Tom Bradford She is the gem of gems. While the rest of them are running credit checks on potential dates in search of that golden divorce settlement, she persues something historic and intelectual.
Born in '61, I was eight when Aldrin and Armstrong landed on the moon. The best space toys for me was the Major Matt Mason series. Found a Matt Mason figure at an antique sale a few years back. I also have a GI Joe (a real one from the 60's) astronaut. Now those were inspirational toys!
I'm the same age, and I had a lot of the Major Matt Mason toys, including the space station. I think the individual figures were about $1.50, if that; they certainly weren't expensive.
I absolutely love your excitement and enthusiasm! Your love of all things space, and for your various space toys/models, really comes through in this video :-)
I would also like to apologize for some of the less than appropriate comments people have left. Lets keep it classy for a classy person folks. Lets also give Amy the respect she deserves and show some appreciation for the time and effort she puts into this channel to open our minds to such great knowledge. Thank you Amy. We appreciate you very much for all that you are and do!
F. Jonathan Walker Prestidge Hey listen dumbass,, apologize for yourself.. You speak only for yourself,, don't include anyone else with yur kissing up her ass.. Everyone has the same thoughts about this woman..
+Amy Shira Teitel (Vintage Space) If you want to know about obscure and very "vintage" ancillary NASA support vehicles, how about the slightly modified Clark Equipment company Cortez motor home that was used to take astronauts to the launch pad. The Cortez was one of the first motor homes ever produced. (There's probably no model of it though.) I recognized the thing when I was a kid watching the 1960's space launches because my family had (still has) one of the early Cortez units (hull # 160).
I love your models. I built a few when I was a kid. I also had the "moon bus" model from the movie 2001, A Space Odyssey." I am fifty five, so I remember all the Apollo missions. Me and my brother used to play astonauts in the back of our dad's camper. We'd use our windbreaker jackets as moon suits. Space and space travel has always fascinated me.
I absolutely love your models! I had these as a child and acted out every flight I could. I remember using a construction paper tube as an Agena target vehicle during the Gemini program. (For the record, my first launch I watched on TV was Gordo Cooper's Mercury Atlas flight, May 15, 1963.)
so fun to see all the models. It is obvious you love them too... fun to watch your face as you take the LEM off the CM and make them fly! Obviously you love them and the topic of your videos! Keep it up! we love vintage space.
My local pub is called 'The Man On The Moon'. It was opened shortly after the first moon landing. It originally had large photographs of the moon landing inside, but best of all was a tiny lobby - inside that, in a glass case, were models of the complete Saturn Five, with panels removed, so interior parts could be viewed, a large scale LM/CSM, and a large scale LM in the deployed state. I was six in 1969, and, like most kids, was fascinated by the models in the case. The pub sign was a stylised crescent moon, with a spacesuited astronaut, with visored helmet, reclining in it. Oddly, he had a red helmet, as worn by David Scott? in Apollo 9. Sadly, the models, sign and picture vanished when the pub was refurbished in the 1980's. The sign today is a painting of the classic shot of Buzz Aldrin by the LM.
I'm seriously in tears. I had just watched this video, yesterday. I have all of those 'Hot Wheels' brand space toys. I had just watched 'The Right Stuff' a few months ago with my kids and when John Glenn protected his wife from the media, I told my daughters that any man they marry needs to have those same qualities of protecting them and putting them ahead of anything else. This morning I heard that John Glenn had been in the hospital. This evening I heard that he had passed away. I came back to watch this video again.
"...so this is the one I pretty much bring everywhere...schlepping it around the world..." LOL! Yes, we all should be so lucky to be able to schlepp a !:144 scale plastic CSM and LEM all around the world...everygirl's must-have item! LOVE IT!
I know this is 6 yrs old but you made me a little nostalgic , I had all those Apollo models as a kid back when Apollo was actually going on and I wish I still did
I saw the Apollo 11 landing live in 1969 which fuelled by obsession with space, had classic man on moon poster in bedroom and full Saturn V with lunar module, have bought Lunar module again, have followed it ever since, looking forward to Juno pics, love your show it reminds me of all those moments all over again, I'm 65 yrs old but still love space. Keep it up it's greaaaaat.
Bad memory: a NASA guy came to our inner city grade school around 1966 and used a bunch of scale models in his presentation. After he was done, I excitedly rushed to the stage to get a closer look and ask him some questions. He rudely dismissed me, as if it was a waste of his time. Really disappointing. So I started my own collection, and by 1971 I had all the models from the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo eras, including an LRV, and started accumulating Apollo mission press kits.
@@idkhowtoright479 Thinking back the poor guy was so uncomfortable in our neighborhood school he just wanted to pack up his stuff and get the hell out of Dodge. So gratified that 50 years later my nephew had picked up my collectable hobby and even built the same Saturn V version I had when I was a kid.
It was saddening to read about the bad experience that you had as a kid but uplifting to know that your interest persevered and that you passed it on to family.
