Unless you've been living under a rock in Lower Slobovia, it would be hard not have heard of NASA's Mars helicopter 'Ingenuity'. From concept to execution it has been a wonderful accomplishment to follow and proof that helicopter's can function on Mars. The Moon? yeah, don't know about that one, but the conceptualization for these has been around for a long time - at least in toy form. Marx - in their on-going efforts to present future tech concepts - had a couple of Moon Scout type helicopters like the twin-rotor version blogged here back on 10 Aug 2019 - and this one. The twin rotor version was little more than Chinook-like helicopter with some NASA graphics - nothing at all futuristic. But this little beauty on the other hand, appears to have had more creativity behind its design. Did this in-fact mimic concepts floating around at the time or was it strictly a toy designers dream of what a Moon helicopter should look like? It measures 7 1/4" (18.41cm) long (front of fuselage to rear of tail) x 2 1/2" (6.35cm) W 3 1/2" (8.89cm) H with a 7 1/4" (18.41cm) rotor span. The battery compartment holds two 'D' cell batteries and the left button causes the rotors to turn counter-clockwise and the helicopter to move forward in a left-turn arc. The right button causes the rotors to turn clock-wise and the helicopter to move in reverse in a right-turn arc. I took a short video of this for Y'allTube as well. Enjoy! Opa Fritz
