Pyro Set No. 268-2 49 4 All Plastic Space Ships

I absolutely love '50s era space art or science fiction art and the box art for Pyro's set 268-2 49 is wonderful. The space terminal reminds me of the wonderful Masonite creations made by Johillco back in the '50s. Those were featured in the book 'Blast Off' and are prohibitively expensive were one to become available today. However, Marx's Tom Corbett / Rex Mars playset buildings are a decent enough stand-in.

Ed

Tom Corbett Space Academy Building

Rex Mars HQ Building

Set No. 268-2 49 4 All Plastic Space Ships

Boy Have I Got Some Catching Up To Do! Pyro X-100 Space Scout - Yellow HP

Here's the yellow version of the Pyro X-100 Space Scout.

Ed

Boy Have I Got Some Catching Up To Do! Pyro X-100 Space Scout - Repaint HP

I got this thing cheap many years ago to add to the fleet. It appears as if someone had given it a quick spray of paint over the top of the hull and just called it quits. WTF? 😖  Anyway, it's still a nice piece and I'm okay with it.

Ed

Space Art: Pyro X-100 On Patrol

Done back in 2012, I can find no record of this ever being posted either here on the blog or Meta (aka facebook). I mentioned in yesterday's post that photo essay for my blue Pyro X-100 was posted back in 2012 and even though this was done back then as well, it ended up being neglected.

Ed

Boy Have I Got Some Catching Up To Do! Pyro X-100 Space Scout- Blue HP (Modified)

Going through my photos I discovered a bunch of Pyro spaceship pics and was sitting here scratching my head thinking, "Didn't I already post those!!?" I mean, I was posting Pyro as far back as 2014 and then had another short round of posts in 2014, but apparently I just stopped dead in my tracks and didn't continue the series.

Well hell, time to rectify that. Here's my first Pyro X-100 spaceship posted in 2012. The post will have the complete photo essay.

Here's what we'll post today to help continue the series. It's another X-100 that a previous owner had painted and modified by gluing a pilot figure in the cockpit. Unfortunately, he was glued in crooked and the ship looks like it was a casualty. I played into that with the photo at the end. The spaceship measures: 5" (12.7cm) L x 3 1/4" (8.25cm) wingspan.

Emergency Landing

For whatever reason, I posted this photo back in 2023 but never the photo essay for toy.