Guitarfollower22 Check-out "Haynes Saturn V Set Of 4 Stacking Mugs" - probably not quite what you were thinking of (as each mug is the same size)but it's close. The link below is one of many that come up when you Google it. www.flightstore.co.uk/aviation-gifts-c221/kitchen-gifts-c1276/mugs-c239/general-mugs-c754/haynes-saturn-v-rocket-stacking-mugs-p5335
We were all about those Revell models in the early '70s. My brother built the 1:144 Saturn V and the 1:48 LEM with the gold foil. I carefully painted and built the 1:72 manned spaceflight collection which included Mercury with the escape tower, Gemini with its service module and the Apollo CSM flying over a diorama with the LEM. I was really proud of the work I did on that. Mom asked to borrow them for a party she was going to with a space theme. I packed them carefully for transport but when she brought them back they were all just heaped in a bag and pretty well all broken. I pretty much gave up building models after that.
I’ve followed or read your blogs and channel on and off for about 10 (?) years. (Were you known as a Space Vixen for a while.) I absolutely love your live for the space toys. I want to get some of them! It was so cool you have given us recommendations and info on where to find them. You are so smart and your love and expertise in space history is phenomenal. Glad to have your channel as one of my favorites. Hope you stick around forever.
+Edward Iglesias I tried explaining that I was watching a video where a woman talks about her rocket toys. I then had to explain that I meant that literally, no innuendo.
Nasa should send you up to the I.S.S for a few months and let you do your vids from orbit now that would certainly get the American public interested, your enthusiasm would be inspiring in itself. Love the models cheers.
I do fully agree with you! I am really interested in astronautics too - but compared to me she is a messiah! I'd wish she'd get the chance to go up there and see it all for herself... Mike
Cheers to Amy and everything that she does. I don't normally comment on youtube, but something about the genuine love for all things nerdy and rocketry that Amy uber-exudes through her writing and vlogs is soo infectious! Love you and continue to educate us all!!!
That was awesome Amy, thank you. I have been envious of your space model collection since I first noticed you had a collection from some of your earlier videos. I am sooo envious of your "Apollo (First ?)" model. That looks like the ultimate in detailed explanation of the stages of the mission, although the "Apollo Recovery" set is a great appendix to that too. Then all that's needed is the Saturn V launch system. I'm so excited that you have all those as you are an excellent space exploration promoter and inspiration to youth. The only one of the space toys you showed that I personally own is the "Matchbox Pathfinder" set, but that is a great set, super detailed and the metallic blue vac-metal coatings are beautiful. One of my most treasured space toys is a 2" plastic model of the Hubble Space Telescope that I purchased at a Discovery Centre gift shop. I have a couple of rubbery 2" Saturn V, a 2.5" Space Shuttle Launch system (orbiter, External Tank and SRB's), a "Micro Machines" Space Shuttle w/ Boeing 747 carrier, a 2.5" and 5" die-cast Space Shuttle and a 2" X-33. There is a neat looking "Legends of Space" rocket set with Redstone, Atlas, Titan, Saturn V and SSTS, and a Space Exploration play set from SpaceToys.com I think that has a couple of Soyuz capsules included that would probably round out a great space toy collection. Lastly, my "holy grail" of space toys would be a quality plastic or die-cast 1:44 scale Voyager 1& 2. Actually if a company like , Franklin Mint, Smithsonian or Eaglemoss would start a collectible space probe collection of 1:44 scale I would most likely subscribe for that.
Great video! I really enjoy how much you have to show your appreciation to all that happened in the real days of space exploration of the 1960s and 70s. I had the 1/48 scale lunar module when this stuff was all new and the models were everywhere, it was just the lunar module though, it didn't have the command ship with it. I remember how It was difficult for a then kid to get the gold foil that was in the kit set right on the landing legs and lower body. Models are so expensive now! Have you ever heard of the "Major Matt Mason" line of space toys? That toy came out in the mid to late 1960s, I still have some of those toys myself, even a Major Matt that's arms haven't broken yet, those were really weak points the single wire inside the foam rubber bodies that allowed him to bend. Look them up on RUclips as I'm sure someone has posted something about them. The 'star' Matt was a rubber bendy astronaut in a white suit with black at the bendy joints and black gloves and boots. He came with a white flip up Gemini style helmet and eventually there were all kinds of lunar exploration accessories to go with him. Then they added a character for him called "Sgt. Storm" in a red uniform. Of course then it went to aliens and a giant, but the original versions were all to cash in on Gemini and Apollo. I also remember, and still wish I had this one, a Snoopy character, about 8 inches or so tall I believe, Charlie Brown's dog, that was in an astronaut uniform with the head cover and helmet.
Amy, here's a couple of suggestions I think you will like, AMT did a set of all the manned boosters in 1/200 scale. It's boxed all together as the "Man in Space" set and includes a Mercury Redstone, Mercury Atlas, Gemini Titan, Saturn 1B and a Saturn V. It's on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Man-in-Space-Rocket-Set/dp/B004GWVQGA. Lindberg released a 1/200 Shuttle stack that is in the same scale: www.amazon.com/Lindberg-scale-Space-Shuttle-Boosters/dp/B000MQ8Y4Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1457928372&sr=1-1&keywords=lindberg+space+shuttle. These are both fairly simple kits. Another outstanding resin kit manufacturer is New Ware, I think some of their stuff is on the Real Space Models site but their own website is: mek.kosmo.cz/newware/ I have a resin update set for the Revell 1/96 scale Saturn V stack as well as a set of decals for it that I got from New Ware. I need to build that thing one of these days, maybe you'll inspire me...
