THE EAGLE OBSESSION - Promo (4K) 

There are many, many of them, they are just not vocal about it.

I hope you made it back for supper.

My dad worked as a graphic artist, one day he brought a stack of color printed miniature mockup sheets of all kinds of cardboard boxes, so me and my brothers cut them up and folded them and they made cute little (2-3") color boxes, so that inspired me to make a small papercraft of the Eagle ! So 1975-76 ? There was no recording devices back then, so I had to take notes in the few seconds the Eagle was on the tv screen... I so which I would of kept it.

My friend welded one when we were in school. He was amazing at that stuff. We loved Space 1999.

59 Year old America, I'm with you buddy. We saw it after you did, but I was just as blown away.

Two years behind you, but ditto to all the rest. Those awesome days when you could watch Doctor Who at 6:30pm on the ABC, then it was either CH 7 or 9 that ran Space 1999 in the “M” time around 11:00pm.

He was one of the best characters of that show!

UK checking in, 1975 for us I think. Loved it. and the toys were metal!!!

As did this 59 year old Canadian! :) I loved all the characters but Alan holds a special place in my heart. The action man! In 2014, I went to the New York comic con dressed as Alan. 140K attendees and I was the only Alphan cos player. :)

I did EXACTLY the same!!! Will be 62 soon and I still get that...'Eagle' feeling every damn time since I was 13!!

I did too using a Polaroid camer. Normal camera would just be a blank TV screen. I still have some of those old polaroids I took of the Millenium vs Tie fighter battle from the first Star Wars movie. That sequence was shown in a TV program reviewing movies. Our old Philips VCR (no, not vhs) could actually paus the screen, so i could take the photos.

60-year-old Canadian here. I remember watching on CBC Saturdays at 5pm. I have a large die cast rescue eagle on my shelf. The season one bluray was really well done (though not cheap).

59 year old Canadian. Space:1999 was indeed on the CBC - Saturdays before Hockey Night in Canada.

Great story 👍

That's the kind of parent I needed. Everything I wanted to watch was past my bedtime and my mother was merciless. If only I'd known they'd be available when I grew up.

Fully agree on that one.

Someone did fit out their flat/ apartment as Moonbase Alpha, replicating the wall panels, doors (with replica control panels), but best of all, had actually collected original show-correct furniture pieces (very rare, still 'designer', and therefore, still very expensive). It was online, years ago. No idea if it still is...

Yeah if only I had a few million bucks to spare, I'd have one built for sure! And with a full size launch pad and everything!

You're welcome. Thanks for the kind comment!

The Eagle makes sense as a ship that works in space.... ONLY in Space. as a vehicle that lands on and takes off of planets, it makes no ruddy sense at all. It's not built for atmospheric entry and it has absolutely no space for.... fuel... the stuff that you need to burn out of those rocket nozzles.

I too have both of the Dinky models, but alas, because of similar Garden Emergency Landings, my green Freight version is well-battered!

Had the same and did the same lol, also played the 45 record over and over with the follow along book.

my brother and I had those. I think mine was a transport and his was a freighter. as far as i know, he still has his, but i cannot recall what became of mine.

Awesome! Treasure it

WOW! THOSE SURELY ARE SOME TREASURED MOMENTS!! Grandma likening your favorite show and watching together plus all the little things-TRUELY special!

Great memory!

As long as it doesn't have to land on the Earth, a spaceship can have any shape. The Eagle's modular construction, its versatility, makes it a logical design. It is mostly a space shuttle without wings.

@@xhagastbut there were may episodes of it flying through atmospheres of planets.

@@XtremiTeez I am talking of it as a design for real ships. It would work on the low gravity of the Moon.

@@xhagast so when they showed it taking off and landing on planets with atmosphere and gravity like Earth's, did that seem unrealistic to you?

That is so awesome.

He is one of a kind!

Same here! In 2nd and 3rd grade i doodled the Eagle every chance I got. Poor drawings, of course, I could barely draw stick figures. But I tried the best I could, fun times!

You are far from alone. I have a bunch of them on my shelves, along with the Kaldorian spaceship, the Mark IX Hawk, Swift and the moon buggy. It's not too late to pick up collecting them again. Join in in reliving your childhood dreams. 😎

Yes....but not Disney.

