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Originally Posted by Nick Theodorakis
I also had a Matt Mason set (dolls^W --- oops I mean action figures--, lunar rover and moon base) that I liked, and also a Lost in Space set that included the ship and the rover. But I think my favorite toy was a table-top ice hockey game (the kind where you control the players with sliding knobs).
Nick
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NEVER call them dolls! These were action figures with spacecraft and guns and stuff!
Anyway, I found this amusing. From here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_Matt_Mason
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In Popular Culture
Major Matt Mason action figures were referenced in the pilot episode of Stargate SG-1, in which Samantha Carter defends her femininity saying, "I used to play with dolls as a kid". This prompts Kowalski to reply, "G.I. Joe?", and she responds, "No, Major Matt Mason." Ferretti chimes in with, "Did you have that cool backpack thing that made him fly?"
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Not as funny, but an interesting bit from the same page:
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Mattel dropped the line in the early 1970s as interest in the space program declined; however the figure is still fondly remembered, and the collector's market for this line of toys can demand top dollar for figures and accessories in as mint condition as possible. One such mint figure of the Major has reportedly accompanied several US Space Shuttle flights as an "unofficial crewman", and it has been confirmed that the figure did fly on John Glenn's Shuttle flight in 1998.
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