Major Matt Mason was a Mattel toy inspired by the incredibly cartoonish space suit designed by Allyn B. “Happ” Hazard. Major Mason was the must-have toy for space-loving geeks of a certain age ...

After he left JPL, his cheerful suit showed up in Life magazine, Boys Life, and the Syracuse Post-Standard. Mattel even created an astronaut toy, Major Matt Mason, wearing a scaled replica of the ...

Major Matt was introduced by Mattel in 1966. He was an astronaut who lived and worked on the Moon. Back then, astronauts were American heroes. Every boy (and quite a few girls) wanted to be one ...

Writer Graham Yost Says 'Major Matt Mason' With Tom Hanks Will Be A Space Survival Tale Set On The Moon ...

The character Major Matt Mason was an astronaut who lived and worked on the moon, and was introduced in 1966 to coincide with the space race. His look was inspired by that of designs seen in Life ...

Tom Hanks is lined up to star in Universal's live-action feature Major Matt Mason.

Major Matt Mason was a Mattel action figure introduced in 1966 who lived and worked on the moon. The film's been discussed since 2012, when screenwriter Graham Yost told Reuters it would be "set ...

Hanks will play Major Matt Mason, the leader of a team of astronauts who worked on the moon and lived in a space station. Oddly enough, after we finally landed on the moon in 1969, Mattel ...

Spokespeople for Hanks, Goldman, Paramount and Mattel had no immediate comment. Major Matt Mason is an astronaut who lives and works on the moon. The toy’s popularity coincided with America’s ...