{"id":6639,"date":"2016-12-16T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-16T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/index.php\/2016\/12\/16\/space1999-space-eagle-by-popy-japan\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T18:23:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:23:23","slug":"space1999-space-eagle-by-popy-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/space1999-space-eagle-by-popy-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"Space:1999 Space Eagle by Popy Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIt’s no secret that I love Space:1999 toys although I don’t own many these days. An opportunity came up to own an item I have never even held before, I couldn’t pass it up.<\/span>
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\nThis wonderful diecast Space Eagle was made by Japanese toymaker Popy <\/a>and as we’ll explore they’ve wonderfully left some cultural fingerprints.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nFirst off, this is an awesome package. No pictures of the cast, not even an official logo, just the goods!<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don’t know who the gentleman pictured on the box is but I assume he designed the toy because he doesn’t look like Martin Landau.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe toy itself takes liberties with the design, such things are done to inject fun and one of the reasons I love toys.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe Canopy on the eagle lifts up just like one of my favourite Eagle toys, the Mattel giant Eagle<\/a><\/span>.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nYes, it has a working winch to pick up a piece that is included, more on that below.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And this being Japan, the Eagle fires missiles. There is no way we’d have gotten these tiny missiles in North America, they are killer.<\/span><\/p>\n

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It also comes with these teensy astronauts. I don’t know how children, in the age of shag carpeting, wouldn’t have lost these in six seconds. I’m in my mid forties and I almost lost them taking these photos!<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nThe fun doesn’t end there, the Eagle comes with this piece that you can either pick up with the winch or use to form a new kind of ship.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nAnd just like the Mattel Eagle<\/a>, you can put the pod and the rockets together, just like they should have done at least once on the series…..<\/span>
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\nThe bay opens and you can stash the impossibly small Alphans inside.<\/span><\/p>\n


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\nJust for size comparison, here it is alongside the Dinky Space:1999 Eagle.<\/span><\/p>\n


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\nI love this toy.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Space:1999 Space Eagle by Popy Japan<\/a><\/blockquote>