Vintage Toy Review Space 1999 Dinky Eagles

[@Karloff_AG]

I have the Eagle Transporter Green with chrome and yellow thrusters. I receive it as a gift in 1976 and I still have it very well preserved, almost intact. It has been 46 years! Damm I am getting old 😅

[@Wakeupproductions]

Fantastic toys for children from the 70s! The all-white restored Eagle is perfect, congratulations!

[@DukeJon1969]

Had a transporter and freighter to play with as a child in the 1970's. Lovely memories...

[@johngreen-sk4yk]

I remember the dinky eagle coming out when I was 7 years old, there was a craze for them in my school ! The funny thing is everyone complained about the green colour being unrealistic & jealous of the kid with the white freighter, I think dinky definitely got it wrong about kids & the colour! Lol

[@cryptomonkey6142]

My Mum bought me the blue freighter in 1978 and I'm very happy to say I still have it. It's in very good condition, still has it's magnet that works, the only thing missing is two of the four radioactive container barrels that have gone missing but not bad for a toy I've owned for 43 years. It is one of my most precious possessions as I desperately wanted it but we didn't have much money at the time and Mum scraped together the money to buy it for me. Now it has pride of place in my home in it's own protective case. 😊

[@shawnmurdock4982]

Boy I forgot about this. I had one of these. God how I wish I still had it. Thanks for the memories.

[@Nokka10]

Boss toys for a superb show. Brings back great childhood memories

[@KennethDPedersen]

I still have my two left over from childhood, one of my favorite toys, thanks for the review!

[@gpgpgpgp1000]

One of my favorite spaceship designs ever. I had 1 or 2 green transport toys as a kid.

[@Patriot-up2td]

I had the green Eagle Freighter with chrome thrusters. I got it when I was about 9 and played with it for many years! Very well built toy, and it never broke.

[@petetube99]

I vaguely recall the yellow barrels with the radioactive symbols caused a minor panic when someone found them on their lawn and informed the authorities who then sent bomb disposal to the address. It was during the cold war after all. I think it was on John Craven's Newsround circa 1979.

[@michaellong515]

Yes I can remember that too,,,,,

[@clothmonkeybag]

thank you from the bottom of my 52 year old child heart

[@camo_for_cocktails]

I got the green transporter eagle for Christmas in what my memory insists was 1978. But it had the yellow thrusters and chrome rocket bells. I painted all the green and yellow fixtures with whiteout as well as the red engine tanks and doors,which open to reveal the still red interior steps. I left the red windows alone. For all that it still holds up nicely, sitting proudly on my desk. Great video!

[@hewiy33]

My sister gave me the freighter eagle and a commander konieg ray gun back in the day, man I wish I still had them.

[@datsun210]

I still have my Green transporter (early version w/ chromed thrusters) which has survived for 40 years. I also had the big Mattel plastic Eagle, which unfortunately has not.

[@ThatEEguy2818]

There is a 22" model out that is really detailed and accurate. You can find a number of videos of people building it.

[@stuartmack7658]

I had the eagle transporter and my brother (only a year between us) had the white freighter. Can't say they lasted the rigours of childhood or growing up but still great toys in their day.

[@blastfromthepast8344]

I remember how excited we all were when these appeared in late '74 or early '75 - certainly before the actual series came on TV. My brother and I both had the first issue green Eagle Transporters and he also had the first issue white Eagle Freighter. I think the ruined remnants of them may still be in a box up in the attic! Great days! The best.

[@seydevilchick8]

So damn cool they don't make like they use to

[@deme7063]

this was the only toy I begged for as a kid. couldn't wait for a birthday or Christmas. still have it till this day

[@martok2112]

Space Eagle is one of my favorite sci-fi ship designs. (I think it kinda inspired the look of the Tantive IV....Princess Leia's ship in Star Wars, and various Corellian Corvettes seen through the movie and animated series.) I love the near-future look of the Eagle. It looks like something NASA or another current day space program could have designed. The look of Space: 1999 was clearly influenced by Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey film....especially Moonbase Alpha when you look at the moonbase in 2001: ASO. Thanks for the video, Toy Polloi. :)

[@DavidShepheard]

It's the other way around actually. The original model of the Millenium Falcon was made and then George Lucus saw the Eagle from Space 1999 and was worried people would think the Eagle design was ripped off by him, so he got the people who made the model to change it a bit an reused it as Princess Leia's Tantive IV.

