Fifty years ago on April 12 , Yuri Gagarin became the first person in place . Every year , you’re able to celebrate his achievement onYuri ’s Night , and now you may daydream of Yuri with Luno , a madly cunning lunar rover toy .
But first you have to help oneself fund the toymaker , Sergey Safonov . He’strying to raise $ 4,000 on Kickstarterto fund the production of a little note of Lunos – your contribution will get you a Luno , plus more cool toys and concept artwork from Safonov .
Here ’s what he has to say :
Luno is both an art carving and a toy for painting and acting . It is designed with storytelling in thinker . We desire to fund this project on April 12th and commemorate the 50th day of remembrance of [ Yuri ’s trajectory ] .
Click to viewLuno the Moon Rover is about 5 inch in diam with three spinning cycle . Mini Luno is about 3 inch in diameter . Both sizes of Luno will be made of hand - disgorge resin and painted glossy white .
Safonov has a special relationship with Yuri ’s Nox :
Sergey Safonov dreamed of infinite travel all throughout his puerility in Russia . As a kid , Sergey was surrounded with space memorabilia : He had tons of space related - books and magazine , space intellectual nourishment ( diminutive bricks of bread and space tubes ) and April 12th was a family vacation . The only problem Sergey had with space toys was that all of them were replicas of spaceship and mechanisms , and he was looking for characters with which to play and distinguish story . Now Sergey Safonov is grown up with a young son of his own , so he is seek to create his own blank lineament : Luno the Moon Rover .
Sergey has been make fictional character and produce original , hand - made toys for many years . His work has appeared in the rule book Dot Dot Dash and Art - toy and the clip , Design Bureau . He is currently working on a video Quran about his characters , the Gooma . The play along photos are several of Sergey ’s original resin toys . They are available as part of one of the reinforcement options for people who drink to aid produce Luno the Moon Rover .
The toys will be make by Hong Kong party Crazy Label!Won’t you donate a little money to make this cool plaything come true ?
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