I had one of these, probably my favorite toy ever, but as an idiot kid I ended up cracking it by doing one too many "splashdowns" into our backyard pool from a second-floor window. I remember mine came with a flexible plastic 45 rpm record with audio from the first orbital Mercury flight, John Glenn's Friendship 7.

Thanks for sharing this . I had one when I was 7 years old, and the space race was going strong back then. I got it for X-mas that year (1966). I played and played with that thing.

Watched the Apollo Moon landing with my dad and got this for Christmas in 69-70. Fav toy ever. Misplaced it when we moved. Broke my heart, still miss this toy.

I had one of these. It was a great toy

NIce... this was one I wanted so badly back in the day. My best friend had it, and it was so cool! Thanks for sharing.

Had that as a kid i still have the 3 fuzzy gi joes thanks to mom saving them

I had that about 1967-68ish. I remember doing a splashdown in the bathtub.

I still have the 45rpm record of John Glenn’s voice. “Rrrrrroger, the clock is operating, we’re on our way”.

Ty!

I had that set as a kid -- and the space suit is on backwards, by the way.

Contact Toy Paloy, doubt I spelled that right, for clues on how to fix and clean Joe and his capsule.

If you would have taken his outfit off you may have found he had a pull string with voice box. I have that one. but hes marked 1964 and his voice still works.

I was a kid who played with G.I. Joe in the 1960s -- along with my friends, Nicky and Pablo -- and we would have loved to have your Mercury astronaut and capsule! Nice find, excellent condition

Mine has a glow in the dark back wall and the door slides freely

My capsule and astronaut Joe were so cool. I wanted to be an astronaut.

Nice job! I have the spacecraft, but all of the labels had come off--but I found replacement stickers for the control panel and the flag on eBay, and they did well to replace the originals. I finally got an astronaut GI Joe (the 1997 re-release) which fits perfectly in the capsule! A long-time toy "want" that finally came through! Glad to see your original set looks as good as it does!

Cool video!

Great find! No worries about the suit, it is made from the same material worn by astronauts! I’ve handled it and it’s not fragile at all. Even the zippers still work .

Nice to see! I've still got mine from 1966 with box, and a 1964 GI Joe wearing the space suit - well, most of it, can't find the gloves or booties. Also lost the 45 RPM record about the Mercury program that came with it. BTW it's a 50 star flag, six rows of five and four rows of five. The 1912-60 48 star flag had six rows of eight, so the rows all lined up evenly.

Fascinating

Still have mine. Several, actually.

TOO BAD HIS ASTRONAUT SUIT IS ON BACKWARDS, LOOK AT THE INSTRUCTION SHEET. THE STRAPS AND TRANSVERSE ZIPPER GO ON THE FRONT.

The only thing I can say since I have one of these is that the astronaut suit is on backwards and the speaker unplugs from the capsule!

I remember how that capsule was a PITA to open. 😆

I loved my G.I. Joe space capsule! Mine went on dozens of perilous 'missions,' but he always made it back---barely! He met a sad end when one of my thief cousins stole him in 1968, and claimed that he put this huge toy in his suitcase by mistake. I still hate him.

i had this.....

Great piece of toy history you've got there. 48 stars? FYI, the space race was initiated by the Soviets with the launching of the Sputnik satellite in '57. Pres. Kennedy, in '61, began a dramatic expansion of the U.S. space program with the launching of the famed Mercury capsules the same year. Hawaii and Alaska became the 49th and 50th states in '59, so the Mercury capsules all had 50 stars on the flag by then.

I had one when I was a kid you’re missing the 45 record that came with it. It actually went through the whole countdown for Lyft off and some other scenarios. What’s wrong with?

ITS ON BACKWARDS but cool vid

The space suit is on backwards.

Had that also got mine in 1969 the capsule got cracked pretty quick the plastic window broke early on then older brother through it out the window

suit is on backwards. flag on left arm

GI jJoe's have a scar because the human form can't be trademarked. Hasbro put the scar on to differentiate their action figures from any other toy company who wanted to make a similar figure.

Space suit is on backwards. But nice set.

so cool. the glove you left on is on upside down

Original commercial (the instrument panel was more complicated): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pZyphZqCuN69lKs.html

The original is grey, not smoked. I had one when I was 5.

How fragile is that figure

The silver suit is on backwards ?

Suits on backwards.

Most of these are beat to shit when you find them.

In space, no one can hear you scream.

48 come on dude it was 50...dont be 30somethingish.....😅