I had that dream for a long time. Especially when martin landau was still alive as well. Like we get back to the the planet the Alphans settled on, building on that message from Sandra. Then some new catastophy threatens that planet (maybe a large meteor) and the Alphans realizing that the base could not support them all, so they send up their kids to handla the base. The meteor strike the planet and hurdle the m,oon out of it's orbit aghain and the moon sets off on continous journeys. That way paying respect to the old actors and characters. Like them handing over their legacy. The Eagles not getting some silly redesign to look "hip and cool" in 2024 for some younger audience etc. Nowdays I'm not so sure though. Battlestar Galactica reboot was really well made, but that was back in 2004. Since then and nowdays reboots or people taking up old franchises has often dropped the ball. Star Trek movies by JJ Abrams and TV-Series by Alex Kurtzman are not at all as good as older Star Trek. Also their new ship designs are hideous. Especilly Klingon ships. Disney Star Wars is mostly not the Star Wars I'm looking for etc (except for a few exceptions like rogue one and andor). It would have to be someone who really had a passion and understanding of Space: 1999. Respecting it's legacy and canon. Not just random writers, producers and diorectors. Not trampling all over it. Maybe very hard held in restraints and overseen by Gerry Andersons son, or something like that. If not it would most likely turn into something completely different. Shoehorning in various "messages" that do not fit the story, tons of cgi with lense flares and looking more like some New Years lightshow with firewaorks than a serious TV-Series/Movie. Tons of stupid over the top action tempo. Just look at what happend already back then when the American division of ITV (or was it itc, I can't remember exactly) started interfearing too much. Removing characters like Professor Bergman, Paul Morrow etc. Turning the stories in series/season two into more action based silly stuff with less serious topics and things that would make you go "hmmm". Sure some good episodes, but mostly series/season one was a lot better story wise. Series/season two lowered the series ratings and then it was cancelled. It seems like Hollwood and even broadcast companies like BBC, these days, can not make series anymore for the ones that are actual fans and like the series. Look at latest Dr. Who. I would not want anyone to do something like that to Space: 1999. I have no idea what they think they will accomplish by insulting the fans and what audience they think will watch it instead? Clearly it's not going so well, since movie and series flop one after another. The same with Marvel.

@@scottbrower9052Most definitely!

It's a show that still has so much potential... as it did back in the 1970s. And in this era of remakes and remakes of remakes... I'm genuinely surprised nobody has succeeded in bringing it back to the small screen.

I agree about season 2 there was a couple of good one's but the rest were real clunkers in my opinion plus were some of the main characters were either killed off or lost on a planet.@@Lord_Funk

Davs mand. I have watched your videos on your channel for years now. I hope to one day be able to visit you and watch your masterpiece. That is if that is even allowed? I live in a country not too far away and I do undersyand Danish well, I even worked in Denamark as a DJ back ion the 80's, so it's not like an around the world trip for me. I actually gave Gerry Anderson store the tip of your videos and channel some time back. Also to a Space: 1999 collectors from Italy who puts together Space: 1999 conventions in his country. They have even had some of the actors visiting that convention over the years. Still that would be along trip for me, so I have not been to any of his conventions in Italy. Anywasy. Your work is mazing and I liked how you wore the Koenig shirt from Gerry Anderson in more than one of your videos. It was sold out in my size, so I only have the Paul Morrow version. 😎

@@Lord_Funk You shall be very welcome 👍 however right now it is not assembled, but it will be again.

​@@jwenneberg That's so sweet of you. Thank you. I also saw the video of you having put it together at a convention. It stood next to some large windows. If you look up SciFiWorld which is a convention put together by a guy called Jesper Isberg. Most often in 4 differet locations during a year. I often visit at least two of them which are not too far from me every year. It's the same convention just in different locations. Sometimes the guest can vary a bit too from location to location. Maybe you could hook something up with him and have it displayed there. This year they had a full size X-Wing made by a guy from Germany set up and you could get photos taken either infront of it or sitting in the cockpit. They have had things like a full size Batmobile, jeep from Jurassic Park, even one fo the tanks used in Saving Private Ryan (or maybe it was brothers in arms) displayed over the years. It would be awesome to see Your Eagle there and get to meet you in person. There is this one guy that I have talked to at the conventions who comes there fully dressed in an Alpha season 1 outfit, with the season one silver jacket, laser gun and comlock etc. Not sure how many others are Space: 1999 fans there, but it's all about movies, mainly sci-fi, horror, fantasy and anime. Of course 501 Legionis there and they are all dressed up as various Stormtroopers and characters from Star Wars. Tons of visitors are also dressed up as cahracters from various movies and such. LoTR, Harry Potter, Halo, alot as Anime characters etc. Tons of people visting every year. Many from Denmark too. I remember one Danish guy who I saw first time in 2009 dressed as Indiana Jones and he still comes dressed as Indy to this day. Also always various guests. I have met John Rhys-Davies/Gimli there and he signed two of my Dwarfen axe replicas. Billy Dee Williams/Lando Carissian, Michael Bien from Terminator and Aliens etc. Different guests each year. Next occasion is in Mars, but that location is a bit far away, both for you and me as well. However In April it's held in a location just across Öresund from Copenhagen. Closer for you. That's the one I have visited every year since 2009. Even if you don't bring your Eagle I can really recommend vistiting it. I personally always visit in the first day (saturday) since that is usually the most busy day. I'm there like 40 min before opening and usually get very near the entrance in the queue. Soon after the queue can get pretty long and be around a whole block. Sundays are a bit more laid back and calm, but at the same time you can make nice deals with sellers that day for collectibles, since they want to sell stuff before they wrap it all up, but it can feel a bit dead on Sundays compared to the busy Saturdays.

