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Section: Fun & Games“Lunar Command” (jeu)Ken Murphy / 9:56 pm February 16th, 2010 LEGO Librarian’s Note: Not yet available in the U.S., this was one of my top acquisition priorities during my trip to Strasbourg for the ISU Syposium. “Level Up: En Route vers la Lune” (jeu)Ken Murphy / 9:06 pm February 16th, 2010 “Level Up: En Route vers la Lune” “Mission: I.S.S.” (card game)Ken Murphy / 9:01 pm February 16th, 2010 Schwartz, Scott & Aaron Toman “Miss Astronaut Barbie®” (doll)Ken Murphy / 12:58 am January 17th, 2010 Mattel Inc. Librarian’s Note: The third Barbie® added to the Lunar Library, this one is a reproduction of a 1965 model that arrived just in time for the Gemini program. From the package:
P.S. I’m still waiting for the Barbie® Dream™ ISS/Bigelow Module. “Pocket Rockets” (card game)Ken Murphy / 6:30 pm December 19th, 2009 “Pocket Rockets” Glow in the Dark Space Train Station (playset)Ken Murphy / 6:08 pm December 12th, 2009 KidKraft  Librarian’s Note: Wicked cool! Glow in the dark tracks and features, different centers of activity, three teams of astronauts (red, blue, yellow), nuclear materials to move around, massive robots from some machine intelligence beyond the stars, a cool celestial navigation table for the command center, trucks, a crane, a rocket, a saucer, and some aliens (if you’re into that sort of thing), all guaranteed to provide hours and hours of imaginative play. Kudos to KidKraft for this one. “2-in-1 Space Rocket” (playset)Ken Murphy / 3:18 am November 18th, 2009  “2-in-1 Space Rocket” “Apollo 27″ Rocket (model)Ken Murphy / 4:52 pm August 16th, 2009  “Apollo 27″ Rocket “Paper Astronaut: The Paper Spacecraft Mission Manual”Ken Murphy / 11:39 pm June 30th, 2009 Cezzar, Juliette & Éditions Aéro-Dynamiques Librarian’s Note: Go into any hobby shop, and you’ll find plenty of models of airplanes and cars and ships, but rockets? You can have any rocket you want as long as it’s a Space Shuttle (or Apollo). Space interested model builders have adapted to this by promulgating a large number of paper models. The best round-up of links to paper models is over at Hobbyspace, but this book is a terrific introduction to the hobby with an international line-up of spacecraft. “Space Your Face - Lunar Librarian Boogie”Ken Murphy / 12:24 am June 9th, 2009 Courtesy of NASA Make your own Space Boogie video at Space Your Face  “Space Camp” (Nintendo DS)Ken Murphy / 12:54 am June 2nd, 2009 7 Studios Inc. Librarian’s Note: Kinda cool, but really for younger players. Retro Ray-guns: Galacteers (miniatures)Ken Murphy / 4:47 am May 27th, 2009 Retro-Ray-guns: Galacteers Librarian’s Note: And here I was wondering where I was going to find some astronaut-y type miniatures to use with my Star Tiles from Fat Dragon Games. Not astronaut-y, but I do dig the retro stylings. Requires some assembly, and painting, and a bit of imagination doesn’t hurt, either.
