Science Fiction - 1950s
The Cold War was now in full swing, and filmmakers found science-fiction to be the perfect medium in which to express many of the anxieties being shared by the public at large. This was also the Age of Affluence as millions of Americans entered the great Middle Class for the first time, snapping up cars, washing machines and those new-fangled inventions, television sets, like there was no tomorrow. For the first time since the 1920s, the future looked promising -- assuming we could survive The Bomb -- and the nation's aspirations turned ultimately toward the stars.
The result was the Golden Age of Science Fiction, a period that saw an unprecedented boom in spacecraft designs culled both from the serious experts (see "1950s - Concept Spacecraft") and the mass entertainers. Oddly, while this period saw plastic modeling become America's number-one hobby by mid-decade, neither Revell, Monogram, Aurora nor Strombecker thought about producing kits based on Science Fiction designs of the area. Instead, that would be left to the specialty and "garage kit" companies that came decades later.
A few of these "Golden Age" models are featured in this collection.
The result was the Golden Age of Science Fiction, a period that saw an unprecedented boom in spacecraft designs culled both from the serious experts (see "1950s - Concept Spacecraft") and the mass entertainers. Oddly, while this period saw plastic modeling become America's number-one hobby by mid-decade, neither Revell, Monogram, Aurora nor Strombecker thought about producing kits based on Science Fiction designs of the area. Instead, that would be left to the specialty and "garage kit" companies that came decades later.
A few of these "Golden Age" models are featured in this collection.
ROCKETSHIP X-M FROM "ROCKETSHIP X-M"
(1950) Fantastic Plastic 1:288 |
FLYING SAUCER FROM "VIC TORRY AND HIS FLYING SAUCER"
(1950) Atlantis Models (N/A) |
LUNA FROM "DESTINATION MOON"
(1950) Lunar Models N/A |
LUNA FROM "DESTINATION MOON"
(1950) Fantastic Plastic 1:288 |
TERRA V FROM "SPACE PATROL"
(1950-1955) Fantastic Plastic 1:288 |
POLARIS FROM "TOM CORBET - SPACE CADET"
(1950-1956) Herb Deeks Models N/A |
SPACE ARK FROM "WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE"
(1951) Lunar Models N/A |
LAST HOPE FROM "ROCKET JOCKEY"
(1952) Fantastic Plastic 1:288 |
MARTIAN WAR MACHINE FROM "WAR OF THE WORLDS"
(1953) Skyhook Models N/A |
ROCKET SHIP FROM "COMMAND CODY - SKY MARSHALL OF THE UNIVERSE"
(1953) Herb Deeks Models 1:72 |
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CRUISER C-57D FROM "FORBIDDEN PLANET"
(1956) Skyhook Models N/A |
STARDUST FROM "SATELLITE IN THE SKY"
(1956) Fantastic Plastic 1:288 |
ROCKETSHIP TYPE 1
FROM "MEN INTO SPACE" (1959-1960) Fantastic Plastic 1:48 |
FLYING SAUCER FROM "PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE"
(1957) Atlantis Models 172 |