Or is this a toy that gets suspended on fishing line, the center of balance would be further back with the batteries in the rear, essentially the Eagle section has a loop just behind the rear landing pods. I can just picture a bunch of Spotty teenaged lads demonstrating these at Christmas in Debenhams circa 1980!!
Ha,ha! You may well be right MJ. The rear propellers are battery operated but whether they are supposed to propel the thing in water, or just spin for effect, I really don't know.
Wow what a mess! Where to start? The Xwing rear is backwards. The actual thrusters are facing forward which makes the wings look more traditional, swept backed. They flipped the wing tip guns to face the right way which gives us a clue as to where they came from. You can just make out the flatness of the underside of the bottom gun which means it is a copy of the ones from the Kenner/Palitoy toy. This is backed up by being able to see the two posts on each wingtip that they sit on. The xwing model was fragile and the tip guns were even more so. The toy was more robust plus already had a hollow space for batteries for the laser sound unit which makes more sense for this to be a copy of. Scale wise I think the toy was more in line with the size but not the scale of the AMT/MPC/Airfix Eagle model kit.
That Eagle kit is what I think the front half of this thing uses. If you look at where the landing leg pods are supposed to be, you can see a plug that covers up the slot the model kit used to secure them to the body. The main strut would have been blocked off to make it easier to mold which is what we see here. Not only are the landing leg pods attached to the crew pod module instead of the body, the two on the far side or upside down, easier to see this in the second pic.
Gosh that is ugly and SO wrong!
ReplyDeleteIt's an awful mash up isn't it!
DeleteActually, I think taking two bad SF designs and tossing them into a blender makes a much better toy! I would have bought that sucker in a snap!
DeleteTwo bad designs, Zigg! Leave the room and report to the headmaster!;D
DeleteI like it. It's so bad it's good! :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely an intriguing novelty item, Yorkie.
DeleteIt's the unholy chimera of an Eagle and an X-Wing! The stuff of Nightmares!
ReplyDeleteHa,ha! Not tempted to unearth one then, Bill? ;)
DeleteA rare case of "two wrongs DO make a right!"
DeleteWith the propellers at the rear, is this supposed to go in water too?? Holy Island of Misfit toys!!
ReplyDeleteLooks like it could do,MJ.
DeleteOr is this a toy that gets suspended on fishing line, the center of balance would be further back with the batteries in the rear, essentially the Eagle section has a loop just behind the rear landing pods. I can just picture a bunch of Spotty teenaged lads demonstrating these at Christmas in Debenhams circa 1980!!
DeleteHa,ha! You may well be right MJ. The rear propellers are battery operated but whether they are supposed to propel the thing in water, or just spin for effect, I really don't know.
DeleteLooks rather phallic! A copyright apocalypse!
ReplyDeleteHa,ha! Gives you the willys, eh Woodsy. ;D
DeleteThe Eagle is clearly to a much smaller scale than the X-Wing.
ReplyDeleteYes, very much so. Looking at the Eagle, nothing appears to be where it should be, apart from the beak. The leg pods are too close together!
DeleteWow what a mess! Where to start?
ReplyDeleteThe Xwing rear is backwards. The actual thrusters are facing forward which makes the wings look more traditional, swept backed. They flipped the wing tip guns to face the right way which gives us a clue as to where they came from. You can just make out the flatness of the underside of the bottom gun which means it is a copy of the ones from the Kenner/Palitoy toy. This is backed up by being able to see the two posts on each wingtip that they sit on. The xwing model was fragile and the tip guns were even more so. The toy was more robust plus already had a hollow space for batteries for the laser sound unit which makes more sense for this to be a copy of. Scale wise I think the toy was more in line with the size but not the scale of the AMT/MPC/Airfix Eagle model kit.
That Eagle kit is what I think the front half of this thing uses. If you look at where the landing leg pods are supposed to be, you can see a plug that covers up the slot the model kit used to secure them to the body. The main strut would have been blocked off to make it easier to mold which is what we see here. Not only are the landing leg pods attached to the crew pod module instead of the body, the two on the far side or upside down, easier to see this in the second pic.