apollo 7. I met Neil Arrmstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Walt Cunningham, Gene Hrantz, etc. A once in a lifetime thing! However, the Saturn IB has a tin of tiny details that we dubbed "fiddly-bits."<br /><br />I like Twiddly-bits! I might have to steal it for my bands!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3821956309244395014.post-44118609354591241792022-11-07T13:25:58.063-08:002022-11-07T13:25:58.063-08:00Wow, too cool! And it's in great shape conside...Wow, too cool! And it's in great shape considering it's an actual "played with" model that got a lot of loving use. I love both the printed and molded control panels. I really wanted an Astronaut Barbie when they came out with a new design in the 1980's, but it was a bit above my parents' toy budget so my more generic dolls had their outer-space adventures in the old cardboard box space shuttle.<br /><br /><i>"Another view of the dials and fiddly-bits."</i><br /><br />Whenever I direct a show I call the instrumental introduction to any song "the twiddly bits." "Ladies, enter stage left during the twiddly bits." "How many measures of twiddly bits do we get?" "Eight measures, but they're pretty twiddly so get on quick."Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169920944565828337noreply@blogger.com