It's one of the intriguing joys of life, that as time goes by, I learn more about a specific topic, and the eventual outcome... like the tv series Space Patrol tv series, that I posted about, I just learned they took it around the country on a publicity tour, prior to giving it away

Ten-year-old Ricky Walker won the first prize in the Space Patrol TV show's Name the Planet Contest sponsored by Ralston Purina.

The grand prize was a 40-foot long rocket clubhouse on a trailer, a replica of Commander Buzz Corry’s battlecruiser, the Terra IV, and a truck to pull it. Ricky's winning name for Planet X was "Cesaria," and the Ralston Rocket clubhouse was delivered to Ricky on 12 January 1954 in the town square of his home town, Washington, Illinois.

Schwinn World Traveler bicycle were the second prizes.

Eventually the novelty wore off and Ricky’s parents sold the rocket playhouse to a traveling carnival for the sum of $1000. 

In 1985 it was discovered on the property of a small construction company in Gent, New York.

Then they destroyed it and sold the metal as scrap

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https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/328/

https://atomicscout.wordpress.com/2014/02/04/the-rolling-ralston-rocket-clubhouse-the-story-of-a-national-sensation
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