"...to launch Man in Space?"
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| Gantry, rocket launcher |
This commercial from that time answers that!
I still remember* how absolutely large my eyes were and agape my mouth became when I tore open the Christmas wrapping to uncover the Deluxe Reading 'Man in Space: Operation X-500' toy assembly within! "Wow! What a toy!"
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| 1960 Ad art |
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| Fuller advertisement copy |
$11.88 for the complete set?! Sounds like a steal! However, that would be roughly $126.24 in today's skyrocketing prices! (Pun intended.) Like, out of this world! Astronomical!
*Funny thing: memory. I vividly recall many elements of the set, while other items not at all!
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