Forgive me if this has been discussed elsewhere on this forum, but there would seem to be golden opportunity here for a series of aftermarket figures to go with Moebius' Irwin Allen vehicles. Has anyone heard of anything like this being in the works?

I certainly would like some figures of the Robinsons in their parkas for the Chariot, or space suit in the Pod.

Ya know what would go good with the pod? John Robinson in the jet backpack.

I'd like to see the bloop go for a joy ride in the pod. :drunk:

And, Smith run over by the chariot. A few times.

Smith flattened under landing gear footpad!

The pod looks in scale with the smaller articulated Gi joe figures...maybe custom fodder?

And, Smith run over by the chariot. A few times.

I've always envisioned a "scene we'd like to see" as:

After one too many times of trying to sell the Robinsons to any aliens that come along in exchange for a ticket back to Earth, John and Don each grab one of Dr. Smith's arms and coerce him into talking a trip with them in the chariot. As Smith's being pulled away, looking back furtively over his shoulder, Will wonders what is going on as the robot snickers quietly.

Later that day, when John and Don return, they are carrying Smith's parka and boots and relate the sad tale of how a big monster killed and ate poor Smith. John and Maureen, and Don and Judy, exchange knowing looks, as Penny and Will are left to wonder...

Lee

P.S. - I'd LOVE figures, too!

so are there any good drawings of the Jet pack that was used? I've downloaded a bunch of pics but all from the front side angle and leaving much of it undefined... does anyone out there have good reference on the Jetpack?

Google: 5th link

http://cgi.ebay.com/BELL-AEROSPACE-Lost-In-Space-Jet-Pack-US-Patent_T173_W0QQitemZ300230224632QQcmdZViewItem?IM Sfp=TL0806040916r31911

another diagram here:

http://www.aerospaceweb.org/question/design/q0093.shtml

Thanks Garee! Anyone else? Screengrabs of the actual Pack would be greatly appreciated...

working on John RObinson in Jetpack at 1/24th!

OT--some 1/24 scale figures for Randy Cooper's Galileo Shuttlecraft wouldn't be bad either...

Sign me up for figures as well and remember, The Robot used the pod

How he got in and out is anybody's guess
Musta used Dalek tech.

I just hope the robot that comes with the chariot fits in the pod in the proper scale.

IMHO, they should have included the robot with the pod, and not the chariot.. I'm, guessing the tooling costs were already higher for the chariot to begin with.

I was hoping someone would post a few screengrabs of the jetpack... ok... so I'm ordering the series on DVD to do the grabs myself... before I hit the buy button... is season 1 to 3 the complete series? was there a season 4? I think the jetpack may have been late in the series... so this might be very important. I can't afford to spend 130 bucks and not get the jetpack images I need. Any help appreciated.

specifically... I can find any rear views of the jetpack as used in the series... I have rear view of jetpack design... but they may have dolled it up for the show... alos missing any shots of the right side of the jetpack.

will flesh out jacket and clothing in hand sculpting... still need some detail shots to finish it up. Any help appreciated!

also planning alternate leg parts for flying and standing (standing shown here)

and I'm fixing things like the wrong pants leg and such right now...

The jet pack was used mostly in the first season, and the very early episodes at that.

Not much in terms of color shots, but there's some footage in the DVD "extras," as well as the Season 2 opening episode "BLAST OFF INTO SPACE" (specifically where John rescues Will & Smith from a living statue).

Do a search for BELL ROCKET BELT or BELL JET PACK online. You'll get quite a few hits. The Wiki has a diagram and there's a fair number of photos out there too. How much the real article varied from the version used in the show is anybody's guess, but there's quite a bit of reference material available if you know where to look.

Thanks Frets! Yeah... I've got a bunch of Bell Jet Pack stuff... but I'm wondering how accurate the doohickies on the back are to the on-screen pack... that's why I wanted to get grabs.

The jetpack was featured as early as in the first 3 episodes, but in later episodes, or course you also have color rather then black and white.

The episode guide is here, and yes there are only 3 seasons.

http://www.tv.com/lost-in-space/show/2099/episode.html

I DO have an extra copy of season 3 volume 1, and would be wiling to sell it to you cheaper then retail if you like. (the Wife bought me duplicate copies of it for Christmas last year, so it's unwatched even. (Though she took off the stupid shrink wrap, because she didn't want me to see the price, and then I couldn't return it.)

Been meaning to ebay it, but this could work out for us both. Just LMK.

Forgive me if this has been discussed elsewhere on this forum, but there would seem to be golden opportunity here for a series of aftermarket figures to go with Moebius' Irwin Allen vehicles. Has anyone heard of anything like this being in the works?

Oddly, Jimmy Flintstone, who makes a large resin figure of Judy to go with the Aurora Lost in Space Robot has a 1/25 figure that would work for her. Its JF92 "Miss Speed Shift". She's got the big hair, and is wearing a short dress with long sleeve top, and go go boots. You could rework the collar area a bit, but she's about 98% of the way there. The post would work with the robot too, sort of like the big JF figure with her holding onto or hanging onto him. You might be albe to rework other JF figures. He has a couple of standing race car drivers in 1960s silver flame suits that look like the silver flight suits from the show.

So what would the ideal set of Robinsons in 1/24 be?

John Robinson in Jetpack (Flying and standing)
...who would be with him in that set if anyone?

Whole family in Parkas seated in Chariot
Whole family in Parkas in action around chariot... with a few LIS gadgets

Pod set... who would you want in such a set... piloting? passenger?

