Does anyone remember having these...?

[emeraldknight47]

I was racking my brain trying to remember what these things were, but it was my brother (who has a freakishly good memory) who put me on the path to enlightenment....

http://www.fanboy.com/archive-images/SpaceCrawlerBox.jpg

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N5gDFDLejBw/TyUm5vbWz4I/AAAAAAAAPAU/ElrnCdL6jvk/s1600/major+matt+crawler.jpg
This was GREAT to find under the Christmas tree one year! My brother and I both had one! Mine, unfortunately, got trashed and my brother's got sold by his vindictive ex-wife!!!!

I also remember getting one of these on Christmas morning...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a5/Vertibird1.jpg/800px-Vertibird1.jpg

http://www.timewarptoys.com/vertibird.jpg

http://image.timepassagesnostalgia.com/watermarked/imagesd9/d921vertibirdd.jpg

...and I remember playing with it so long on Christmas Day that it's batteries gave out!!!

Ahhh---the good old days!!!

[mazinz]

I had a few incarnations of vertibird (used to think it was called whirly bird). I used to love that toy

[emeraldknight47]

I had a few incarnations of vertibird (used to think it was called whirly bird). I used to love that toy

Yeah, they made a couple of different versions, I think one was even related to BATMAN, but I had the first and original Vertibird. Those little bitty remote control choppers you can buy today remind me of the VB, only with more mobility (since they're not attached to a wire and base)...

[toys2cool]

I just saw the vertibird last week at a toyshow

[SpaceCrawler]

Major Matt Mason's SpaceCrawler was great (hence my name)! :D

VertiBirds were awesome too. Anyone remember the crank version with a bi-plane (I think it was also released by Mattel)? Been looking for one forever but can't find it.

Sean

[emeraldknight47]

Major Matt Mason's SpaceCrawler was great (hence my name)! :D

VertiBirds were awesome too. Anyone remember the crank version with a bi-plane (I think it was also released by Mattel)? Been looking for one forever but can't find it.

Sean

I agree! I LOVED the Space Crawler, but I NEVER see them at any old toy or antique shows. Never looked for 'em on E-Bay, but they're probably out there...!

And THERE is one out there and can be yours for only $249.99!!! Looks like it's in GREAT shape! Ahhhh---if only I were a millionaire (or even a thousandaire)!!!
VINTAGE 1966 MATTEL MAJOR MATT MASON SPACE CRAWLER w/BOX WORKS EXCELLENT #6304 | eBay (http://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-1966-MATTEL-MAJOR-MATT-MASON-SPACE-CRAWLER-w-BOX-WORKS-EXCELLENT-6304-/170772291378?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27c2d25f32#ht_1279wt_1165)

[nazgul]

Was there a Star Trek version of the Vertibird? I seem to remember having that as a kid...

[emeraldknight47]

Was there a Star Trek version of the Vertibird? I seem to remember having that as a kid...

I do believe there was, nazgul, but I never got that one, unfortunately....:cry:

[mazinz]

I do believe there was, nazgul, but I never got that one, unfortunately....:cry:

scroll down to the 2nd pic, the star trek one (and other variations) can be found on this page; even better is at the bottom of the page where you can find a link for a veribird PC simulator someone made

http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/Vertibird.html

[Man of Action]

Oh yeah, Vertibird was so cool.. I had the coast guard ship version..I wore it out..:wink:

[emeraldknight47]

scroll down to the 2nd pic, the star trek one (and other variations) can be found on this page; even better is at the bottom of the page where you can find a link for a veribird PC simulator someone made

http://www.samstoybox.com/toys/Vertibird.html

Thanks for the link, man! Now that I SEE the TREK one, I remember it a lot clearer! My friend up the street had one. Until his big brother decided to smash it in a fit of preteen rage. Oh, the humanity!!!

And I didn't even know they made a Spidey-themed VB. Never saw one'a those in these parts....!

[Tyme2tyme]

Love both the Space Crawler and the VertiBird. As a matter of fact, If I turn my head to the left I am looking right at them.:yes:

[emeraldknight47]

Love both the Space Crawler and the VertiBird. As a matter of fact, If I turn my head to the left I am looking right at them.:yes:

Duuuude, I am SO jealous!!!! :wink_y:
Glad you've got 'em both! Hopefully, you still fly the VB from time to time?
I would!!!!

[megojim]

All the Matt Mason vehicles rock! There was, nor will there ever be a toy line like it. So far ahead of its time! The Space Crawler was the forefront of it all!

[cjefferys]

Matt Mason stuff is pretty cool. A little bit before my time, but if I had been born six or seven years earlier, I probably would have been all over these toys as a kid (that and Captain Action).

[mazinz]

for some reason I can recall the veribird being strong enough to lift up one of the matchbox M.A.C. figures from the 70's