Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Pyro U.S.A.
- Summary
- This Flash Gordon Space-Cruiser (with its matching space port hangar) 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 (this one has a Pyro maker's mark on its underside), in association with T. Cohn (or Superior), which produced the hangar. Using a spring-activated rail, the toy's owner could launch the Flash Gordon Space Cruiser -- an only-slightly redesigned and renamed version of Pryo's popular X-300 Space-Cruiser toy -- out of the hangar-turned-spaceport. The force of the spring action often broke the toy's long, thin, plastic fins, however.
- The use of red plastic and the inclusion of the "Flash Gordon" name make this Space Cruiser toy an unusual example of Pyro's plastic rocket toys.
- Collector Michael O'Harro donated this toy to the National Collection in 1993.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Michael O'Harro
- Inventory Number
- A19970628001
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- MEMORABILIA-Popular Culture
- Materials
- plastic, decal adhesive
- Dimensions
- Overall: 11.43 x 25.4cm (4 1/2in. x 10in.)
- 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_A19970628001
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9fd1416b3-c51b-42a6-b8bd-b1b730261178
