Astrosled Concept Art99 viewsActually, the basis for the Astrosled pre-dates "Buck Rogers". It was initially built for an early Doug Trumbull / Showscan film / test by Lorne Peterson and Jon Erland shortly after they finished working on "Star Wars" in early 1977. This sled was commissioned and built for that. At some point the script for the "Olympiad" episode came through and they knew they would need a bobsled-like spaceship. Someone remembered the prop for the Showscan test and arrangements were made for it to be rented.
Astrosled Original Miniature 0481 viewsFrom the former collection of Gary Cannavo.
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Astrosled Original Miniature 0173 viewsEdited by Cylon-Knight.
Photos courtesy of Profiles in History.
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Astrosled Full-Sized Mockup Screencap 0670 viewsIn the episode "The Hand of the Goral" (S02E11), the full-sized Astrosled mockup was reused to be the front part of crashed spaceship seen at the beginning.
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Astrosled Full-Sized Mockup Screencap 0164 viewsScreencaps from the episode "Olympiad" (S01E19) made by Red Eye.
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Astrosled Screencap 0161 viewsScreencaps made by Red Eye.