ALL SCI-FI

[Brent Gair]

The Space Pod was a later addition to Lost in Space. It gave the Robinson's some mobility without having to land the Jupiter 2. It was a low budget version of Trek's transporter (actually, it would have been more expensive because it required an actual prop) .

A couple of years ago, I had a very extensive "build along" thread of this Moebius Models kit with dozens of detailed photos of this project. Unfortunately, that website is gone and so is the host that had those photos . Oh, I still have the photos backed-up somewhere so they aren't lost. But they are buried on a hard drive and not on any current host so I only have these two photos available.

I do want to find those other photos when I have time to search my external drives.





This is also available as a completely painted display piece. Of course, unlike a well built kit, these pre-builts have open seams and aren't quite as well finished...but they do look darn good for the price.

[Bud Brewster]

The similarities to the Lost in Space pod and the one for 2001 (which it proudly predates) are obvious, but it also reminds me a bit of Wernher Von Braun's "bottle spacesuit" from the 1950s.





Am I right in assuming that the operator stood up while flying it, similar to the Apollo Lunar Lander?
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

[Krel]

[Brent Gair]

[Robert (Butch) Day]

Partly my fault. I was working for Irwin at that time and I was doodling around with my own idea in my spare time for an idea for an advanced lander for a completely unrelated movie. Irwin was shown it and "co-opted" it. Then the big-wigs started monkeying with it.
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Common Sense ISN'T Common

[Pye-Rate]

You are presuming that Big-Wigs are equal to monkeys, they are not!