Replogle Globes, Inc.
Blast-Off – A Space Game of Fact and Fantasy
Chicago: 1953
Painted tin joined at the equator
11 inches high
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“Blast-Off” Toy
1950s Replogle Globe Game
1950s Replogle Globe Game
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In the fifties, Replogle issued three different tin toy globes with geographical games, each with a spinning pointer on its base. They focused on aviation and the space race, as well as knowledge of world geography. Blast-Off, the “space game of fact and fantasy,” came out in 1953. More an illustrated spherical representation of the solar system than a conventional globe, it shows the sun at the top, while the nine planets and the stars encircle the sphere. Other illustrations include classical figures, astronauts, spaceships, and a radio tower. The domed round base, numbered 1 to 9, contained a spinning rocket-form arrow for advancing along multicolored paths between the planets from Mercury to distant Pluto. The players followed their progress by moving colored metal rockets that stick to the globe with magnets.
Cartouche: BLAST-OFF/ A space game of fact and fantasy mfd. by/ REPLOGLE GLOBES, INC., CHICAGO/ Copyright. 1953