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Gooneybird Originals
"A good friend of mine slipped the attached sketches under my door. These are indeed the original sketches by Mike Dorffler and Wayne Kellner. I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions!"
Copied from that post, here are the original drawings for the Goonybirds. To the right is what was eventually produced.
I can imagine the Damon Corporate upper management had reservations about the politically incorrect first draft designs.
The MatterVerkens became the Missile Toe.
The Sopwitter ended up as the Sky Shriek. The smaller red drawing on the upper right has the scalloped wings of the Sky Shriek.
The Russian was softened into the Zoom Broom.
The Saki Bomb morphed into the Cloud Hopper.
The Star Snoop and Galaxy Guppy drawings weren't shown in the YORF post. Who knows what those first proposals were. The Galaxy Guppy could have been a Zeppelin.
Personally, I like the originals shown on the left.
I remember going through the 1973 Estes catalog, seeing the Goonybirds and thinking: "Really?" But, they could be popular with the kids dragged along to a launch.
To see the Estes 1973 catalog pages, CLICK HERE
Someone mentioned in the thread the old Car Toons magazines may have had an influence. That and the Ed Big Daddy Roth designs.
A few years back Semroc brought out larger "Growny" models of the original Russian and the Saki Bomb.
The MatterVerkens became the Missile Toe.
The Sopwitter ended up as the Sky Shriek. The smaller red drawing on the upper right has the scalloped wings of the Sky Shriek.
The Russian was softened into the Zoom Broom.
The Saki Bomb morphed into the Cloud Hopper.
The Star Snoop and Galaxy Guppy drawings weren't shown in the YORF post. Who knows what those first proposals were. The Galaxy Guppy could have been a Zeppelin.
Personally, I like the originals shown on the left.
I remember going through the 1973 Estes catalog, seeing the Goonybirds and thinking: "Really?" But, they could be popular with the kids dragged along to a launch.
To see the Estes 1973 catalog pages, CLICK HERE
Someone mentioned in the thread the old Car Toons magazines may have had an influence. That and the Ed Big Daddy Roth designs.
A few years back Semroc brought out larger "Growny" models of the original Russian and the Saki Bomb.
I believe it was "Groony" not "Growny." And Semroc called it the "Ruskie."
ReplyDeleteYou're right Chris!
DeleteIt's Groony not Growny. I remember Carl saying these were Goonys all grown up. That's probably where I got that from.
The Ruskie was called the Russian Interceptor on the original drawing.