Major Matt Mason Astronaut costume

[Joseph C. Brown]

And the helmet is finally done, too!

-Limit-strips added so visor can be only pushed to vertical, not past vertical
-Styrene friction strips added to prevent visor from falling from vertical to the closed (faceplate down) -- now it WILL stay up or down!
-Plastic caps added to visor endpoints to create appearance of the mounting pegs the toy helmet uses.
-Chrome automotive door striping added to visor edges
-Helmet vinyl decal added -- BIG thanks to Cameron for that item! :thumbsup

So, between the helmet, the Jetpack, the cat-litter mats, and lots of effort, my Major Matt Mason costume will be ready for Halloween!

 

[greg883]

I just need to procure a half-mile of black thread, properly scaled, to have tangled up around the JetPack. :lol

And once it "jumped" the spool, game over!

Loving the heck out of this build.

 

[Joseph C. Brown]

Hey gang, get the fork out, 'cause it's about done! Freakin' magic word: DONE!

I'm still going to have to do tweaking and adjusting... probably forever. Here are some poses with:

-Mattel's Sonic Blaster
-Thunderbolt Rifle (like the ones used in Trancers and Spacehunter: -Adventures in The Forbidden Zone)
-a Match-O-Matic (served as the base for several pistols in Buck Rogers)
-and with the Jetpack, too!

 

[Tiberius Kirk]

Great work!

 

[Effingham]

Man, I'm having flashbacks to my kid-hood. I would have killed for this outfit.

Nice work!

 

[Cameron]

Lookin good Joe! GO MATT!

 

[Joseph C. Brown]

Got rid of the cat litter-mat pieces, and went with the black corduroy fabric for the accordion joint sections. :rolleyes

But, they look better, and and feel more comfortable to wear. I believe this one is finished, at least for this Halloween. Improvements can be made at a much less frenzied pace now!

 

[modelnutz]

Joe, are you going to make the Uber-cool sled so you can cover more groung on H'Ween ? :lol

Nice looking outfit you got there man !

 

[Joseph C. Brown]

I thought about it! :lol

However, my Unobtainium supply is very low, not enough on hand to make the whole sled. Worse, I'd need a full-charged Handwavium fuel-cell to run the darn thing.

*Someone* had a YouTube video up where they strapped a modern mini-camera in movie mode onto their Major Matt Mason Crawler, and had it bump and lurch it's way down the hallway. Maybe the ride is smoother in Lunar gravity...

 

[feek61]

That's freakin' awesome!!!!

 

[robn1]

Very cool, great job :thumbsup

I'm not into costuming, but this makes me want to make the helmet. Or maybe a GI Joe spacesuit.

 

[melw44]

Way cool! That turned out very nice.
Mel W.

 

[ONEYE]

I would totally wear that! You need your crew now! Red, yellow and blue were the other colors, right?

 

[DarkKnightOfPA]

Wow! Nice work.

This thread makes me sad that I sold all my Major Matt Mason toys years ago.
:cry

 

[Joseph C. Brown]

I would totally wear that! You need your crew now! Red, yellow and blue were the other colors, right?

Correct on the colors!
Major Matt Mason: white spacesuit
Sergeant Storm: red spacesuit
Doug Davis: yellow spacesuit
Jeff Long: blue spacesuit

All the toy figures had white helmets; many of the ads from that period show matching colored helmets, which is not what you got when buying the toys!

 

[Joseph C. Brown]

And I found the video I mentioned -- smooth ride! :behave


Crawler Ride - YouTube

 

[Joseph C. Brown]

About done with this - but I had to do a final picture, which I should have done before: a direct comparison of the Major Matt Mason toy figure to my costume:

 

[SeaTrooper]

I am inspired.