![LP domes](LPdomesM.jpg)
Sizes
Diameter
Height
Diameter
Height
36 mm
20 mm
25 mm
15 mm
1 7/16 in
13/16 in
1 in
5/8 in
![Large domes make ball](LPdomesD.jpg)
Features
Two types of large dome fit together to make a ball, which originally served for the rolling eyes of the
LP Space Dog
(below - use link on that page or your browser's Back button to return here). The toy that used the smaller dome(s) has not yet been found.
![Space Dog eye ball detail](LPSpDogD.jpg)
Colours
Usually white, but also seen in yellow
![Robert McCall illustration of Mars base](McCDomeS.jpg)
Dome buildings were a common feature in speculative art in the 1960s, including the much more serious work by Robert McCall as featured in Life magazine (issue of 2 October 1964). Inflatable domes could be coated with locally-made concrete, and ball-shaped fuel or oxygen tanks could be recycled into buildings as well. The advantage of a dome also being its ability to withstand pressure - particularly differences in exterior and interior atmospheric pressure.
![Detail from McCall illustration](McCDomeD.jpg)