I had this toy.
And yes, that world WAS swell...

Oh man, I had Major Matt Mason toys too! Me and my cousin had a pretty impressive set and they were a lot of fun.

This takes me back...

why would anyone want to live on the god forsaken moon of earth? there's nothing up there except giants, robots, and danger.

@DSTRYA: I dunno, sounds pretty good to me. You forgot the machines that they drive. Don't forget the machines that they drive; they seem almost alive! That should count for something.

I used to dream in Major Matt Mason commercials. I had Matt, Sgt. Storm and Callisto, but what I really Drooled for was the Space Crawler:

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I was obsessed with this toy. Mason and Sgt. Storm had wire inside their rubbery limbs, and that made them posable. But it also made their limbs tear off from fatigue at inopportune times. Which sucks if you're on the moon. Which they were.

Nope. It was GI Joes for me and my brother.

The 12" ones, not those tiny 80's things...

He had the Mercury space capsule. I had the undersea sled [which sometimes doubled as a cool starship in my imagination].

Ah yes. I had the Major with his Space shuttle/glider (that really did not glide well)

These were the coolest toys to have, with the whole Apollo Program taking place and the world preparing for our great migration into the stars...

And then, it didn't happen.

Instead of the Lunar Colony and Domed Cities on Mars, we got a bunch of orbiting tin-cans and a shuttle that we're afraid to put people aboard.

Hell yah I'm pissed-off...

WHERE'S MY GODDAM JET-PACK!?

Oh yeah, the little bastard's arms *did* break-off after about a week. I thought those guys were tested for that sort of thing before they sent them up....

I had him and had some sort of walking machine too. Gosh, I haven't thought about MMM in years! Yikes I'm old!

I had Major Matt, Callisto and the Space Crawler. That was an awesome Xmas.

Excuse me, it's time for the nurse to change my diaper....

I had the Major as a child, it was wild!
It was a great set of toys, for girls and for boys!

Before the days of don't ask don't tell, Major Matt Mason and Sgt Storm had to go the moon, or they'd surely catch Hell.

@Freddie Freelance: My cousin had the space crawler. That was so cool.

@ideaman2020: Yep, had that too. Till I got too old for that kind of thing and filled him with lighter fluid and put a firecracker in each hand.

Wonder what that doll, uh, action figure would be worth today had I not destroyed it?

@jjblu: It also didn't help if you chewed on their legs, like I did. Not Major Matt's, but some other kind of doll from around the same time.

@AhnyerKeester: I often wonder the same thing about my old Twist 'n' Turn Barbie, last seen on my friend's dashboard, riding off to a punk rock show in 1979--after we gave her a buzzcut, green magic marker eyeliner, and dressed her in a leopard swimsuit, of course.

I really dug Calisto--the transparent green-headed dude with the weird tongue-flicky whip thing.

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@AhnyerKeester:
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Revel in nostalgia Earthlings!

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Check this out. I restore Major Matt Mason toys and figures.

My dog chewed up the head of my older brother's Major Matt Mason. Henceforth, we treated the Major kind of like the astronaut from "First Man Into Space" -- a deformed, blood thirsty killing machine made that way by cosmic rays!!!! (and a dog).

For me, as a boy growing up at that time, Major Matt Mason was truly, truly boss!

As a little obsessive compulsive nerd boy I nursed these dolls and toys well into the 70s. My mother still has some of these stored away in storage someplace.

Damn it io9! Why must you periodically yank me painfully into my early childhood?

Thanks though! It was fun too.

The Space Bubble that the Space Crawler towed was perfect for giving rides to unsuspecting gerbils who escaped their Habitrails...
Please don't call PETA on me. The gerbils survived, although we never again saw the one owned by that crazy Gere kid....

@Zantor: I never thought I'd see that again! Flash back time. Frakk, you're too cool. I have some pretty good toys, but I had MMM when I too young, really just a fetus at that point, and didn't protect my toys as I should. My inner boy is being overly stimulated. I have an urge to go fly a pie pan around the yard!

@Jeff-Minor:

Thanks! Glad you like it.

I almost have the complete set, minus a couple of the rare smaller pieces.

Love Matt Mason!

Looking at the picture of the crawler reminds me of Fry's re-invented wheel. Talk about a goofy design for smooth travel. I think mine met the same fate as my Lost in Space chariot and an army's worth of robots. All dead :(

@Zantor: Nice work if you can get it!