+Amy Shira Teitel (Vintage Space) Here's something else you might want to give a look-see. I'm more a modeler that likes space than a space-nerd. www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=280856&st=0
Surprised there's not an ISS or Spacelab model in the mix. They're available on Amazon and elsewhere, and I'm also looking around to see if any of the probes like Deep Space One or the impactor probes are available in model kits.
When I moved back to the Central Florida area in the early 90's I got a job with a company called Guard-Lee. They produced licensed copies of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules, full size for the general public. We also did most of the display work out at KSC including the full sized replicas of the Space Shuttle. Always enjoyed building those models when I was a kid, so having the opportunity to do them full sized was very coo. Enjoy Vintage Space, lots of great memories growing up on the Space Coast during the 60's and 70's.
Somehow I got teary-eyed thinking that John Glenn was still alive (the last one of the Mercury seven) when Amy produced this video. He died in December that year. Those three action figures next to each other are a nice tribute to his life.
I remember assembling the Revel model back in the day. It was actually like 1995. I used to listen to "The Launch" over and over as i built my models. The smell of plastic cement still takes me back to those long summer days when I watched Apollo 13 literally every single day. I was obsessed. This was a great video, hats off for taking such good care of your models!
I love all the "if you want to demonstrate" this and that... c'mon Amy, let's be honest. There's the tiny pause right before you say those words each time. You REALLY want to say, "if you want to PLAY with them" but you keep checking yourself. It's OK. There's no shame in it. I "demonstrate" my Star Trek ships all the time! ;)
Amy - you're my favorite model (scale 1:1). You're a breath of fresh air - adorable, vivacious and engaging. If you were my girl, I would be the happiest man on the planet [sigh].
Originally, your 1/144 scale Saturn V was a Monogram kit. Revell had a Saturn V in 1/96 scale, with their 1/48 scale model being twice as large. In any case, it's nice to see these old kits back, (I built them when I was about nine, when the actual Moon Landing happened!) Sadly, the models are "Block 1" versions of the Apollo Hardware . . . . You might also want to look into some of the proposed, hypothetical model kits being reissued, such as the old Revell Convair Space Shuttle Craft, and the classic Revell Moon Ship that will be coming out later this year. Thanks for posting this, and keep building!
Great space toy collection! Finding the out of production collectibles are like pure gold.I used to have a Revell 1:72 scale Columbia (about 20 inches long,no boosters or tank)in the eighties.The last real space model was a Hasagawa 1:44 scale shuttle with boosters and launch pad.Putting in the time on a favorite real space model is a fun hobby.Doing the research for the subject is fun too! Cheers!
Wow, a blast from the past. I had the 1:48 Apollo model when I was a kid. I even used it when I gave a talk about Apollo in 5th grade (Nerd Alert). That must have been in the spring of '69. I also had the X-15 model. Thanks for the great videos.
Lol, Reminds me of my poor, Henry..... He was my 18 pound Orange Tabby...!!!!! Actually, adopted him from the County, and someone stole him from me..... Love the Scramjet..., it paved the way for so many things!!!!! New Sub!!!!!
I really enjoy your enthusiasm for the various NASA space programs. It's refreshing to see someone so young get excited about something that occurred so long ago! You're very bright and you do a wonderful job. All the best to you.
xzaz2 - hehehe ikr. Do you think a guy would have a chance if he rocked up on the first date in a gold Corvette, wearing a NASA flight jacket and put some Eddie Cochrane on the jukebox?
I had that last Saturn V as a kid! It had sound effects and all the stages separated and it was basically the best thing ever. Wish I knew where all the pieces were.
I had the 1:144 Saturn V and the 1:48 Command/Service Module with LEM adapter. And if you think that makes me nostalgic, my beloved cat was named Pedro and after the first Skylab launch, we often called him "Pete," inspired by Pete Conrad, the commander of the best fix-it crew in history!
I remember as a kid and the Apollo missions were taking place, there was an Apollo shampoo bottle (I think Avon made it) that had the command capsule with an accordion style feature that represented the service module for the bottle, and the cap was the lunar lander. When the shampoo was empty, you could flip the cap around and "dock" the lunar module into the bottle opening then squeeze the accordion, letting air pressure pop, or rather, launch the lunar lander piece into the air.
Haha! This is a great video, thanks for sharing your awesome collection! I just picked up from eBay a 1:28 scale JSC display model of the NASA/USAF X-24A lifting body. I've been obsessing over lifting bodies for about a year and a half now. I'm reading Wingless Flight by R. Dale Reed (one of the lead engineers on the program at the Flight Research Center) right now which is the complete history of the 12 year lifting body program that went from 1963-1975. I also obsessively keep up with Sierra Nevada Corporations Dream Chaser (basically based on the HL-20). Anyway...thanks again!
