Space Shield

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It pays to advertise, for those that listen to the pod cast, you may recall me whining about my precious Space Sword and Shield. Happy relics from my childhood that were whisked off the "Goodwillland" along with my Stretch Armstrong, Bulletman and most of Big Jim's P.A.C.K one tragic evening.

Well, it appears that I had a good samaritan in a fellow named who put me onto another Canadian named Erik who had one for sale, for ten bucks. Erik was not only honest, but just a really decent guy, check out the results after the jump.


Here she is in all her glory, exactly as I remember her. Being an eight year old who a) Loved Star Wars and b) would pick Captain America as his favourite superhero, this was a cocktail of awesome. The Space Sword slid conveniently into the top and acted as a sheath. Somebody had their thinking cap on that day.



Honestly, I played with this thing so much I could have drawn a picture of the back from memory. Love terms like "Laser Ammo" and "Space Intercom" and that scanner image is burned into my psyche.


This stuff got cranked out pretty fast, I remember the swords actually beat Star Wars figures to stores. I never actually had a licensed light saber toy, take that Lucas! I haven't gotten to the best and most memorable part of this swell toy...


It glows in the dark! How is that for awesome!



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[Werewolf]

That's wicked. It looks like a kid sized action figure accessory and it glows in the dark. Hard to get cooler than that.

[HardyGirl]

I love that it's a shield, and the interior hatch of a space craft all in one. Did you ever put that on the side of a cardboard box "ship" and land on distant planets? Coolness.

[ctc]

Heee heee....

I remember the sword, and I saw ads for the shield but never saw one in person. The sword was great, although mine broke pretty quick. I discovered it oculd be easily fixed (AND did more damage) if you ran a large dowel through it.

Don C.

[Bruce Banner]

Cool... I remember the sword, and recall seeing the shield ads in Canada. Never had one, though!

And it's even reminiscent of Ralph McQuarrie's original concept for Stormtrooper accessories.

[Red Hulk]

Heee heee....

I remember the sword, and I saw ads for the shield but never saw one in person. The sword was great, although mine broke pretty quick. I discovered it oculd be easily fixed (AND did more damage) if you ran a large dowel through it.

Don C.

I had the sword and yeah mine broke easy too but that thing was cool,I don't really remember the shield though.

[MIB41]

That so perfectly captures the simplistic allure of toys from our era. That could keep you engaged for hours as a kid because it caters to your imagination. It certainly connects with the child in me.

[johnnystorm]

Groovy! Congrats on finding one in such great condition!

[ScottA]

Very cool. You gotta love stories like this.

[Ssylyss]

That is really cool, never seen it before. I would haved loved something like that growing up. Any images of how the sword attaches? It's kind of hard to tell.

[palitoy]

It slides into a hole in the top right corner.

[Earth 2 Chris]

Wow, I had no idea these existed back in the day. I would have been all over these. So much cooler than the flimsy medevial shields of the 80s.

Great story!

Chris

[knight errant00]

My son used to play with the set we pulled from my mother;s attic -- the one my brothers used to play with!

[cjefferys]

That is all kinds of awesome. Love the fact that it has a first aid kit too. I don't recall seeing them when I was young though, I remember glow in the dark swords but not this. I would have wanted one though!

[Shanester]

I don't remember these Brian. Maybe they were not distributed in my area, but I would have bugged my parents to death for one.