Boy Have I Got Some Catching Up To Do! Pyro X-100 Space Scout - Yellow HP

Here's the yellow version of the Pyro X-100 Space Scout.

Ed

Boy Have I Got Some Catching Up To Do! Pyro X-100 Space Scout - Repaint HP

I got this thing cheap many years ago to add to the fleet. It appears as if someone had given it a quick spray of paint over the top of the hull and just called it quits. WTF? 😖  Anyway, it's still a nice piece and I'm okay with it.

Ed

Space Art: Pyro X-100 On Patrol

Done back in 2012, I can find no record of this ever being posted either here on the blog or Meta (aka facebook). I mentioned in yesterday's post that photo essay for my blue Pyro X-100 was posted back in 2012 and even though this was done back then as well, it ended up being neglected.

Ed

Boy Have I Got Some Catching Up To Do! Pyro X-100 Space Scout- Blue HP (Modified)

Going through my photos I discovered a bunch of Pyro spaceship pics and was sitting here scratching my head thinking, "Didn't I already post those!!?" I mean, I was posting Pyro as far back as 2014 and then had another short round of posts in 2014, but apparently I just stopped dead in my tracks and didn't continue the series.

Well hell, time to rectify that. Here's my first Pyro X-100 spaceship posted in 2012. The post will have the complete photo essay.

Here's what we'll post today to help continue the series. It's another X-100 that a previous owner had painted and modified by gluing a pilot figure in the cockpit. Unfortunately, he was glued in crooked and the ship looks like it was a casualty. I played into that with the photo at the end. The spaceship measures: 5" (12.7cm) L x 3 1/4" (8.25cm) wingspan.

Emergency Landing

For whatever reason, I posted this photo back in 2023 but never the photo essay for toy.

Emergency Landing

Having met the enemy in battle, our scarred pilot has made an emergency landing on a nearby moon. His enemy will claim a victory this time, but our pilot will be rescued and his craft recovered and repaired and he'll fly and fight another day! Enjoy! Opa Fritz

A slightly modified Pyro X-100 Space Scout. A previous owner has added a pilot (which BTW sits at a distinct forward lean making him appear to be wounded) and 'kill' marks on the side of the fuselage.

Pyro X-100 Space Scout

Now here's a Nifty '50s space toy for your enjoyment - the Pyro X-100 Space Scout. Pyro was founded in 1945 by William Lester, an engineer who designed the first injection molding machines back in 1933. Released in the early 1950s by Pyro in a variety of colors it was part of a four ship set or sold separately as a bin toy. The four space ship set consisted of:

X-100 Space Scout

X-200 Space Ranger

X-300 Space Cruiser

X-400 Space Explorer

The remainder of the Pyro line also had four space vehicles and a rocket ship whistle.

Our  X-100 measures 5" (12.7cm) L x 3 1/4" (8.3cm) wingspan and has three wheels underneath. With its sleek Flash Gordonesque lines this is a true space toy classic. Enjoy!