One of my favourite Century 21 toys as a collector is this.
Here's a reminder of the photos I took of 16/12's Micro Winch/Cargo pre-production Eagle model.
It has the familiar more realistic aluminium engine bells, and plenty of detailing, even though its just the prototype model. It comes with a detachable cargo pallet, and a removeable (non-working) winch motor.
It comes with six tiny magnetic nuclear cannisters, any of which can be attached to the carrying magnet on the end of the cord beneath the cargo pallet.
The 5" finished model will be made of injection plastic and aluminium, and is now provisionally scheduled to be released at some point early next year, but don't quote me on that what with all the set backs we've all had to put up with this past year.
Oh , and you even get a tiny in scale Moon buggy, too!
I so remember these Redbox 707 mini-pistols and the plastic bullet-firing cigarette lighter they came in. Completely steeped in spy mania it came straight out of James Bond's toy box.
These two plastic pistols featured on online sale so have safety stoppers pushed in.
Here's a neat little see-through case of the Redbox plastic ammo.
Did you get something like this one Christmas readers?
Another reminder of some revisited photos of the pre-production Sixteen 12 Micro Eagles I took way back in 2020, beginning with the Rescue Pod Eagle.
The Rescue
Pod first appeared in the episode, ‘Earthbound’, and continued to feature on
Space: 1999 publicity material, and a selection of merchandise.
As far as I
can tell, there’s no indication as yet as to when the actual finished items
will be shipped. Not totally surprising considering all the setbacks the last year has brought,
but at a tad under forty quid each, I think it’s a fair assumption these
individual Micro Eagles will be a sell out when they finally arrive.
As I said in
my previous Micro Launch Pad post, these are just the pre-production models so
expect the final models to be a higher spec. In saying that, the pre-production
models still look pretty good, with plenty of detail.
As with the
Launch Pad set, the Micro Rescue Eagle will come with a tiny in-scale
Moonbuggy.
He worked for full size car maker General Motors, for North American on the Apollo programme, as a custom car designer, and served in the US Navy.
He then became a kit designer for Monogram, producing some of their widest model car kits in the 1960s and 1970s. His most famous model was the Red Baron, a Model T hot rod topped with a WW1 German helmet. Did you have one?
This was made in the standard 1/24th scale, a super-sized kit in 1/12th, and later as a Hot Wheels die-cast. The video shows many of his models, and a great selection of box tops.
Alas, not everything, as Tom Daniel designed around 75 models for Monogram. Even though I was never into hot rods, I really enjoyed this video. As always, Mr Max has done a great job on it.
Will you get a kit this Christmas?
(1) Tom Daniel: master kit car designer - YouTube
Paul Adams from New Zealand
