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Blast Off! Rockets, Robots, Ray Guns, and Rarities from the Golden Age of Space Toys
by S. Mark Young, Steve Duin, Mike Richardson, Harlan Ellison
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Dark Horse (2001-11-07)
ISBN: 1569715769
EAN: 9781569715765
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 256 pages
SKU: A66
Condition: New
Comments: 1st Ed, 2001, 256 pages, Hardcover with dustjacket in protected mylar cover (removable). Book & Dustjacket are in Unused Condition. Book is completely intact with inside pages in Excellent Condition with no tears and with no notations (no pencil marks, no underlining, no highlighting, etc.) Fast Service. Books well packed and mailed USPS with Delivery Confirmation. ( « if ( document.getElementById ) { document.writeln('less'); } )
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Product Description
Who could have believed that a toy robot made in Japan from scrap tin would one day fetch nearly $70,000 at a Sotheby's auction? Blast Off! chronicles the golden era of space toys, an age of imagination unbound by the more mundane realities of space travel ushered in by Sputnik and the Space Age. Containing hundreds of striking color photos of some of the most beautiful and ofttimes bizarre toys ever created -- many never before seen in print -- Blast Off! unearths the nearly lost histories of these space treasures and the companies that created them. Not limited to the presentation of these unique and fascinating playthings of the past, Blast Off! includes one-of-a-kind prototypes, original packaging and instructions, glimpses into ultra-rare Japanese robot catalogs, long-lost advertisements, vintage comic-strip and pulp-magazine art, and items of every description from every corner of the globe. Blast Off! covers extensively some of the most profound toy and space phenomena of the era, from Buck Rogers to Flash Gordon to the "Space Opera" programs of the infancy of television to a blow-by-blow account of the greatest Tin Robot auction in history. Blast Off! is an essential resource not only for the collector, but for anyone with an appreciation of pop culture -- or just plain fun!
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