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Space Toys of the 60's: Major Matt Mason, Mighy Zeroid Robots & Colorforms Outer Space Men

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A Collector's Guide to Major Matt Mason, Mighty Zeroid Robots and Colorforms Outer Space Men. Veteran collector and author James Gillam details the story of toys inspired by NASA ventures into space.

SPACE TOYS OF THE 60's could have been the Major Matt Mason collector's dream come true. However, be warned that the quality of the paper and the image quality of the photos is not very good. I wish the publisher had done a much better job and creating some high quality images that I would want to look at over and over again. Looking at these pictures, as a substitute for expanding my collection, is not fullfilling.

All in all though, being the ONLY book out there right now with any information on Major Matt Mason, this is a pretty good book. At leaset it has photos of all of Mattel's Major Matt Mason - Man in Space figures, vehicles and buildings with detailed descriptions, construction and instruction sheets, product catalogs, collector's reminiscences, prototype information, and company histories.

If you can find a used copy for around $5 it's worth adding to the library as a reference.

Simply put, if you collect Major Matt Mason, Zeroids, or Colorform Aliens toys, or if you just dig cool space race nostalgia from the late 1960's, then you must get this book! It's filled with hundreds of photos and descriptions of these three toy lines -- more pictures than I would have thought possible. It's an outstanding piece of work worth twice the price! Relive your childhood and see the best space toys the 60's had to offer.

Major Matt Mason. Outer Space Men. Zeroids. These names will rekindle many forgotten memories for those of us who were little boy astronauts during the exciting Space Race of the 1960's. Jim Gillam's book takes a thorough look at these fantastic Space Toys that fired the imagination of many 'children of the 60's' - myself included.

Mr. Gillam is quite knowledgeable on his subject material, which is written from the viewpoint of an adult collector, although casual readers will not be alienated. The author has obviously spent a great deal of effort in tracking down obscure factory produced variations of these figures & vehicles as well as foreign (European) release information. The book is nicely laid out with many colour photographs to enhance the informative text and is an excellent trip down memory lane. So go curl up with a big glass of Tang & relive those carefree, sub-orbital days of your youth. Space Cadet Walker, Over & Out.....

...than this "Time Machine" that Mr. Gillam has produced. He left no stone unturned. Covered ALL details and variations very thoroughly. I discovered 3 OUTER SPACE MEN in my attic and a Scorpio in my basement. When I was looking for a reference guide to these 60's Spacemen, I coincidentally saw "SPACE TOYS OF THE 60's" on EBay. I said it, you'll say it: "That's how I would have done it!"

Space Toys of the 60s is a great book with loads of photos! If you are a collector of Major Matt Mason, Zeroids, or Colorforms Aliens, then this book is a must for you. Plenty of detail describes variations among the different items (Did you know that Calisto had both short and long boots?), a great help for discriminating collectors. Even if you aren't a collector, but just want to remember the fun you had playing with these toys when you were younger, this book is the ticket to memory lane. I love it (and I wish I still had all of those toys!). Thanks for the memories, James!

If you're interested in collecting space themed toys from the sixties or if you'd just like to take a trip down memory lane , then buy this book. It's filled with great photos and loads of information on Major Matt Mason, Zeroids and Colorm Aliens. I've never come across another book that is a more concise guide on the subject. An excellent buy.

The book is a high quality production with full color pages. It's a very comprehensive collector's guide. It's a good book for collectors, or for just reminiscing on the toys of one's childhood. Good Work Jim!

if u want to know about matt, zeroids or colorform aliens, this is THE book to get. everything you could ever want to know is in here w/ pics to boot. best book i've seen covering the subjects mentioned. you won't be disappointed. =)

The title on the cover of the book might be a little deceiving; the full title is more accurate. This book is OK if all you are interested in is Matt Mason and Zeroids but very little in the way of other space toys is in this book. The organization of the material leaves something to be desired and the images are not always the best.

Billed as "Space Toys of the '60s," it actually covers just three: Mattel's Major Matt Mason, Ideal's Zeroids, and Colorforms' Outer Space Men. As a guide to those lines, the book is certainly a useful resource with its extensive descriptions, part numbers, photos, and more. In all other respects, the book leaves a great deal to be desired: A host of blurry, indistinct JPEGs well below even the worst cell camera standards and repetitive, oftentimes confusing, copy that a strong editor could easily have reduced to about 1/3 its length (leaving room for a slew of other space toys of the '60s that I hoped might be included). Someone looking to take a trip down memory lane--certainly anyone looking for the kind of visual feast these sorts of books often offer--would likely be more satisfied by any number of broader retrospectives on [ray] guns, robots, etc. But the serious fan/collector is reasonably well-served.