Whole family in silver suits posed as for a picture?

Has anyone done the Robinsons in their regular outfits? I think THAT would be cool. The space suits were worn mostly aboard ship, and the parkas were also more rarely worn.
But then, you've still got three different outfits to choose from...

Drew,
John with jetpack with optional Penny and Bloop. Didn't they hitch a ride once?

Penny ran after bloop and John had to fly out and rescue them.

A parka set would be cool (pun intended)
a "civvies" set with optional weather station.

Don and Judy "fixin' the chariot" (not what I meant...shame on you)

Pod?
Definately Will, Smith and Robot (not Will Smith, but Will AND Smith)

Thanks Lou!

Hitch a ride... OH! So that's what is sticking out from behind Penny in this pic! She is actually strapped onto the back and seated on some kind of fold down saddle!

Tooo cool! I'm going to make an optional Penny and Bloop riding on the back!

What scale is the small Masudaya LIS Robot? The windup one?

Gene

The chariot already comes with a robot, if memory serves...

Hello Gene

At 4.5 in. for a robot of 6.5 feet, the Matsudaya robot would be around 1/18 scale. Needless to say the overall proportions are really great, a lot more on target than the Aurora one.....

Gaétan

Just dont make that retarded Debbie the Bloop... even as a kid I thought to myself, dang its a chimp with a fur diaper and micky mouse ears...

I'm pretty certain that there are resin figures in the works for these kits.
I know of at least one web retailer who has figures being done right now. I don't know how soon his figures will be announced.

Moebius Models has no plans to do figures for these kits as injection molded styrene kits.

Dave

Nah, Keep the bloop! You can make the dream diorama where the Robinson's are forced to eat her when the provisions run out.

Imagine Debbie being slowly roasted over a turning spit while Will plays campfire songs on the Gee-tar.

Oh,
and I forgot to mention with the weather station, include the drilling rig they always used in their endless search for deutronium.

Actually, I wouldn't mind having Debbie the Bloop; I'd paint her up and mail her to my ex (who has the same name). :tongue:

Actually, I wouldn't mind having Debbie the Bloop; I'd paint her up and mail her to my ex (who has the same name). :tongue:

Ummmm .... is her name Debbie or Bloop?

Debbie is her name, and her animal type is a Bloop, named by the sounds she made.

So Debbie the Bloop is correct.

Imagine Debbie being slowly roasted over a turning spit while Will plays campfire songs on the Gee-tar.


OK, I just spit my pop all over the keyboard....

Man, that's funny stuff. :lol:

...the drilling rig they always used in their endless search for deutronium.
This is something that would be good to provide with a Jupiter 2 kit.

Yeah, a 1/24 scale jupiter 2/w figures equals. A huge hyperscale dinorama!!!!!

OK, I just spit my pop all over the keyboard....



And I just popped my spit!

Figures of aliens they encountered in the same scale would be great.Someone must be making these after market figures as we speak.:rolleyes:

Rob-by, Rob-by, Rob-by

say it with me

Drew, all of the jetpack flying scenes were filmed for the pilot episode. The jetpack showed up in the 1st season in "there were giants in the earth", "invaders from the fifth dimension"
the flying footage, shot in color, was re-used in the 2nd season opener "blast off into space" and it was seen again in the 3rd season final episode "junkyard in space"

btw - the pilot episode is included in the 1st season set. so if you buy all 3 seasons (there was no 4th LIS season) you'll have it all.
T

Figures of aliens they encountered in the same scale would be great.Someone must be making these after market figures as we speak.:rolleyes:
If not I'll make a cyclops out of a tickle-me-Elmo.

Drew, all of the jetpack flying scenes were filmed for the pilot episode...
Didn't know that, but I did know the scene where Penny and Debbie rode the back of John's jetpack was shown in "No Place to Hide".

Didn't know that, but I did know the scene where Penny and Debbie rode the back of John's jetpack was shown in "No Place to Hide".

I could have used that little bit of knowledge... it took me quite a while to find it... but I did a number of screen grabs and fixed up my jetpack to be screen accurate!

As I remember, there's a sequence in "BLAST OFF INTO SPACE" where John has just landed and fires his laser pistol at the creature attacking the Chariot. It's quick, but there's a pretty clear shot of the John & the jet pack from the back...and it's in color too (if that helps).

Thanks Frets! ...but there's a whole sequence when John is looking for Penny shot from behind him where you get a perfectly clear look at the back of the pack!

...and here it is!

I even modeled the bicycle seat!

I will have images of the model next week... and some news! 1/350 Proteus and 1/96 Atlas parts are to the caster for final... 1/72 Proteus is coming soon... I am working on PE parts and decals now and should actually ship real model kits very soon! Sorry again for the loooong delays... but work got in the way!

Late to the party... but the jet pack and drilling equipment sounds like a great idea for both the Pod and Chariot.

I'm in if either becomes available.

Don't forget my "research assistance" Proteus! :) And I'll definitely get the 1/72 version...

Didn't know that, but I did know the scene where Penny and Debbie rode the back of John's jetpack was shown in "No Place to Hide".

I could have used that little bit of knowledge... it took me quite a while to find it... but I did a number of screen grabs and fixed up my jetpack to be screen accurate!

Sorry Dwewid,
I could have told you that from memory. I have a not-yet-installed VIVO card, but any caps I could make would be from VHS.

I thought you and John were kidding about the jetpack in connection with the pod. Seems redundant to me- like wanting the parajets with the pod... Anyway, best wishes on your project. :)