tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post5646970984892052618..comments2024-03-28T16:33:47.864+00:00Comments on MOONBASE CENTRAL: DINKY SHADO INTERCEPTORWOODSYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-67998574622325828002016-08-13T16:14:48.634+01:002016-08-13T16:14:48.634+01:00I love this model. I found one last year on Skegne...I love this model. I found one last year on Skegness market and just had to get it as a reminder of the day. Found a repro missile and Shado stickers and she now sits with an Eagle Transporter and a Shado 2 Mobile on top of a bookshelf in the conservatory... Every time I see it I am filled with happy childhood memories. Great post.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15549746655557278691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-82689113389548396492016-08-12T08:49:27.633+01:002016-08-12T08:49:27.633+01:00An icon of an Anderson childhood Scoop for sure. I...An icon of an Anderson childhood Scoop for sure. I don't recall any kid I knew not having a UFO interceptor. They were so tough as well, being thrown around the garden and chucked in the sandpit! A staple of modern flea markets and car boots, the tough interceptor can always be found somewhere - minus the missile of course .. and maybe a landing ski too!WOODSYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13456645970983569001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-82564573848537524632016-08-12T08:25:08.989+01:002016-08-12T08:25:08.989+01:00As much as I love the much more accurate Product E...As much as I love the much more accurate Product Enterprise version, the Dinky Interceptor still makes me smile every time I see one. A great toy. Wish the moulds were still available.Yorkienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-2116804732196080232016-08-12T06:43:05.646+01:002016-08-12T06:43:05.646+01:00Could well be true,Mike. A military green was init...Could well be true,Mike. A military green was initially used on Dinky's Shado 2 mobile for that very reason, as they considered it a type of armoured vehicle. SCOOPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17481423869059986451noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2156181044707591026.post-28163496887582036152016-08-12T00:01:37.170+01:002016-08-12T00:01:37.170+01:00story i heard was that execs at dinky reckoned tha...story i heard was that execs at dinky reckoned that because it was a "military" vehicle (in the loosest of terms lol) it looked better in "army" green and would open up sales to collectors of military models as well as scifi fans, same logic with the later Eagle model. Can't recall where I read it but it does sound like the kind of marketing department thinking from around that time.Mike Nicollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735674336496864606noreply@blogger.com