I once found a turned block of wood on the beach. It looked somewhat like a Mercury capsule, so I made it into one and put it atop a cardboard tube, fitted it with paint and fins and had a Mercury - Redstone. I gave it to my father, and got it back, when he died. It has been hit by a falling painting (remember to renew strings or use metal wire) and is quite disintegrated. I bought a Soyuz spacecraft in Moscow. It has been repaired and lacks a few antennae. I recently bought a Vostok that I have not begun working on. I bought the Saturn V, that you also have, for my niece. I really suffered as I could only get one. But she dreams of becoming an astronaut - so ... I also had a Sikorsky with an Apollo capsule. I believe that my nephew has it now.
My entire condo is full of space models. I started building when I was around 5 years old, and now don't have any room left! My favorite is most definitely the giant 4-foot X-15 model that I restored with the help of a friend. It is 1/15th scale. I also have several other X-15 kits showing different configurations of the vehicle. The three models that I put the most work into are my 1/72nd Space Shuttle stack, the 1/148th Lunar Module, and a 1/72nd X-15A-2. Besides real space, I also have many great kits from Star Trek and Star Wars such as the USS Enterprise and the Millennium Falcon. But the absolute favorite of sci-fi models is the Discovery from 2001: A Space Odyssey, which has its own shelf above the couch in the living room.
Oh my ..... had a memory of being a young man sitting at my grandfathers house in July 1969 watching the broadcasts about Apollo 11 . My Granddad gave me a paper cutout lunar module that was being given by (I believe) Shell gasoline dealers! I put it together and had that really cool paper model hung from my bedroom ceiling for several years!
A space geek, intelligent, and builds models...... I'm in love
The fact that she is so in to sharing her models makes me smile.
The enthusiasm in this girl's eyes is priceless.
Tom Bradford She is the gem of gems.
While the rest of them are running credit checks on potential dates in search of that golden divorce settlement, she persues something historic and intelectual.
I wonder if she carries that enthusiasm into other.........activities......
She's beautiful! My dream lady!!
Beautiful hair!
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Born in '61, I was eight when Aldrin and Armstrong landed on the moon. The best space toys for me was the Major Matt Mason series. Found a Matt Mason figure at an antique sale a few years back. I also have a GI Joe (a real one from the 60's) astronaut. Now those were inspirational toys!
i have 2 1st gen. Matts, Space Crawler and a Callisto action figure
I had the matt mason moon base!
I have the space alien Scorpio from that set. Totally cool and the eyes flash!
I'm the same age, and I had a lot of the Major Matt Mason toys, including the space station. I think the individual figures were about $1.50, if that; they certainly weren't expensive.
Why this video is great:
1. Cat
2. Toys
3. Learning
4. Amy
5 SPACE!!!!
+trekky0623 6. Great looking inteligent girl
6. woody in background
1, 2 and 3!!!
I absolutely love your excitement and enthusiasm! Your love of all things space, and for your various space toys/models, really comes through in this video :-)
What a smart Lady ! I could listen to her all day ! She is very interesting with knowledge and facts ! Plus she's very easy on the eyes !
I have never seen a video like this of a woman talking passionately about her model spacecraft! I LOVE it. This made my day!
I would also like to apologize for some of the less than appropriate comments people have left. Lets keep it classy for a classy person folks. Lets also give Amy the respect she deserves and show some appreciation for the time and effort she puts into this channel to open our minds to such great knowledge. Thank you Amy. We appreciate you very much for all that you are and do!
F. Jonathan Walker Prestidge
Hey listen dumbass,, apologize for yourself.. You speak only for yourself,, don't include anyone else with yur kissing up her ass.. Everyone has the same thoughts about this woman..
r/niceguys
lol, what a white knight, you're exactly the type of guy she'd never date.
How embarassing it must be to be you..
@@DrGreenthumbPhd nice guys still finishing last??
love your retro furniture
+Cawfee Dawg It gets better with vintage dishes, too!
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+Amy Shira Teitel (Vintage Space) right now im working on revell space chuttle atlantis 1:144 scale
+Amy Shira Teitel (Vintage Space) If you want to know about obscure and very "vintage" ancillary NASA support vehicles, how about the slightly modified Clark Equipment company Cortez motor home that was used to take astronauts to the launch pad. The Cortez was one of the first motor homes ever produced. (There's probably no model of it though.)
I recognized the thing when I was a kid watching the 1960's space launches because my family had (still has) one of the early Cortez units (hull # 160).
+R WARRIOR
I can't believe anyone would part company with her... At least not willingly. Maybe he got fired/ :-)
I actually saw Apollo 15 take off in person. That was a breathtaking sight and a memory I will never forget. Just wish we had cameras like we do now.
I love your models. I built a few when I was a kid. I also had the "moon bus" model from the movie 2001, A Space Odyssey." I am fifty five, so I remember all the Apollo missions. Me and my brother used to play astonauts in the back of our dad's camper. We'd use our windbreaker jackets as moon suits. Space and space travel has always fascinated me.
I absolutely love your models! I had these as a child and acted out every flight I could. I remember using a construction paper tube as an Agena target vehicle during the Gemini program. (For the record, my first launch I watched on TV was Gordo Cooper's Mercury Atlas flight, May 15, 1963.)
Yes! I built my space models and played with them too. Don't forget to make takeoff sounds...
