Your 11 March 2023 Update As if we haven’t seen enough Space: 1999 merchandise already, for 2023 there will be more. A lot more. Well, you know I’m just kidding about the over abundance of 1999 garb. I’m not sure if we’ll reach that point. Quite frankly, I’m very happy to report that there is…
The Moonbuggy Kit: The Missing Kit Part 2
In this article, we focus the build itself. The build is by none other than Interstellar Modeler Oggie Gonzalez leaving this build with some very expert hands. Oggie writes: “The kit was easy to work with and not at all complicated to build. The instructions were straight forward as well. The tires are easy to…
The Moonbuggy Kit: The Missing Kit
Perhaps what should have been in the first place, Round2/MPC Corporation just delivered the Moonbuggy Kit. This kit was announced at the 2022 Wonderfest event in Louisville, KY. Round 2/MPC have produced a many Space: 1999 kits, this being #26th Space: 1999 product that MPC has produced since 2014. At 3.25 inches / 8.2 cm long,…
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…
Merch: 2022 – The Year In Review
2022 saw interesting ups and downs coming from all angles of the license holders of Space. In the hearts and minds of fans fond for Space: 1999 was very apparent in 2022 and there have been some companies to capitalize on our nostalgia with amazing merch. Since 2013’s merch surge of the Blam! Comics…
The Tiny Alpha Eagles With Wheels And Other Oddities
Here is a nice little presentation of “what were they thinking?” about miscolored/mis-engineered toy Eagles “back in the day”. Did you know that the first best commercially available accurate (well, sort of) was produced in 2003 by Konami? Everything prior was not really that close, miscolored, wheels added, copied from other toy manufactures, miniaturized and…
Another Space: 1999 Eagle kit from MPC? Absolutely!!!
I’ve heard all too often that you cannot have too many Eagles. Well, guess what? It’s happening again. Another amazing Eagle kit from Round2/MPC division. Actually, we are getting two new kits very soon. Another spectacular addition to the 1/72 scale line will be the Lab Pod w/ Spine Booster Eagle kit (from the episode…