Diecast Inteceptor

Just found the Inteceptor/UFO on eBay, 'Buy it Now' for 34.99.
Needless to say...immediate launch! Whoopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Was the seller listing more than one? How about telling us his seller ID so we can get in on it?

Jeff

Brinke <[hidden email]> wrote:

Just found the Inteceptor/UFO on eBay, 'Buy it Now' for 34.99.
Needless to say...immediate launch! Whoopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=1042&item=6945697935&rd=1

Here's the link to the auction, copy and paste the whole thing. The
auction was up for just 59 minutes- right place, right time.






--- In [hidden email], Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@s...> wrote:
>
> Was the seller listing more than one? How about telling us his
seller ID so we can get in on it?
>
> Jeff
>
> Brinke <brinkeguthrie@y...> wrote:
>
> Just found the Inteceptor/UFO on eBay, 'Buy it Now' for 34.99.
> Needless to say...immediate launch! Whoopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Nice score. Congrats! : ) Thanks for the link. Too bad he's not selling any more. Never seen one that cheap before. Probably never will again!

Jeff

Brinke <[hidden email]> wrote:



http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?
ViewItem&category=1042&item=6945697935&rd=1

Here's the link to the auction, copy and paste the whole thing. The
auction was up for just 59 minutes- right place, right time.


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What a deal, that's quite a few dollars below wholesale cost.

Brinke wrote:

I still feel fortunate that I kept mine from when I
was younger, and still have all 3 in good nick.
Likewise Straker's car, too. As for the SHADO Mobile
Unit 2, though, it got played-with to death.

~Jordan

--- Jeffrey Nelson <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
>
> Nice score. Congrats! : ) Thanks for the link.
> Too bad he's not selling any more. Never seen one
> that cheap before. Probably never will again!

Hi Jordan,
I have zero experience with any of the older UFO diecast. I'm curious as to what you have. I've seen Dinky Interceptors & Mobiles on Ebay. But who made Straker's car? Have you taken a look at the new UFO diecasts made by Product Enterprises? Probably not worth as much as some of the old Dinky stuff, but they are certainly more accurate in appearance. Also, does anyone know if PE is planning on making any other vehicles from UFO? Can't wait til my Skydiver arrives. The Battlestar Galactica figures from Joyride look nice (and cheap) too. It's like I'm a little kid again at the age of forty-six! : )

Jeff

Jordan Moller <[hidden email]> wrote:


I still feel fortunate that I kept mine from when I
was younger, and still have all 3 in good nick.
Likewise Straker's car, too. As for the SHADO Mobile
Unit 2, though, it got played-with to death.

~Jordan



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Well, I am a kid of 45 who used to have the hideous looking green
interceptor and sold it to a used toy store. ack!! but, for
valentines day, instead of chocolate, my wife has for me the product
enterprise skydiver and also the inteceptor/ufo. so I am all set!

why DID they make that thing green with orange. hellllllllllll -o?




--- In [hidden email], Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@s...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jordan,
> I have zero experience with any of the older UFO diecast. I'm
curious as to what you have. I've seen Dinky Interceptors & Mobiles
on Ebay. But who made Straker's car? Have you taken a look at the
new UFO diecasts made by Product Enterprises? Probably not worth as
much as some of the old Dinky stuff, but they are certainly more
accurate in appearance. Also, does anyone know if PE is planning on
making any other vehicles from UFO? Can't wait til my Skydiver
arrives. The Battlestar Galactica figures from Joyride look nice
(and cheap) too. It's like I'm a little kid again at the age of
forty-six! : )

Until about a year ago, I had no idea that UFO toys had ever been made. I'm assuming they were mostly available in the UK, as I had never seen them before, here in the US. So I thought I'd check them out on Ebay. I realize that ones such as the Dinky Interceptor were meant to be 'toys', not collectible diecast. But when I first saw them on Ebay, I made the immediate decision to not even bother getting one. For a person that may have had one as a kid, I can fully understand the allure of replacing one from childhood. But appearance wise, these things are atrocious, IMO. The general shape isn't too bad, but I have to echo your thoughts Brinke, in regards to color choices. What WERE they thinking? I would have thought they would have been able to sell many more of them by making the colors a bit more accurate. Even as a kid, I would have turned my nose up at a green & orange Interceptor. The shade of green on the Dinky Mobile 2, while not accurate, is at least tolerable.