Amy, you're like a kid in a candy store with your models. I love you're enthusiasm. Keep up the great videos.
The very fact that you post videos on You Tube makes the world a better place. So....Thank You Amy!!
Her enthusiasm and pure joy is contagious.
Where does she get all those wonderful toys? Oh, wait, she has links...
Also, I think Pete is like 2:1 scale.
Awesome! The Saturn V totally blew my mind btw
I like your space helmet tutorial
@@calibranese oh hey thanks!
A trick : watch movies at flixzone. I've been using it for watching all kinds of movies lately.
@Kaysen Griffin Definitely, I've been watching on Flixzone} for since november myself :D
@Kaysen Griffin Yea, have been using flixzone} for years myself :)
It makes me smile to see Amy so happy with all her space toy models. I'm sure her loved ones know exactly what to give her for christmas.
There's something real nice about seeing how excited she is about her space toys
This was a fun video. I liked watching you nerd out over space toys.
so fun to see all the models. It is obvious you love them too... fun to watch your face as you take the LEM off the CM and make them fly! Obviously you love them and the topic of your videos! Keep it up! we love vintage space.
My local pub is called 'The Man On The Moon'. It was opened shortly after the first moon landing. It originally had large photographs of the moon landing inside, but best of all was a tiny lobby - inside that, in a glass case, were models of the complete Saturn Five, with panels removed, so interior parts could be viewed, a large scale LM/CSM, and a large scale LM in the deployed state. I was six in 1969, and, like most kids, was fascinated by the models in the case. The pub sign was a stylised crescent moon, with a spacesuited astronaut, with visored helmet, reclining in it. Oddly, he had a red helmet, as worn by David Scott? in Apollo 9. Sadly, the models, sign and picture vanished when the pub was refurbished in the 1980's. The sign today is a painting of the classic shot of Buzz Aldrin by the LM.
That's so cool that you took pictures of your model with Jimmy Eat World! I love that band
Please, please let the tiny astronauts out! They have families!
Ok.
Lol
You go, space girl!!
The color scheme and furnishings are on point!
I'm seriously in tears. I had just watched this video, yesterday. I have all of those 'Hot Wheels' brand space toys. I had just watched 'The Right Stuff' a few months ago with my kids and when John Glenn protected his wife from the media, I told my daughters that any man they marry needs to have those same qualities of protecting them and putting them ahead of anything else.
This morning I heard that John Glenn had been in the hospital. This evening I heard that he had passed away. I came back to watch this video again.
"...so this is the one I pretty much bring everywhere...schlepping it around the world..." LOL! Yes, we all should be so lucky to be able to schlepp a !:144 scale plastic CSM and LEM all around the world...everygirl's must-have item! LOVE IT!
Oh wow, PLEASE show us the B-52/X-15 mated pair once it's done! I can't wait! ^_^
Nice work on the Apollo V. I have that exact kit. It should be fun to build, I'm looking forward to it.
I know this is 6 yrs old but you made me a little nostalgic , I had all those Apollo models as a kid back when Apollo was actually going on and I wish I still did
I love you videos - great passions and very informative. Keep up the good work and stay safe during these difficult times.
All three John Glenns?! I'm green with envy.
Toys? Representations of the tools which made possible the most important events that mankind has ever undertaken is more like it. Love your videos.
I saw the Apollo 11 landing live in 1969 which fuelled by obsession with space, had classic man on moon poster in bedroom and full Saturn V with lunar module, have bought Lunar module again, have followed it ever since, looking forward to Juno pics, love your show it reminds me of all those moments all over again, I'm 65 yrs old but still love space. Keep it up it's greaaaaat.
Bad memory: a NASA guy came to our inner city grade school around 1966 and used a bunch of scale models in his presentation. After he was done, I excitedly rushed to the stage to get a closer look and ask him some questions. He rudely dismissed me, as if it was a waste of his time. Really disappointing. So I started my own collection, and by 1971 I had all the models from the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo eras, including an LRV, and started accumulating Apollo mission press kits.
Sweet :)
@@idkhowtoright479 Thinking back the poor guy was so uncomfortable in our neighborhood school he just wanted to pack up his stuff and get the hell out of Dodge. So gratified that 50 years later my nephew had picked up my collectable hobby and even built the same Saturn V version I had when I was a kid.
It was saddening to read about the bad experience that you had as a kid but uplifting to know that your interest persevered and that you passed it on to family.
You're such a nerd! That's awesome!! I didn't see a Saturn 1B. I think you need one!!
I do love your enthusiasm about Space and these toys are fantastic.
I love how enthusiastic you are! Keep up the vids
5:02 'You can'...cute and cool.
You should get some Estes model rockets. They have Mercury-Redstone 4, V2 and Saturn V. They look pretty accurate and can also fly.
But can they do stage- separation?
@@InventorZahran yes they can
OMG, it's so cute how excited and happy you are to show off your little space toys !!
Your enthusiasm is infectious! I really enjoy watching your videos and learning about something new in great detail. Keep up the good work!
Amy, you just went full nerd! Good video!
God bless your awesome excitement over nerd stuff. I love your enthusiasm! :)
What a unique and wonderful nerd!! So awesome!
