Adam Savage Reviews Blitzway's 1/4 Scale Apollo 11 Astronaut!

Adam prepares for one of the largest unboxings he's ever done at the cave: a massive box containing Blitzway's new Apollo 11 Astronaut statue. This mixed media figure recreates Neil Armstrong's moon landing at 1/4 scale, including his iconic A7L spacesuit and even part of the Lunar Excusion Module! Being intimately familiar with this spacesuit, Adam calls out his favorite parts of the figure as he displays it next to his 1/4 scale ISS Astronaut!
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[@WilliamBlakers]

I would have liked to see the display as designed by the company.

[@deltatango5765]

Did anyone else notice that the Omega had the correct time for Armstrong's first step on the Moon? This thing is absolutely gorgeous! I wish I had the money for something like this.

[@MikeyFFA500]

Isn't it upside down though?

[@nitroxlodd]

Supposedly, he didnt wear his Omega for the moonwalk.

[@Gort58]

@@nitroxlodd Correct. He left his aboard Eagle as a back-up in case the LM clock failed (Buzz wore his).

[@-MrFozzy-]

Just become a famous KZbin celebrity….you’ll get all the free stuff…

[@phmwu7368]

@@nitroxlodd Indeed only Apollo 11 LMP Edwin Buzz Aldrin wore an Omega Speedmaster as Armstrong left his in the Lunar Lander as a backup #MoonwatchUniverse

[@CaptainBobRockets]

I was asked to give an award to Mr. Armstrong and had dinner with him the evening before the ceremony. After the event, we corresponded a bit and he sent me a package of notes for a talk he gave at a NASA event. I treasure my time with him and still have the notes. What a gracious and wonderful man!

[@microbuilder]

One 1/4 scale step for man, one full scale step for mankind.

[@OMrkithO]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@valoriel4464]

And a fantastic day for Adam. Felt like a kid at Christmas. 😆

[@matthewlong6247]

a man

[@Sjs9000]

You losers still think we went to the moon 😆😆😆

[@robertmartin6800]

@@matthewlong6247 *amen

[@dbadilotti]

You've shared a great deal of wisdom over the years, but "Whenever you have a chance to share credit..." @4:03 is one of the wisest principles you've offered. My deepest respect sir.

[@OMrkithO]

That sliding shot to the right showing them both was perfection! looked like they were floating in space! lol

[@eugenenolan3040]

One small step for man, one giant box for Adam.

[@istnruin]

Watching you with this was like watching a kid on Christmas opening up presents. Keep up the great shows.

[@aserta]

The ISS one could easily be displayed on a scaled CANADARM section from the ceiling of the shop. The arm itself is easily made, basically a set of tubes with joints and cloth, cloth that you already have within your sphere of making because of the bags/suits you've been doing.

[@Kmortisk]

"Somewhat impatient" is the understatement of the year :D

[@DecanFrost]

ladies and gents, you just witnessed Adam at 12 years old Christmas morning lol im a generating too young to appreciate this, but i can still feel Adams excitement through the screen.

[@tylerbarnes7628]

"Somewhat impatient" understatement of the year.

[@gustonzimasheen]

Pro box opening tip: Cut the top and bottom, open the lids on both sides and pull the box upwards while it's resting on the ground. Saves your energy lifting something heavy out of a box

[@narutobroken]

This man opens boxes

[@seanylewl]

They conveniently added a layer of bubble wrap under the box, with two ends protruding for you to use as handles to lift it... which adam promptly ignored 🤣

[@Steve.Cutler]

Now you have to build the rest of the lander to go with it!

[@my3dviews]

That would be great. But you would need a whole room for it. 😂

[@Clu2298]

Absolutely Breathtaking! That is a beautiful piece! My dad used to collect statues and I remember i would always help unbox them when they would arrive and this took me right back to that! It was always a high point for me and my dad when a new statue would arrive and we would open it together...Good times. Great review as always!

[@Zeriod101]

Because I’m a watch nerd and into NASA too I couldn’t help but notice the Astronaut was wearing his Omega Speedmaster upside down. The crown and pushers need to be on the right hand side, and not the left! Absolutely beautiful piece…I’m completely blown away by the sheer size and attention to detail.

