As there still seems to be plenty of interest in my revisited Sixteen 12 Space: 1999 photos, here’s another look at the photos of the pre-production Sixteen 12 Micro Eagle Transporter & Launch Pad.
I took them
way back in April, 2020, not long after the first Covid 19 lockdown in England,
so I had plenty of time to photograph this, and the other Micro Eagles in the
set. The last I heard the finished products were in production. I should
imagine they are almost, if not ready for shipping. Obviously, like pretty much
everybody, Sixteen 12 has been affected by logistics problems. But in spite of
that I think it’s fair to say they’ve been pretty good at keeping things moving
as they get them in.
Even though
it’s the pre-production model, it still looks impressive. It’s a pretty big toy/model, around 2’ long
including the service section with the pad around 18” across. It features
launch pad landing lights and dialogue from the series.
The big pull
for me is the electronic working docking tube.
It comes
with a 5” highly detailed Transporter
Eagle with a detachable Transport pod and aluminium engine bells. The
pre-production models are naturally of lower quality, but even those look
pretty good to me.
The set even
comes with a tiny in-scale Alpha moon buggy to leave carelessly parked on the
edge of the Launchpad!
Seems like I've been waiting for an eternity for this to arrive - last I heard was a possible February/March delivery - good things come to those who wait !
ReplyDeleteFenton
I know what you mean, Fenton, but at least we know they're going to arrive at some point Oddly enough, I ordered the No Time To Die blu ray which by all accounts is released on the 20th December, and that's been put back by Amazon to the 29th, for some reason. I guess we just have to get use to this at the moment.
Delete