I have the last one!!! I got it when I was in the hospital for xmas of 2007, it'll always be one of my fav toys! Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous and super smart. Refreshing. Spock would be proud..:)
Someone should make drinking glasses out of the first stage of the Saturn V.
Guitarfollower22 Check-out "Haynes Saturn V Set Of 4 Stacking Mugs" - probably not quite what you were thinking of (as each mug is the same size)but it's close. The link below is one of many that come up when you Google it.
www.flightstore.co.uk/aviation-gifts-c221/kitchen-gifts-c1276/mugs-c239/general-mugs-c754/haynes-saturn-v-rocket-stacking-mugs-p5335
The model ? Or do you just one to clean a Saturn v, fill it with beer and put a tap in it
We were all about those Revell models in the early '70s.
My brother built the 1:144 Saturn V and the 1:48 LEM with the gold foil.
I carefully painted and built the 1:72 manned spaceflight collection which included Mercury with the escape tower, Gemini with its service module and the Apollo CSM flying over a diorama with the LEM. I was really proud of the work I did on that.
Mom asked to borrow them for a party she was going to with a space theme. I packed them carefully for transport but when she brought them back they were all just heaped in a bag and pretty well all broken.
I pretty much gave up building models after that.
I’ve followed or read your blogs and channel on and off for about 10 (?) years. (Were you known as a Space Vixen for a while.) I absolutely love your live for the space toys. I want to get some of them! It was so cool you have given us recommendations and info on where to find them. You are so smart and your love and expertise in space history is phenomenal. Glad to have your channel as one of my favorites. Hope you stick around forever.
This is officially the most lust inspiring video on youtube. Well, for a certain subset.
+Edward Iglesias dem models gurl.
+Edward Iglesias I tried explaining that I was watching a video where a woman talks about her rocket toys. I then had to explain that I meant that literally, no innuendo.
Nasa should send you up to the I.S.S for a few months and let you do your vids from orbit now that would certainly get the American public interested, your enthusiasm would be inspiring in itself. Love the models cheers.
Yes they should
I do fully agree with you! I am really interested in astronautics too - but compared to me she is a messiah! I'd wish she'd get the chance to go up there and see it all for herself... Mike
Cheers to Amy and everything that she does. I don't normally comment on youtube, but something about the genuine love for all things nerdy and rocketry that Amy uber-exudes through her writing and vlogs is soo infectious! Love you and continue to educate us all!!!
That was awesome Amy, thank you. I have been envious of your space model collection since I first noticed you had a collection from some of your earlier videos. I am sooo envious of your "Apollo (First ?)" model. That looks like the ultimate in detailed explanation of the stages of the mission, although the "Apollo Recovery" set is a great appendix to that too. Then all that's needed is the Saturn V launch system. I'm so excited that you have all those as you are an excellent space exploration promoter and inspiration to youth.
The only one of the space toys you showed that I personally own is the "Matchbox Pathfinder" set, but that is a great set, super detailed and the metallic blue vac-metal coatings are beautiful. One of my most treasured space toys is a 2" plastic model of the Hubble Space Telescope that I purchased at a Discovery Centre gift shop. I have a couple of rubbery 2" Saturn V, a 2.5" Space Shuttle Launch system (orbiter, External Tank and SRB's), a "Micro Machines" Space Shuttle w/ Boeing 747 carrier, a 2.5" and 5" die-cast Space Shuttle and a 2" X-33.
There is a neat looking "Legends of Space" rocket set with Redstone, Atlas, Titan, Saturn V and SSTS, and a Space Exploration play set from SpaceToys.com I think that has a couple of Soyuz capsules included that would probably round out a great space toy collection.
Lastly, my "holy grail" of space toys would be a quality plastic or die-cast 1:44 scale Voyager 1& 2. Actually if a company like , Franklin Mint, Smithsonian or Eaglemoss would start a collectible space probe collection of 1:44 scale I would most likely subscribe for that.
My god, what a handsome cat.....
I have an unhealthy obsession with these videos :P
I had the first two models you showed when I was a kid. I ended up breaking both of them. I always like it when you show Pete in your videos.
Great video! I really enjoy how much you have to show your appreciation to all that happened in the real days of space exploration of the 1960s and 70s.
I had the 1/48 scale lunar module when this stuff was all new and the models were everywhere, it was just the lunar module though, it didn't have the command ship with it. I remember how It was difficult for a then kid to get the gold foil that was in the kit set right on the landing legs and lower body. Models are so expensive now!
Have you ever heard of the "Major Matt Mason" line of space toys? That toy came out in the mid to late 1960s, I still have some of those toys myself, even a Major Matt that's arms haven't broken yet, those were really weak points the single wire inside the foam rubber bodies that allowed him to bend.
Look them up on RUclips as I'm sure someone has posted something about them. The 'star' Matt was a rubber bendy astronaut in a white suit with black at the bendy joints and black gloves and boots. He came with a white flip up Gemini style helmet and eventually there were all kinds of lunar exploration accessories to go with him. Then they added a character for him called "Sgt. Storm" in a red uniform. Of course then it went to aliens and a giant, but the original versions were all to cash in on Gemini and Apollo. I also remember, and still wish I had this one, a Snoopy character, about 8 inches or so tall I believe, Charlie Brown's dog, that was in an astronaut uniform with the head cover and helmet.
