Had the six poses from the set as a kid, parents chucked them out first chance they had and I'm re-acquiring them as an adult. So far have four of the six, with a blue variant on one and this time won't let them out of my sight.
Suitcase Guy, and some interesting observations on his features come below.
All 6 inch Marx Apollo figures should have the Marx logo brand at upper right, clearly dated 1970 in Roman numerals. Anyone claiming them to be "from the 60s" needs to subscribe to my blog. Figures without the logo or a plain circle are bootleg castings made in Mexico.
Scoop and Sample Bag Guy.
Camera Dude
This one had served as a chew toy for some adorable little mutt who likely waited for weeks for a chance to finally chomp down on it when nobody was looking. Someone should write an article on the physical abuse that plastic spaceman figures have had to endure. Look for patterns.
Walker
Scoop and Sample Bag Guy, blue variant. Whether these are any less common then the standard white castings is unknown to me.
That rules. Had to have it.
I also like how the Dust of Ages is present on blue guy's shoulders etc, but when making these pix I noticed something odd, and not just that they all have the same face.
In case you blew off the video upload, the dude in the middle has a slightly different chest unit. Central rectangular feature has a wide middle strip, the other two are just three vertical strokes of the same width.
Same with the blue guy: Three vertical strokes of equal width, white figure has a wider strip in the middle.
And again. His plastic also has a waxier texture to it, the others more of a china-like patina.
The back of his pants is also slightly different with a wider "jock support".
His moon terrain base also lacks the degree of texturing on the one to the right. Not sure if these attributes are indicative of his being an "earlier" casting but there definitely was a change in the tooling during the run.
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