“little einsteins: Space Mission Adventure”Ken Murphy / 1:08 am April 7th, 2009 Fisher-Price, Inc. Librarian’s Note: Works reasonably well with some of the other space playsets. Includes Rocket Moon Rover. Traveller Adventure 1: Beltstrike (RPG)Ken Murphy / 10:57 pm February 22nd, 2009 Whittaker, Lawrence Librarian’s Note: While not set in our Solar system, any Game Master worth their salt should be easily able to adapt the scenario to do some RPG adventuring in our own Asteroid Belt searching for riches and glory. “Moon” (Nintendo DS)Ken Murphy / 12:51 am January 9th, 2009 Renegade Kid Librarian’s Note: This one looks to be a pretty interesting game. I guess I’m going to have to rent my nephew’s DS to try it out, as I haven’t upgraded from the Gameboy Advance I picked up for traveling. (Hey, I can’t read books all the time) “Space Trader: Merchant Marine” (PC-CD)Ken Murphy / 12:42 am January 9th, 2009 Hermitworks Entertainment Corp. Librarian’s Note: Space merchant gaming set in our Solar system. Too cool! I guess I’m going to have to keep a closer eye on the video game world. “Star Tiles” (card model)Ken Murphy / 6:11 am December 6th, 2008  “Star Tiles” Librarian’s Note: A nice addition for those doing science fiction role-playing. I may have to do a Moon-based RPG scenario for an upcoming Con. Now if only I could find some decent astronaut-y type miniatures instead of all the war-mecha stuff… Chick-fil-a Space StationKen Murphy / 5:14 am December 6th, 2008  Chick-fil-a Restaurants Librarian’s Note: I don’t know how I missed these, but I just picked up a full set today, well after the promotion period is over. Each of the four pieces contains a set of cards relevant to the piece: Space Shuttle, Living in Space, Constellation Program and Space Telescopes. Kudos to Chick-fil-a (a favorite of mine since the early 80s) for having this kind of space toys in their Kids Meals. Astronaut Snoopy (plush)Ken Murphy / 12:38 am November 30th, 2008  Hallmark Librarian’s Note: Sweeeeeeeet! Hallmark’s redoing their website so I don’t have a link, but it should be available at your local Hallmark store. Not sure why he has aviator goggles underneath the plastic helmet, but whatever. Be sure to pick up one for yourself, and please consider one for a local toy drive for disadvantaged children, since we never know where our next Einstein is going to come from. Besides, waging random good in the world is needed now more than ever, everywhere. “Go For Launch: Space Encyclopedia Board Game”Ken Murphy / 10:47 pm October 31st, 2008  “Go For Launch: Space Encyclopedia Board Game” “Planet Heroes: The Ace That Jumped Over the Moon” (DVD)Ken Murphy / 12:24 am October 3rd, 2008  Fisher Price Librarian’s Note: The Lunar Library has all three episodes, but this is the only Moon-related one, and features Moon ‘Lunar’ helping out Earth ‘Ace’. Space Camp BarbiesKen Murphy / 11:05 pm July 21st, 2008 
Mattel Inc. Librarian’s Note: Each one comes with a Barbie-size flightsuit and helmet, a Space Camp bag, a brush, a certificate, sparkly stickers, and even a couple Barbie-sized samples of Astronaut Ice Cream. Also includes a Space Camp programs DVD and a Glow-in-the-Dark necklace. There’s even a chance to win a trip to Space Camp! And real-girl sized Tees and accessories at the Space Camp Store! Be sure to start your space adventures Shooting for the Stars, Barbie’s space-station adventure story. The Lunar Library acquired one each of Barbie, Nikki, and Teresa. Only one will remain in the Lunar Library! The other two will be donated to the NSS of North Texas Santa Space Toy Drive that we hold each year to collect space toys to be given to disadvantaged youths in the metroplex. Readers are encouraged to leave comments as to which two dolls they think should be donated. “Space Base” (playset)Ken Murphy / 5:10 am July 6th, 2008 “Space Base” Best of the Moon 2008 - Fun & Games Librarian’s Note: Works well with the Lift-Off Rocket  “Lift-off Rocket” (playset)Ken Murphy / 2:56 am June 6th, 2008 “Lift-off Rocket” “Big Book of Space Exploration to Color”Ken Murphy / 10:49 pm May 25th, 2008 LaFontaine, Bruce Librarian’s Note: Comprises three earlier Dover coloring books: Exploring the Solar System, History of Space Exploration, and Constellations of the Night Sky. As much for adults as youngsters, these are probably the best and most informative space coloring pages around. |
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