​@@jwenneberg I did reply again, but I now notice that RU-vid AI bot/algorithms have deleted my comment. It is something I have noticed happening a lot lately. Now I have to figure out what word or words in my reply the AI bot deem as unsutiable, so I can rewrite those words and post it again. It seems with all the staff cuts/layoffs Google has made, more and more is handed over to AI and it's self learning bots which do not work well at all. Just common words can be deemed "problematic" or as "foul" language and whole comments just gets deleted, even if they in fact contain no foul language. It seems it can get deleted just because the bot thinks the whole topic is unsuitable, or some words are used more than x amount of times in a comment.

​@@jwenneberg I have tried to reply again twice now, but RU-vid bot have deleted both times within seconds. It's happening a lot lately. It seems Google makes more and more is to be handled by AI which do not work well at all. Just common words can be deemed as not suitable and whole comments just gets deleted, even if they in fact contain nothing bad at all. It even seems it can get deleted just because the AI thinks the whole topic is unsuitable, or some words are used more than x amount of times in a comment.

Are they all the old Dinky-Toy ones, or also some of the newer Project Enterprise and later Sixteen12 versions? I guess the once between 2004 and 2006 are the Project Enterprise ones.

@@Lord_Funk I think they are Product Enterprise I have a set of the smaller diecast as well as the larger scale Eagles which includes the Hawk.

There was an attempt to for a remake called Space: 2099 but it never got off the ground. I am in total agreement. An updated version would be a welcome series because, like then, what was presented LOOKED REALIATIC AND VIABLE. Keep at your project and good luck.

@CliftonWood: From Paris - same age, exactly - same kind of daydreamer person, woolgathering all the time - Space 1999 fan too.

@CliftonWood @ogungou9 Exactly the same age here and exactly the same condition as you two :)

At least Season 1 is. Season 2 was a travesty to suit American "tastes."

@@cpnscarlet yeah can’t argue with that.

Dinky Toys…

Was it the blue or white with red cargo pod Eagle, or do you mean the green one with a white passenger pod)? If you got a hold of the white with red cargo pod and had the green with white passanger pod, you could swap and make the all white passenger Eagle. Unfortunately, in my country I could only find the green passenger and the blue cargo one. Never the white cargo version, but happily I did have the plastic model kits too, which I could paint as I wanted.

@@Lord_Funk hmmmm, think it was white , with a door that flipped down on the pod. I was a little kid, a long time ago lol. It was second hand and kinda scratched up. But I remember it being metal, with spring loaded landing feet. This looks about right. 2.bp.blogspot.com/-KhSMXb8JI-Q/TZhJrr5RphI/AAAAAAAABdw/1Bo2oVHKeKA/s1600/Eagle%2BDinky%2BToys%2BSpace%2B1999%2BCosmos%2B01.jpg

Me too, as a kid. One I painted as VIP pod, one as rescue and one as plain white passenger pod. I also still have two of the Dinky-Toy ones. These days I have quite a few of the Sixteen12 die-cast Eagles. They are really masterfully done. Top-notch quality. Also the new improved plastic kit models by Round 2. They are so much more detailed, but I haven't gotten around to building them yet.

Awesome stuff. If you look at my own lenghty comment somehwere here among all others you will se that I am a huge fan and a somewhat fair collector of Space: 1999 stuff. Some stuff I still have saved from my childhood in the 70's. Space: 1999 gave me my life long obsession with sci-fi and it's still my number one favourite show of them all. Thank you for that. 👍

I wish still had that communicator, probably worth some good money now. I do still have the Moon base alpha patch I wore on my parka. Although now it sits behind glass all nice and safe.

I built one from scratch using all sorts of parts, including the viewfinder CRT from a camcorder. Never actually functioned, but it looks great. No idea where it ended up.

It was called a comlock, for communications and locking device, because it could also lock and unlock the doors to various areas of the Moonbase.

I was abit younger, but same thing. Hooked for life on Space: 1999 in particular but also on sci-fi in general. It was the show that literally opened the door to a whole universe for me. The universe of awesome sci-fi shows, spaceship designs etc.

Ha! You and me both. It was one of the first ship I ever drew, going WAY back (I was 7 when I first saw it). Glad you liked the preview.

I have often thought that someone with the proper resources could make a business out of taking some of the most beloved small-scale spacecraft from Sci-Fi and build 1:1 versions complete with interiors. Then take them on tour to sci-fi conventions, charging a small fee for entry, and larger fees for professional photographic opportunities and private events. I would start with a Star Trek Runabout and the original shuttlecraft from TOS. Then the Eagle. Build them for transport on a flatbed or as a trailer. I would want them to look 100% correct when set-up on-site. What a dream.

I'd love that, it would be cool.🖖🛸@@parajerry

You are 100% right on every point!

You are VERY welcome!

Glad you liked it!

I'm 56 and would love to see a full-sized working Eagle myself. Who knows..? Someday?