[@martok2112]

@@DavidShepheard Aye....I believe you are correct. May the Force Be With You and Yours. 👍👍

[@martok2112]

@@DavidShepheard The Tantive IV ( Corellian Corvette in general) is my favorite design of ship in the Star Wars universe....probably seconded by the Lambda class shuttle and the (sadly non-canonical) Victory class star destroyer.

[@jibicusmaximus4827]

I knew the first half of that but not that he reused it later, thanks.

[@walterjimenez8227]

Is a reference a Apollo 11 module.

[@jessikapiche6097]

Sir, you have the toy i wanted to have so bad when i was young of my fav TV show. I must get my hands on one and restore it like you did.

[@stevesmith3990]

Never could understand why it was green, painted mine white!

[@paulbelci3945]

I bought one off my friends brother back in the 70s. I still have it It is one of the best die cat pieces I own. It is the transporter with the chrome

[@davidradich9342]

My favorite toys from my youth. Dinky toys were awesome!

[@OdeeOz]

Marvelous restoration you did. 😉👍👍

[@paulaburrows8660]

Definitely my favourite toy when I was a nipper. Very envious of your collection.

[@edirt]

This sent me on a nice trip down memory lane 😊

[@stifynbaker2914]

Fun fact: the Eagle Transporter toy was perfectly scaled to 15mm wargaming miniatures of the sort that were produced in the 1980s for games like 'Traveller'.

[@a.j.e4349]

OMG! I remember having both the Eagle Transporter and Freighter I got them both for Christmas and I can remember all them years ago it was actually snowing on Christmas day and I was landing them both in the 2inch snow and my dad said to me "be careful out there or your Eagles will rust" Brilliant video! Stay safe and take care pal!

[@CubeCyclone]

I remember buying the freighter version in white with the releasable red freight... I think it was end of line stock at the time because there was no other stock available and wasn't being replaced. Never occurred to me to hang on to it but when you move house, everything comes under scrutiny due to lack of space.

[@davidboydarnott417]

Thanks for showing these. I had a Green Transporter with the Yellow Jets and Chrome Nozzles so I can vouch for it's Authenticity and I remember the Blue Freighter being around. I didn't like the red nozzles and didn't play with those. The doors opened on the Transporter Module and there was a Tiny Yellow Figure (or Couple) included. I loved it, it was a fab toy! 👌It was pretty chewproof, it could take a good chewing and still function. 👍

[@sdavifcom]

Hi, The blue one is new to me. Looks much better than the green one. Also, thank you for showing the action with the detachable section. Works really smoothly! I enjoy your videos a great deal. Fun, entertaining and informative at the same time. Keep it up!

[@rickfoley5596]

I loved Dinky toys as a kid. I remember Disney Land used to have a ride Voyage through inner space that ended right inside the best toy shop in Disneyland. The sold Dinky toys and I always got one every year I went to Disneyland.

[@Bucketroo]

Oh yeah, I had the green, white, and blue Eagles when I was a kid. They were lost in a move but I bought a green one later on and I still have it. I don't remember if it has the chrome or red thrusters though. I'll have to check. This is probably my all-time favorite die-cast toy ever!

[@Realmasterorder]

These are amazing i dont know why they would paint them Green though and not have the cool white colour

[@Lumibear.]

Memories! I had a friend who owned this who left me play with it, I had such major flashbacks just now.

[@I_R]

Can testify to the sturdyness of the transport module as i had to have stitches when one was thrown at my head as a child lol

[@toypolloi]

+I R ouch!

[@TK-ff5kc]

Still have both of mine and as a kid I wanted accuracy which is why I also swapped out the center section to get an all white eagle.

[@garyphillips3406]

Well Dinky - The first thing I did as a small child was swap the white transporter section from my green Eagle with the cargo section on my white Eagle. 😄Sadly the engine sections eventually broke off on both my toy Eagles. They kept flying though thanks to the application of an elastic band around the two rear landing gear holding the engines in place!

[@markguest9533]

Damn. I had both a transport and freight version as a kid but my mother gave them away to charity as I got older! I always remember the transporter being all white and the freighter being green but maybe I swopped them over?

[@arthurschwieger82]

I have the transport from when I was younger. it is the one with the chrome bells on the engines. You didn't mention that the red doors also open. ;-) Thank you for sharing part of your collection.

[@njmiller5]

Still got the green Eagle transporter with chrome thrusters. Also you didn't say that the doors open.

[@fernandes5986]

I have a green a and blue one. Nice paint job on the white one, my only complaint, weren't day, in the show, matt white?

[@craigsavarese8631]

I had an early version of the Eagle transporter as a kid. My brother chose the Dinky USS Enterprise. My Eagle shows a lot of wear and tear (it suffered a lot of crash landings). My bother’s Enterprise is still mint in the box.

[@crazybrit-nasafan]

Awesome vid. I have three of these to restore. One is mine from when I was a youngster. I have talked about this one with a guy who said he worked for Dinky as a sales rep. It is unusual in it being an all white transporter. (I didn't entertain the idea of a green one at all, they just didn't look right) he said they released very few all white ones but they didn't prove popular for some reason. I don't know where Mum got mine from but it was probably a supermarket called Grandways in Leeds where I grew up. As I said I still have this one. It lost it's rocket pack over the years but I bought a replacement from acme3000 on ebay and this will be the last one I restore. The other two are green ones which I will repaint white (yep, me bad) and look out for transport or freighter pods for them. Off to look at your other vids. Will subscibe too.

[@stiiffyrabbit]

Dinky toys are boss! Excellent video.

[@thegneech]

I had a pair of these and did the swap-to-all-white gimmick myself; I loved those things.

[@nighthawwwk]

I have one of the eagle transporters. Love it.

[@shingitai5882]

I wish they still made these today.

[@waynesimpson2074]

Wow, this brings back long forgotten memories; I did manage to break mine (green transporter model) whilst running for a bus, dropped it on its thrusters and they snapped clean off (no, not the bus) :-(.... I seem to recall that the red doors on each side of the transporter pod rotated outwards through 90 degrees to reveal steps or are they false memory implants?

[@toypolloi]

+Wayne Simpson You are correct. The red doors have steps on them. And the thrusters are often broken off as well.

[@waynesimpson2074]

Toy Polloi cheers.

[@originaljackofhearts]

I know this is a long shot from 2 years ago, but is anyone making replacement cargo or transporter pods?

[@kittyhawk9707]

@@originaljackofhearts hello ..I seem to recall that the cargo pod section has been reproduced.. but not the transporter pod .

[@zacmumblethunder7466]

Late reply, but not only did the Eagle transporter have doors on each side that opened out,, but there was a little corridor inside with what I always think of Dalek shaped doorways on either side through which you could just about see the bare metal interior.

[@karlmoles6530]

THANK YOU I had one of these and forgot who made it.

[@simonjones7727]

I remember the little red door opening downwards, to reveal entry steps. Am I imagining that?

[@toypolloi]

You are correct.

[@gailraby1722]

I had a green one, silver jets and the nuclear waste one. got it new.

[@TheRealStructurer]

My ten year old would have loved to get one of these, as well as my current me 😎

[@drewmea7973]

I've got three of the limited edition Eagles in diecast with display cases and original box they are about 13inches long

[@sdg1970]

There is so much 70's retro chic in these toys - I sold all my Product Enterprise versions and bought back the Dinkys I sold to buy them....

[@christiansenron4]

I had the transporter ,sixtenn12 ones look better wish i'd bought set when they were product enterprise for £50 each!

[@shawnhenry1310]

They are cool looking vehicles

[@julianlockwood3040]

Great models but the colours were bonkers ! Worked out well for Dinky though, cuz we had to buy two of ‘em to get the all-white version that everyone wanted. To this day I’m still a little sore about that 😂

[@andrewtaylor940]

You may or may not find thins interesting, but I think there were a few more subtle variations on the Eagle Transporter. I have one bought for me new in the box from FAO Schwartx in NYC back in the day. It is in all ways an early release as you describe, with the yellow thrusters and chrome engines. But mine has the clear pod windows instead of the red that yours has.

[@toypolloi]

andrew taylor Ah yes. The clear windows. I forgot about those. I think I have one like that as well.

[@fatwalletboy2]

I find it really odd that Corgi never released these in all white and chose this rather nasty green paint. I bet modern models in white would sell out today.... Nice sprung landing gear..... Your restored all over white model is awesome....

[@dunebasher1971]

Product Enterprises in the UK released a large near-screen-perfect Eagle back in the 00s. Think it sold for about £40 at the time, they now sell for hundreds.

[@fernandes5986]

Nice video Sir. I have two green cargo eagles, that someone bought me second hand and I would like to know their scale, could you please tell me?

[@OnTalyn]

Loved my Dinky Eagles, but always hated the green transporter. Everyone I knew swapped out for the white when they could.

[@philoshaughnessy906]

Ah, the nostalgia.

[@darthbuzz1]

I had 6 of these and recently sold 4 on eBay - what an idiot. I still have a nice green one with red thrusters and a blue and red transporter with the magnet. The stickers on the nuclear waste containers were removed and are, I thought, quite rare after a John Craven's Newsround report of a woman finding one in her back garden and calling the bomb squad. I wish I kept the other 4 and did a show correct version but I would have done it matt white and with white engines with the chrome cones. Nice restoration besides that. Re-watching Space:1999 at the moment on the horror channel. Some pretty poor story lines but great acting, especially Landau. The forced introduction of loads of Italian actors brought the level of acting down though. So many of our household named big stars were in it. A great looking show that would still look futuristic if released now. The expensive designer furniture would be worth a bomb today.

[@peterappleton6145]

Well done had one when it first came out why did thay paint it green keep up the good work

[@originaljackofhearts]

Is anyone making replacement cargo or transporter pods?

[@varanid9]

I have one that is in much better shape than the ones seen here; guess it's hard to find something this old in mint condition. Watching this kinda makes me wish I had bought more and had a fleet of them, LOL! That blue one is nice.

[@toypolloi]

It depends who much you want to pay as to how new they look. I only buy the cheap end of the market for all toys. I like a toy with some character to it.

[@ExcelsiorsDomain]

Interestingly I picked up a white Eagle a couple of weeks ago so lined it up with my yellow thruster green Eagle. My pod for the green Eagle has chrome thrusters but clear windows. Do you think they should be red or could it be a variant?

[@toypolloi]

There are so many variations on these I don't think it really matters what goes with what.

[@ExcelsiorsDomain]

@@toypolloi Fair enough, I'm just trying to carbon date mine with catalogues! The downside of having large detachable elements I guess!

[@toypolloi]

It could depend on which factory made them as well. Different colours and parts from each. It's the sort of thing that would be very hard to work out. Let me know if you do as I'd be interested to hear.

[@ExcelsiorsDomain]

Inspired by my early ownership of a Dinky, I can't add a link, but if you fancy a LEGO Eagle Transporter, have a look at my channel or just head to LEGO Ideas and search for it! Cheers! You'll see my replacement Dinky in the updates section!

[@efromhb]

Ive still got my green one.

[@LightOfReason7]

I had the newer transport versions of the blue and green

[@rosalindacaseley6996]

Had the green transporter and white Freighter. Never worked out why there was anything but white on the models... Really baffled by the blue. Had the yellow booster variant. Dinky saying kids would not like just white... Oh well...

[@yb2112]

used to have one of these as a child 😔

[@rogermoore27]

I loved that toy. I had the Transporter

[@Wirefox1]

I had the eagle transporter and freighter, which were both green. My friend at the time had a white transporter. So maybe Dinky made some mistakes.

[@Parknest]

I had a green transporter back in the early 80s. I remember the blue freighter back then. I didn't know the freighters came in white as well. I think eBay beckons...

[@adampierson]

Anyone knows the ref. fir the green and blue paint for the restoration of these vehicles ???

[@apollo12002]

I remember the engine thrusters kept falling off my toy and I’m sure the red doors opened on the model.

[@douglastaggart9360]

Thats what I used to do swap the white eagle with the green one

[@guardiansoftheslowlane]

I have thre of these, one of which was a "refurb". Unfortunately, whatever was used to clean the space frame rigging has destroyed the plastic making it yellow and brittle.

[@Not-Only-Reaper-Tutorials]

I have the freighter blue color. Since I was 7yo 🙂 I did losevalmost all the yellow canesters

[@scooby3030]

hi have you ever come a cross a metalic gold or metalic pink/red one as i have only ever seen one in these covers once in my life and am trying to determin if they were one offs or refurbed i saw them at a toy fair back in early 90s and they were about 500 quid each

[@toypolloi]

They sound like custom ships to me. They only came in these colours.

[@BillHosko]

The passenger doors open... Forgot to mention this?

[@lurkerrekrul]

It's funny that you say they didn't think kids would want an all-white toy, since the garish color schemes are the reason I never really wanted one of these as a kid. I hated the green and blue colors and wanted one that looked like it did on the show. Now of course, I wish I'd gotten them, even with the ugly colors.

[@hopebgood]

Sad to say my Dinky Eagles got bashed with hammers and endured trial by fire and didn't survive. A bit like my Space 1999 action figures. I think Commander Koenig got nailed to a tree! By some miracle I still have my Airfix Hawk model though...

[@OmegaPointZen]

As a child, it annoyed me that the transporter was painted green. It Still does.

[@Cre80s]

I really don't understand the urge to have made them in colors. I wish there was some scientific way to determine how they would have fared in sales if looking more authentic to the show color-wise. I know they're first and foremost toys, but I really think kids (particularly nerdy kids) have always leaned towards screen-authenticity more than the sometimes over-thinking toy companies would believe. I was far more preoccupied with it than the average kid, probably, even borderline manic, but I know I'm at least not alone. Great review!

[@haroldellis9721]

I never had one, but I kind of wanted it, but the non-white pods put me off.

[@ThatEEguy2818]

It always irritated me, as a child, when a company wouldn't make the toy the same as the eagle on the show. I had the big plastic toy with the stupid black door on the top of the command module. Black? Really? I painted mine white. Also didn't care for the red tanks on the model by the main engines. Make it like the one on the show. That's what we want!!

[@blackswan7292]

so which company made the Eagle spaceship that had sound and lasers? I had one in my possession as a child and would like to know who made that one and what it was called.

[@lunaticfringe8066]

Loved the show and always wanted a toy eagle as a kid, but the lousy green Dinky painted them turned me off.

[@Cornz38]

Oh the times my nuclear waste transporter eagle crash landed in the school playground..

[@baylessnow]

Did anybody elses green Eagle engines fall off due to the poor riveting that held them on?

[@scottptolomey3498]

Yeah mine did they were plastic rivets with one posi screw in the centre of the rocket fuselage frame. Other common faults those flimsy plastic feet on the module would snap off and the jet boosters on the the four individual leg arms also the girder work has plastic slotted teeth to grip to each side of the die cast frame which could also snap off.

[@HalfassDIY]

💥💥💥

[@keithnewton8981]

They where well build mine would crash into mybsabd box all tge time and survive from a 2 or 3 foot drop

[@warlock242]

It always annoyed the hell outta me that they painted them in anything but white.