Object Details
- Manufacturer
- T. Cohn, Inc.
- Summary
- This Flash Gordon space port hangar (with its matching Space-Cruiser) combined elements of aviation (a classically-shaped hangar) with space-themed play. The toy set was the result of a partnership between Pyro Plastics, which made the plastic spacecraft, in association with T. Cohn (or Superior), which produced the hangar. The hangar-turned-spaceport used a spring-activated rail to launch the Flash Gordon Space Cruiser (an adaptation of the Pryo's popular X-300 Space-Cruiser toy). Because the spring action was more forceful than the spaceships could handle, many of the surviving cruisers sport broken plastic fins.
- Most versions of this toy did not carry the "Flash Gordon" name. In fact, a version of this space port with identical markings but minus the "Flash Gordon" was widely marketed in the early 1950s.
- Collector Michael O'Harro donated this toy to the National Collection in 1993.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael O'Harro
- 1947
- Inventory Number
- A19970628000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
- Materials
- Steel, Paint, Rubber
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7 1/2in. x 8in. x 10in. (19.1 x 20.3 x 25.4cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- Location
- National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC
- Exhibition
- Nation of Speed
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19970628000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9a0876cc1-f7fd-4c16-9242-614909315f14