Jeff

Brinke <[hidden email]> wrote:
Well, I am a kid of 45 who used to have the hideous looking green
interceptor and sold it to a used toy store. ack!! but, for
valentines day, instead of chocolate, my wife has for me the product
enterprise skydiver and also the inteceptor/ufo. so I am all set!

why DID they make that thing green with orange. hellllllllllll -o?




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--- In [hidden email], Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@s...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jordan,
> I have zero experience with any of the older UFO diecast. I'm
curious as to what you have.

I'll get some photos up of them soon. I have yet to dig them out of
storage. The odd thing is that the fuselage on all three is *green*,
of all things, with the landing gear orange, and on at least one of
the cockpit canopies of the three, it is blue/clear plastic, instead
of clear, like the others. When I find them, I'll take pix of the 3
together, a close-up of one, and one of Straker's car.

Fortunately, I resisted the very strong urge over the years to paint
them to the proper colours, as I did once for a Space:1999 Eagle
(well, it looked better that way), so, despite them all being very
much played with, they are still in remarkable condition (and I never
once lost any of those nose-missles that shoot, and go "bang" with a
paper/gunpowder cap, like they made when I was young...*smile*) :-)

~Jordan

--- In [hidden email], "darkstarshado" <rkh@l...> wrote:
>
> Jordan wrote:
As for the SHADO Mobile
Actually, I took apart the missile launcher, to put it into another
toy...and the rest of the Mobile Unit itself just sort of got shoved
to the bottom of the drawer. Sacriledge, I know...

I also thought it strange that if the Captain Scarlet Armored saloon
put out by the same company was painted its proper white, why didn't
they do that for the Interceptors?

Re: Ed Bishop as Capt. Blue: I thought they did a remarkable job
making the marionette look just like him, when I later saw the UFO
series for the first time, and could compare.

Pondering,
~Jordan

--- In [hidden email], "Brinke" <brinkeguthrie@y...> wrote:
>
>
> Well, I am a kid of 45 who used to have the hideous looking green
> interceptor and sold it to a used toy store. ack!! but, for
> valentines day, instead of chocolate, my wife has for me the product
> enterprise skydiver and also the inteceptor/ufo. so I am all set!
>
> why DID they make that thing green with orange. hellllllllllll -o?


I've only ever seen the SkyDiver sub/interceptor as a model kit. I
only ever saw diecast Interceptors, Straker's Car, and the Mobile Unit
2.

Of plastic models, SkyDiver and the Hawk, which was VERY rare, and at
the time sold as a Space:1999 toy, since it appeared in that one
"Space" episode.

Another interesting thing is that the Eagle One diecast had the same
green for the body and transport pod and orange landing gear as the
UFO Interceptors. Methinks somebody at the toy factory got a good
deal that year on green paint and orange plastic.

~Jordan

I just want to say that it is great that there are other kids in thier 40's who love UFO. I wish I had know all of you existed when I was a younger kid. I think that not only does it keep us busy but it also gives us a great imagination to pass on to our kids and younger relatives. My niece thinks I am cool because we see eye to eye on cool things.

Brinke <[hidden email]> wrote:


Well, I am a kid of 45 who used to have the hideous looking green
interceptor and sold it to a used toy store. ack!! but, for
valentines day, instead of chocolate, my wife has for me the product
enterprise skydiver and also the inteceptor/ufo. so I am all set!

why DID they make that thing green with orange. hellllllllllll -o?




--- In [hidden email], Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@s...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jordan,
> I have zero experience with any of the older UFO diecast. I'm
curious as to what you have. I've seen Dinky Interceptors & Mobiles
on Ebay. But who made Straker's car? Have you taken a look at the
new UFO diecasts made by Product Enterprises? Probably not worth as
much as some of the old Dinky stuff, but they are certainly more
accurate in appearance. Also, does anyone know if PE is planning on
making any other vehicles from UFO? Can't wait til my Skydiver
arrives. The Battlestar Galactica figures from Joyride look nice
(and cheap) too. It's like I'm a little kid again at the age of
forty-six! : )








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I for one would really like to see pics of them. : ) