Sixteen 12 Space 1999 Eagle Freighter “Special Edition” – EGT-18

After detecting a habitable planet while traveling through a binary star system, the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha are stunned when sensors detect three objects speeding towards them that appear to be Mark IX Hawks – Warships that were developed on Earth.

With no response from the planet, Commander John Koenig deploys three Combat Eagles to intercept led by Alan Carter. As the Hawk Squadron continues to close to close in on Alpha, Koenig reluctantly gives the command to fire and all three Hawk ships are destroyed.

Unexpectedly, a second squadron of Hawk warships appear and a brutal space battle ensues leaving all but Carters’ Eagle destroyed. The remaining Hawk directs its fires power towards Moonbase, wreaking devastation upon the now defenceless Alpha.

With Alpha now in ruins, a huge battleship looms into view accompanied by a new Squadron of Mark IX Hawks warships.

With only Alan Carter aboard Flight One, can he alone prevent the coming massacre…

Sixteen 12 (Product Enterprise) Space 1999 Eagle Transporter 12″ (300mm) Die Cast. Year 1 – Episode 8: It is 877 days since the moon was blasted from Earth’s orbit. On Alpha, after attempting to hijack an Eagle, Captain Tony Cellini is seized and taken to the Medical Section in an unstable and agitated state where Dr Helena Russel deems him a threat to himself and all on Moonbase Alpha. As a lifetime friend of Cellini, Koenig refuses to accept her diagnosis.

Flashback: 1996. Cellini is commander of the high-profile, seven-month, Ultra Probe mission to investigate the newly discovered planet Ultra. On arriving at Ultra, the ship encountered a flotilla of drifting alien spacecraft, and upon boarding one vessel, encounter a huge, tentacled creature with one giant glowing eye and gaping maw emitting a deafening scream. All crew are horrifically devoured by the creature and only Cellini escapes. Using the ULTRA PROBE COMMAND MODULE as a lifeboat, surviving only on rations and his wits, he makes the long journey back to Earth.

Now, many years later, the inhabitants of Moonbase Alpha find themselves in the same region of Space and are about to encounter the same terrifying nightmare…

At strategic points about Moonbase Alpha complex are the five launch pads that form the main arrival and departure platforms for the base. While a variety of Earth and Alien spacecraft can be accommodated by these platforms, their primary use is for the deployment of Alpha’s signature spacecraft, the Eagle Transporter.

House in huge engineering and storage hangars beneath the moon surface, Alpha’s fleet of Eagles can be raised on hydraulic platforms to the launch pads as required and be space-borne in minutes.

• Highly detailed Moonbase Alpha Launch Pad
• Original sound effects from the TV show
• Original dialogue from the TV show
• Electronic working Docking Tube
• Illuminated Landing Lights
• Alpha Moonbuggy
• Incredibly detailed 5inch Eagle One with Detachable Passenger Pod and Aluminium Engine Bells!

This Very Special Limited Edition features the Mk IX Hawk as it was originally painted and delivered to the Studio for filming. The original brief from Designer Brian Johnson, was as the Hawk was from the same “Fleet” as the Eagle Transporter this should be reflected not only in its design but in colour scheme as well. However, shortly before filming of the miniature began, it was decided the too closely resembled the Eagle Transporters and was quickly re-painted at the Studio in the distinctive orange livery seen in the final episode.

• Mk IX Hawk
• Original White Paint scheme and decoration as delivered to Bray Studios in 1975
• In-flight Display Stand
• Deluxe Presentation Display Box
• Each Edition individually and Sequentially Numbered
• Limited Edition 1500 Only Worldwide