“The Troubled Spirit” was one of those mysterious unknown force episodes that turned into a Sherlock Holmes story for the Commander and Professor (of course, not their first rodeo). It was interesting to follow as we started with a chilled but uncharacteristically creepy Coral Electric Sitar sequence by none other than Big Jim Sullivan himself…
The Eagle Transporter Mod: Part 1
Since the dawn of time, there have been fans/collectors/model builders not happy with what the market has provided as to kits and toys of the beloved Eagle Transporter. Watching the Space: 1999 episodes for the first time back in the day or catching up reviewing them again in uber-high definition on your favorite Blu Ray,…
Another Space: 1999 Eagle Kit? Part 2
The latest offering from MPC models is arriving to your favorite hobby distributor very shortly, so get those pre orders in. In the meantime, check out how beautiful this build is. Harold Wholf Sr. was commissioned to build this exclusive Round2/MPC kit sample. I asked him to just build an “out of the box” build…
Mission of the Books
Hardbound or paperback, even some electronic reader editions are accompanying the titles, here are the latest 1999 books you should have on your RADAR. Powys Media Year One Omnibus: Space: 1999 Rides Again to the Masses and this time in paperback edition. Mateo Latosa, co-founder of Powys Media, pulled the trigger on producing the amazing…
The Dinky Eagle: A Fan Mainstay
Perhaps the most popular of the Eagle toys worldwide, the Dinky Eagle was (and still is) highly sought after in almost any condition. Marketing was quite different back in the 1970’s and perhaps led to Dinky’s demise, but what a ride it was. Dinky had a great track record selling Gerry Anderson show toys from…
Matter Of Life & Death Episode : the Promos
The second Space: 1999 episode in production, there were a number of additional promotional photo shoots that were done with a number of photos that were rarely seen since those production days. We’ve all seen the episode. It’s really another one of those episodes whether you love or hate it. There is some serious MUF…