Amy, here's a couple of suggestions I think you will like, AMT did a set of all the manned boosters in 1/200 scale. It's boxed all together as the "Man in Space" set and includes a Mercury Redstone, Mercury Atlas, Gemini Titan, Saturn 1B and a Saturn V. It's on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Man-in-Space-Rocket-Set/dp/B004GWVQGA. Lindberg released a 1/200 Shuttle stack that is in the same scale: www.amazon.com/Lindberg-scale-Space-Shuttle-Boosters/dp/B000MQ8Y4Q/ref=sr_1_1?s=toys-and-games&ie=UTF8&qid=1457928372&sr=1-1&keywords=lindberg+space+shuttle. These are both fairly simple kits. Another outstanding resin kit manufacturer is New Ware, I think some of their stuff is on the Real Space Models site but their own website is: mek.kosmo.cz/newware/ I have a resin update set for the Revell 1/96 scale Saturn V stack as well as a set of decals for it that I got from New Ware. I need to build that thing one of these days, maybe you'll inspire me...
+Mishn0 Oh that's amazing, thank you! And surprisingly inexpensive!
+Amy Shira Teitel (Vintage Space) Here's something else you might want to give a look-see. I'm more a modeler that likes space than a space-nerd. www.arcforums.com/forums/air/index.php?showtopic=280856&st=0
Surprised there's not an ISS or Spacelab model in the mix. They're available on Amazon and elsewhere, and I'm also looking around to see if any of the probes like Deep Space One or the impactor probes are available in model kits.
They don't ship to my country :(
You beat me to it. I'm actually working on my AMT man in space kit as I watch these videos.
DAMN I want all of it
When I moved back to the Central Florida area in the early 90's I got a job with a company called Guard-Lee. They produced licensed copies of the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo capsules, full size for the general public. We also did most of the display work out at KSC including the full sized replicas of the Space Shuttle. Always enjoyed building those models when I was a kid, so having the opportunity to do them full sized was very coo. Enjoy Vintage Space, lots of great memories growing up on the Space Coast during the 60's and 70's.
I paused the video and when I looked back I saw how excited she was. It was genuine.
I think I'm officially in love with you, now :-)
*dream girl
did she say "ex"???
jackpot...
Thinking the same thing out off my league.
because it's awesome
Europa H2O Alien I would not expect any different that fits.I watched the gilders at the AF academy in CO strange lot glider pilots.
She packs a ton of information into each short segment. excellent work. Keep it up Amy !!!
she did... however, she is out of my league, and my wife would kill me and hide the body if I even thought about it.
Somehow I got teary-eyed thinking that John Glenn was still alive (the last one of the Mercury seven) when Amy produced this video. He died in December that year.
Those three action figures next to each other are a nice tribute to his life.
I remember assembling the Revel model back in the day. It was actually like 1995. I used to listen to "The Launch" over and over as i built my models. The smell of plastic cement still takes me back to those long summer days when I watched Apollo 13 literally every single day. I was obsessed. This was a great video, hats off for taking such good care of your models!
I love all the "if you want to demonstrate" this and that... c'mon Amy, let's be honest. There's the tiny pause right before you say those words each time. You REALLY want to say, "if you want to PLAY with them" but you keep checking yourself. It's OK. There's no shame in it. I "demonstrate" my Star Trek ships all the time! ;)
- Europa H20 Alien - Well, yeah, that's what they're there for no? :)
Rob K, those tiny pauses are from editing the video.
I'd recommend the lego Saturn V I have on my desk not to demonstrate how it works but just to play with it whenever you're bored
I don't know about you guys, but I DO want to explain this to everyone! I just don't because I would annoy everyone all the time.
Amy - you're my favorite model (scale 1:1). You're a breath of fresh air - adorable, vivacious and engaging. If you were my girl, I would be the happiest man on the planet [sigh].
The "(sigh)" killed me XD
Originally, your 1/144 scale Saturn V was a Monogram kit. Revell had a Saturn V in 1/96 scale, with their 1/48 scale model being twice as large. In any case, it's nice to see these old kits back, (I built them when I was about nine, when the actual Moon Landing happened!) Sadly, the models are "Block 1" versions of the Apollo Hardware . . . .
You might also want to look into some of the proposed, hypothetical model kits being reissued, such as the old Revell Convair Space Shuttle Craft, and the classic Revell Moon Ship that will be coming out later this year.
Thanks for posting this, and keep building!
Good on you. I was waiting for Amy to indicate that her Block 1 CSM couldn't actually dock with her LEM. :)
Great space toy collection! Finding the out of production collectibles are like pure gold.I used to have a Revell 1:72 scale Columbia (about 20 inches long,no boosters or tank)in the eighties.The last real space model was a Hasagawa 1:44 scale shuttle with boosters and launch pad.Putting in the time on a favorite real space model is a fun hobby.Doing the research for the subject is fun too!
Cheers!
that is a big kitty.
