Joe K. Posted April 18, 2007 Share Posted April 18, 2007 See: http://cgi.ebay.com/1954-Christmas-Toy-Cat...1QQcmdZViewItem And these dated catalog covers: http://i15.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/96/49/7f57_3.JPG Specifically: http://i23.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/96/49/89cc_12.JPG The auction description does not say which of the catalogs this helmet is in, however all the catalogs are from 1954. See Blast Off!, page 205 for a full color photo of this toy and its box, or click here: http://danefield.com/alpha/forums/uploads/...-1089008968.gif ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REVISED See this subsequent Timeline entry for additional 1953 documentation: http://danefield.com/alpha/forums/index.ph...st=0#entry98838 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted April 19, 2007 Share Posted April 19, 2007 These are three very nice catalog covers so I'll go ahead and save them. I never knew that the radar dishes on these goggles rotated! They are even cooler than I thought! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted July 20, 2007 Author Share Posted July 20, 2007 Here's another '54 sighting, this time, unquestionably, in a Marshall Field & Company (The Children's Flyer) Christmas 1954 catalog.The dated cover:http://i2.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/ab/47/8df5_12.JPGand this page, specifically:http://i15.ebayimg.com/03/i/000/ab/47/960e_12.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Joe, do you have any wish books ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Here's another '54 sighting, this time, unquestionably, in a Marshall Field & Company (The Children's Flyer) Christmas 1954 catalog.The dated cover:and this page, specifically: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted July 21, 2007 Author Share Posted July 21, 2007 Joe, do you have any wish books ?I've got the Sears and Montgomery Ward catalog reprint books and a growing collection of F.A.O.Schwarz catalogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparkrobot Posted July 21, 2007 Share Posted July 21, 2007 Joe and Fin,,I can without doubt put this item in at at least one year earlier ,,A few months ago I was selling at a toy fair in Surrey ,England,,You get quite a few traders from France and Belgium there ,,I bought this French magazine because it had such a striking cover ,,the kid on the cover is wearing the Space Helmet With Radar Goggles By Banner..The magazine is dated November 1953,One year earlier than your timeline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted July 22, 2007 Share Posted July 22, 2007 Sparkrobot - Good work!! And it gives us a nice date for the Marx Tom Corbett Space Cadet Atomic Rifle too (to my knowledge this is the first mention of this rifle in the timeline). Very nice, I remember when you first posted that cover - I can't believe we didn't use the date for the timeline then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irios Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Hi there SparkrobotIs there any chance of you helping me out with a high resolution and good quality scan of this magazine cover?I am collecting images of the Space Helmet, and I would love to have a copy of this really cool magazine photo :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 . Came across this in the card section of my local supermarket: Inside it says: "Hang in there". The 5" x 7" card is distributed by Marian Heath Greeting Cards Wareham, MA www.marianheath.com (Thanks, Randy! Your scan 'n post services are always greatly appreciated.) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Additional 1953 documentation and the background of this photo from this recently ended listing:http://www.ebay.com/itm/1953-Press-Photo-New-York-Philip-Myers-of-Jersey-City-tests-new-toys-in-NYC-/262140186930?hash=item3d08c5d132%3Ag%3AdagAAOSwvt1WQ-oR&nma=true&si=9doCKisApXMPme2Mfnpl44yRvCg%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l25571040601. . . . . . . . . . .NEW YORK BUREAU MARTIAN MITENEW YORK: Junior will be sent right out ofthis world, come Christmas morning, whenSanta leaves this "space suit" and "atomicgun" under the tree. Three-year-old PhilipMyers of Jersey City, N.J., is the lucky ladchosen to test the new toys as manufacturersexhibited their Christmas wares in New York.NY-1-2-3-4-5 MX CAN EUR-15, 17 SA PACCREDIT (UNITED PRESS) 10/27/53 (RK) Was it an Alphadromer who won this photo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted November 19, 2015 Share Posted November 19, 2015 I didn't win it. I do have a copy of the French magazine with this picture on the cover though. It goes nicely with the rifle and the helmet/goggles.Does anyone know anything about the rest of the costume? This new info makes it sound like the suit was available for sale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 I believe the costume is part of the Flash Gordon Space Outfit, as seen in this 1952-53 Toy Fair catalog:Also see Blast Off! page 86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 Excellent eye Joe! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted March 24, 2016 Author Share Posted March 24, 2016 I never realized that the ship and ear pieces were also done in a translucent plastic as shown in this recently ended listing:http://www.ebay.com/itm/BANNER-SPACE-HELMET-1950s-classic-toy-playset-radar-goggles-rocket-BOXED-insert-/252323369049?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&autorefresh=true&nma=true&si=WkS%252Bh%252FVZu5X0JhSL%252FD4TZG%252FFwOM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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