[@steffenpfau2216]

This statue and diorama is so incredibly beautiful! It’s a fantastic journey to discover all the details there are. And the mind involuntarily completes the rest of the Eagle landing vessel. This may cause a giant hole in one’s budget but it’s a small step on fullfilling a collectors bucket list.

[@SteveBrant55]

Thrilled to see how excited you are to have this! Wonderfully detailed overview of this stunning piece! I'm 67 and remember watching the fist steps on the Moon when I was 14 years old... and discovered that this statue exists today (Oct 16th). I'm thrilled Big Bad Toy Store still has it in stock and just purchased one for the NASA display portion of the Route 66 Spirit of American Museum I'm building in Stroud, OK. Thanks again for the great video! Also, so very cool that you worked on the movie "Space Cowboys"!

[@twraia]

Adam, would love to know (and see if possible) where you end up displaying this absolute beauty!

[@musiclyricsf0245]

This is the world most patient man, he bought it and waited couple of years for that!, That's totally worth it!!

[@martinslagle3061]

What a absolutely gorgeous thing. And I am 100% sure the reality is better than the camera makes it look. The mirror on the face shield! Just... everything!

[@ballbagchris6920]

I love Adam’s debate about weathering lol I love weathering everything even when it’s not supposed to be

[@my3dviews]

6:05 He's almost drooling there. 😂

[@GaryMaxwell]

"A fair portion of my troubles are because I don't read the manual." Words to live by.

[@shawnmurdock8059]

This is by far the coolest most awesome thing you have shown us. Dont weather even though you will do a good job. Its perfect as is.

[@juliandunn8412]

I love this man's passion. Been with him since Mythbusters.

[@jamesfrady3798]

this is how I felt when I finally bought and received an enterbay 1/4 scale batman figure from the dark knight; its just such an epic scale, and the details they are able to replicate in 1/4 scale is just incredible! Love to see more love for 1/4 scale!

[@geekfandom1]

Got mine this week, absolutely amazed with this peice. I have over 60 1/4 statues on display and this has no become my favorite piece.

[@my3dviews]

You must have a big house for that many.

[@geekfandom1]

@@my3dviews It's a decent size. I keep thrm.all in one dedicated area.

[@F_L_U_X]

1:13 and then Rick Astley pops out

[@spidersj12]

An April fools joke where Adam gets Rick rolled opening a box just has to happen!

[@lorawaring883]

That box looks like a movie trailer and credits sequences!

[@shellpose]

Such a gorgeous piece

[@axon-konstrukt.4933]

I love watching Adam struggle with packaging for Minutes ... made my day

[@vernhoke7730]

I remember the moon landing like it was yesterday.

[@terryqueen3233]

Wow what a beautiful piece! These people really took some time and thought and effort into making this piece. This thing is absolutely awesome! I hope you're around when they decide to make the first man on Mars, LOL. Adam have a great day I know you're going to with what you just received. Have a great day stay safe!

[@spacerace3829]

I would love to see the Earth rising in the visor reflection.

[@duckforceone]

Apone quote. Love it. Another glorious day in the corp.

[@johnoswald9143]

There are no words, it’s so funny to see Adam like a kid at Christmas, thank you for sharing the absolute joy of that unbelievable model.

[@paulbennett4548]

Adam a great video, loved the Rolo foil for the LEM story. It took me back to the early 70's when I was building the Revell kit of the LEM, my solution for the foil was the Cadbury Bornville bar foil. It took several bars to get it right funny it was the only kit my wife ever helped me with. :o)

[@kenreed872]

there are 2 in accuracies to the model, 1) the landing plaque had yet to be uncovered when Neil took the 1 small step. 2) there is no antenna on the top of the Plss Emergency Oxygen supply other than that it is a fantastic model

[@wazigeralph]

It's a beautiful piece of art.

[@punkworkschannel]

This is a museum quality piece, incredible!

[@eliasgallegos3058]

Breathtaking! A snapshot in history!

[@Matthew-by6vl]

OH MY GOD ADAM! First off, beautiful model. Secondly, I was on the edge of my seat when you were cutting the plastic off of the astronaut because the camera angle couldn't show your perspective. I know you are careful, but it's like being a passenger in a car.

[@Knightlight1]

I've always liked bigbadtoystore and I'm so glad to see adam order from them :D pretty wholesome and I thought about the weathering as well but amazing point as to the first step history not a lot of weathering to do really. Great video

[@ArcStriker]

BBTS have the best customer support bar none, sometimes they are a few dollars more depending on what you order but they are worth it just to support a great company!