Wow, a blast from the past. I had the 1:48 Apollo model when I was a kid. I even used it when I gave a talk about Apollo in 5th grade (Nerd Alert). That must have been in the spring of '69. I also had the X-15 model. Thanks for the great videos.
Lol, Reminds me of my poor, Henry..... He was my 18 pound Orange Tabby...!!!!! Actually, adopted him from the County, and someone stole him from me..... Love the Scramjet..., it paved the way for so many things!!!!! New Sub!!!!!
Your addicting
1:51 Rocket Porn !
I have a small Saturn V with the different stages and a lunar module with astronauts and a rover vehicle, beautiful toys.
That was a lot of fun Amy. I admire your enthusiasm. I covet your B-52. I saw the real thing at the Pima museum in 1989, and I want one!
Everything I own is also broken. This is why we cant have nice things.
you would be rich if you didn't broke it and sell them to collectors by now.
Bit what happened when they gave u a heart
Nerrrrrrrd!
Really enjoy your videos! I watched the moon landings as a kid on a black and white tv here in the UK, exciting stuff!
I really enjoy your enthusiasm for the various NASA space programs. It's refreshing to see someone so young get excited about something that occurred so long ago! You're very bright and you do a wonderful job. All the best to you.
0:20, your ex huh...
xzaz2 - hehehe ikr. Do you think a guy would have a chance if he rocked up on the first date in a gold Corvette, wearing a NASA flight jacket and put some Eddie Cochrane on the jukebox?
xzaz2 she'd skip the date part entirely and invite you in.
Amy - you're like a sexy geek. Every red-blooded, American boy's dream growing up! ;-)
Psst...but not American. ;-)
I want to find a gal as interested in space as she is . ( even if its only toys ) .
You remind me of HOW many model kits, that I have not completed. Thanks so much!
I had that last Saturn V as a kid! It had sound effects and all the stages separated and it was basically the best thing ever. Wish I knew where all the pieces were.
Cool Girl. Never known a girl yet who's into these things :) Your future husband and would be sons, will be lucky to have you.
your ex got you that model??? sooooo, you're single now? ;)
I had the 1:144 Saturn V and the 1:48 Command/Service Module with LEM adapter. And if you think that makes me nostalgic, my beloved cat was named Pedro and after the first Skylab launch, we often called him "Pete," inspired by Pete Conrad, the commander of the best fix-it crew in history!
I remember as a kid and the Apollo missions were taking place, there was an Apollo shampoo bottle (I think Avon made it) that had the command capsule with an accordion style feature that represented the service module for the bottle, and the cap was the lunar lander. When the shampoo was empty, you could flip the cap around and "dock" the lunar module into the bottle opening then squeeze the accordion, letting air pressure pop, or rather, launch the lunar lander piece into the air.
Please talk faster.
Shes psyched! I'm nerdy about this stuff too...
Dave Bloxham I understand her , and it's do to my excitement over space stuff .
Haha! This is a great video, thanks for sharing your awesome collection! I just picked up from eBay a 1:28 scale JSC display model of the NASA/USAF X-24A lifting body. I've been obsessing over lifting bodies for about a year and a half now. I'm reading Wingless Flight by R. Dale Reed (one of the lead engineers on the program at the Flight Research Center) right now which is the complete history of the 12 year lifting body program that went from 1963-1975. I also obsessively keep up with Sierra Nevada Corporations Dream Chaser (basically based on the HL-20). Anyway...thanks again!
I once found a turned block of wood on the beach. It looked somewhat like a Mercury capsule, so I made it into one and put it atop a cardboard tube, fitted it with paint and fins and had a Mercury - Redstone. I gave it to my father, and got it back, when he died. It has been hit by a falling painting (remember to renew strings or use metal wire) and is quite disintegrated. I bought a Soyuz spacecraft in Moscow. It has been repaired and lacks a few antennae. I recently bought a Vostok that I have not begun working on. I bought the Saturn V, that you also have, for my niece. I really suffered as I could only get one. But she dreams of becoming an astronaut - so ... I also had a Sikorsky with an Apollo capsule. I believe that my nephew has it now.
Im glad im not the only person who brings models on holidays
She's so perfect. Smart, pretty, funny, and makes models!
My entire condo is full of space models. I started building when I was around 5 years old, and now don't have any room left! My favorite is most definitely the giant 4-foot X-15 model that I restored with the help of a friend. It is 1/15th scale. I also have several other X-15 kits showing different configurations of the vehicle. The three models that I put the most work into are my 1/72nd Space Shuttle stack, the 1/148th Lunar Module, and a 1/72nd X-15A-2. Besides real space, I also have many great kits from Star Trek and Star Wars such as the USS Enterprise and the Millennium Falcon. But the absolute favorite of sci-fi models is the Discovery from 2001: A Space Odyssey, which has its own shelf above the couch in the living room.
This is my favourite video about anything. Ever.
This is so cool , I've always loved models . I wish more people were in to building kits ...................great job . Please do more.
Oh my ..... had a memory of being a young man sitting at my grandfathers house in July 1969 watching the broadcasts about Apollo 11 . My Granddad gave me a paper cutout lunar module that was being given by (I believe) Shell gasoline dealers! I put it together and had that really cool paper model hung from my bedroom ceiling for several years!