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.

Based on a toy from 1966 (prior to the moon landing), Major Matt Mason takes place on the moon and follows a team of people based at a space station. Said Yost of the film, "There's no bad guys.

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 ...

Tom Hanks to Star in Film Based on Mattel Action Figure ‘Major Matt Mason’ From Akiva Goldsman. Project based on ’60s astronaut character is in early development at Paramount.

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 ...

Major Matt Mason is an astronaut who lives and works on the moon. The toy’s popularity coincided with America’s own space race in the ’60s, and has a bench of supporting characters like a ...