Unlike Ttriang's Prospector, covered in yesterday's post, the MEV2 is a manned exploration vehicle with origins outlined here at SpaceX Central. The toy appears to be small-ish in relation to the standing figure as the seated MEV driver looks to be much smaller in comparison. In real life - if one were to have been built - those tires would have been much thinner in cross section and quite flexible to enable rolling over rough terrain. The toy has a nicely functional sample recovery arm but the weak point is the antenna: too often it is broken off or bent due to long periods of storage within the blister pack. Case in point: the photographs taken at 'eye' level were done back in 2013 and the antenna was already broken and glued back on for the photos. For some reason - heaven knows why - I didn't take the 'birds-eye' photos until just today, seven years later! DOH! But by now the antenna has broken off again and is lost - arrrrgh! Oh well, life goes on. The toy measures 3" (7.62cm) L x 1 3/4" (4.44cm) W x 1 1/4" (3.17cm) H (to top of dome). Enjoy! Opa Fritz
I like to take size comparison shots. Part of the reason is to see which spaceships and land vehicles would work well together should I decide to place them in some kind of diorama. Here we have a Premium Plastic Flash Gordon 9" Spaceship and a Tudor Rose X-100 Space Scout
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