[@zoranbilbiloski652]

You should make a spinning table for the astronaut because its beautiful to look at from every angle!!!

[@zerocochrane1713]

What a beauty dust collector ! I need one !

[@MichaelOwens1972]

"A good leader takes a little less of their share of the praise and a lot more of their share of the blame" Not sure where I first heard this but it remains true and Adam reminded me off it in this video.

[@columbia200769]

Shortly before Armstrong's descent to the lunar surface, the astronauts realized that the Lunar Module's digital clock had a fault and due to the takeoff from the Moon to rendezvous with Collins, who was in lunar orbit, they had to being very precise with respect to time and since they did not know if their watches could suffer any damage during the moon walk, Armstrong and Aldrin made the decision that Armstrong's Omega watch would remain on the instrument panel of the Eagle and the one that would descend to the Moon with his watch would be Aldrin.

[@tobynobel5671]

That's awesome, I'd love to have one... I'd try to put it in my living room too lol. Hey, I think a great little one day build would be to repaint and weather a 12" Buzz Lightyear figure from Mattel for the new LIGHTYEAR movie. They have surprisingly good detail, but not really painted. It'd be great to see Adam do.

[@Evergreen64]

Unfortunately. You can't. They have sold out everywhere. And they are a limited run. So unless someone wants to sell you theirs for some insane price. That's all folks.

[@tobynobel5671]

@@Evergreen64 there are several variations of the 12" Lightyear even just the $13 one would be great to see Adam repaint. Also I think the XL01 and XL15 suits are right up his alley. He could custom make a stand or base for it as well.

[@theloneviking9145]

He couldn’t satisfy us with the lifting of the visor???

[@kylaina]

You may not make tv money anymore but, you still get the best toys.

[@LetsDoThis321]

They look pretty cool, you could really make some realistic scenes. Now I understand how some think we never did land on the moon LOL....

[@lukaswilliams5851]

Buying their story is easy when you shut off your mind.

[@f1matt]

"My kind of weird". Amen to that.

[@cecilhedgepeth4447]

@Adam that's why I suggested the demerit badge of cutting when the package is marked do not cut I constantly see it with my job finish materials for interiors

[@hectorbacchus]

That is amazing! I want that so much! 😊

[@EsotericArctos]

Credits lists on items for retail/commercial sale is very rare. That is an amazing thing to see. On a totally unrelated note, I watched the first episode of Mythbusters last night. Goodness, to see Adam without the wild hair. Almost didn't recognise him :).

[@DavidM-um2uk]

That model is glorious, what a triumph of detail! I'd look into getting one, but I know I can't afford it lol

[@Sizzlik]

Boys and their toys. Delightfull.

[@IsabellaCatherine19XX]

Man that is amazing. If I had the money I would buy Blitzway's 1/6 scale Ghostbusters figures and Ecto-1. They are my DREAM collectibles. Some day, some day.

[@carlosdiaz2688]

Wow. Crazy I watched it on TV

[@johnhill8568]

Beautiful piece with your typical kid on Christmas response. Didn't Neil hop down from the ladder ? If so both boots would be weathered. Then of course him and Buzz did a few experiment set ups.

[@gecko-sb1kp]

That could always be Neil at the completion of achieving the national goal...

[@griffinstreetstudios]

I was eyeing this a few weeks ago, sadly it's out of my budget but maybe someday I'll be so lucky as to own something this cool

[@Thermalions]

I'm actually surprised it's not more expensive ($850), but like you, can't justify such a purchase presently (leaving aside that it's sold out already).

[@EvilSewnit]

@@Thermalions that’s far cheaper than I expected

[@HonkeyKong54]

There's quite a few places that stock high end statues like this that have payment plans. I remember way back they expected everyone to pay all upfront but company's that changed and let you do payment plans of up to 12 months end up getting more sales imo.

[@cleverusername9369]

Love that he referred to his wife as "Mrs Don't Try This" 😆

[@Voirreydirector]

Of course it’s a toy, my dear, it’s a representative object designed to spark the imagination. It’s ok to honor that word. Thank you for showing us your new toy.

