Internet bon vivant and occasional GeekDad contributor Todd Lappin (aka Telstar Logistics) was flying out of San Francisco a while back, and on his way through the concourse came upon a thing of joy: a collection of uber-cool 1950s space toys. Being the well-equipped geek he is, Todd snapped a bunch of pictures and put them up on his Flickr account. With Todd’s blessing, we hereby give you the slideshow of those pictures:
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