Tri-ang SpaceX Superset 1 No. 1175 - Pt 10 MOON BASE SERIES Explorer Mev2

Based on a conceptual painting by Ed Valigursky which appeared in the 'Man and Space' book by Isaac Asimov and published as part of the LIFE Science Library in 1962, the Tri-ang Explorer Mev2 vehicle was a very much down-sized version of what the real one would have been had it been built. Be Blessed and Relish Life! Ed

Book from my collection

Extract from Paul Vreede's Spacex website

That tiny dome atop the Mev2 would have been the cockpit in which an astronaut sat. As you can tell it's quite small in comparison to the HO scale figure.

The articulation of the arm is nicely done on this diminutive toy.

Golden Astronaut: MEV-2 On The Move

The Purple Moon is being explored by a number of vehicles and the MEV-2 is busy collecting samples with a little help from a foot-on-the-ground astronaut. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Triang SpaceX Explorer MEV2

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