[@ingajohannsdottir1180]

Cut *carefully* down the corners and open a side of the brown box to get the inner box out..

[@williamjones2027]

Especially nice camera work in this episode.

[@marktadlock5428]

Looks like museum quality that's cool!

[@PaulWrightsonLeeds]

I would love this - I was 11 when it happened.

[@toysandthingsaz8233]

Love it!!!

[@simplynick6077]

This is a super neat and detailed piece of art… but I just can’t help seeing that bigass ladder/lander leg and thinking it looks like a complex bong 😅

[@Lorne.Morrell]

love the random "tying of the shoe"

[@ace-ic6kz]

speedmaster was there to, lovely thing.

[@luisbaltazar8056]

"I needed to put the ladder in first" classic Adam haahhaha

[@CNSFX]

Cool! I’ve earned every patch! Time to order a new apron and patches!

[@bunkkasponge]

Next up, the Apollo 11 Lander in 1/4 Scale, One day builds! Hahaha!

[@RDFB101]

hmmm so the perfect foil just happened to be the one that came with a ton of spare chocolate, what a coincidence 😁🍫😋

[@nexpro6985]

That's one small diorama for Adam one giant diorama for Mankind.

[@Rockykill3r357]

Surprised how affordable the price was when I checked the link for the statue. For a Japanese (Anime , etc.) Statue of that size and quality it would easily be 3x the price of this. (+ a arm and a leg in shipping). Amazing Piece.

[@robk5865]

Beautiful piece. My only gripe is that it isn't a nice detailed plamo kit.

[@markhofman]

Beautiful piece. Would love to have one in my collection, but . . . And only one question: does the piece not come with the PLSS antenna?

[@stevenbarnett5050]

While this is exquisite, I must point out that Neal didn’t wear his speedy outside the LM. Buzz did, but Neal left his in the LM where he had used it as a backup timer

[@neddreadmaynard]

The front of my t shirt is extremely damp from drooling.

[@charlie9ine]

Magnificent!

[@marcsr71]

now we need a "My Kind of Weird" apron badge. One day build Susan for such is deserving...

[@cana125dh7322]

In your excitement you toss wrapping on the floor. So funny. I've unpacked my share, especially custom cabinets. I developed a system to bag and recycle all of the packing. I would otherwise be stumbling in it. God Bless. PS, this looks to be museum quality. Nice score.

[@RobertTempleton64]

The remainder of the Eagle LM-5 LEM ODB to finish the scene. It would require a small house to 'house' it though.

[@F_L_U_X]

6:45 "I really appreciate the hand holds" I thought I was the only one that let those useless, unimportant, peculier facts slip through my lips...

[@robroberts1473]

So cool.

[@frozenmoonproductions]

as someone with the last name of Moon, I 100% LOVE THiS!!!

[@ewan.cartwright]

I think the suit could take a little weathering... the spacesuits, like all Apollo hardware, were tested to death before they ever went near a rocket and were well and truly broken in by the time he took that first step

[@neilmackay5655]

A triggerable sound card with the 'one small step.. ' quote maybe? How about a one day build of the moon vending machine from A Grand Day Out? As, y'know, a companion piece😉

[@valoriel4464]

Camera Man waving in the reflection was hilarious 🤣

[@Pannemat]

Total Kubrick move. ;-)

[@HunterReport]

Wow!

[@criggie]

Coming up in a later episode, Adam replicates a 1/4 scale lander and a 1/4 scale ISS.

[@mikeparker3865]

Adam, you have to put on your Apollo suit and take a photo of yourself in the visor and replicate the famous photo that Neil took of Buzz

[@brandondimmitt5050]

I know you'll never see this, but Simone Giertz just launched her product line and I was hoping you'd give her a shout out. I love you both and would LOVE to see more colabs

[@ThyBountyHunter]

Most box cutters have a guard where you cannot cut deeper than the box is thick when you set it. Most people who stock shelves at stores know this when we have to cut into boxes.

[@colinritchie1757]

Oh Adam, It's too big too expensive and out of stock AND I WANT ONE!!!

[@rong1924]

Adam: "This is non-trivial engineering. I can tell you the team is happy I'm calling out their hard work because this was the result of a lot of discussion." Also Adam: "I never read the instructions"

[@lyndanickerson1373]

Adam would love to see this in the living! If allowed! Video or it didn't happen lol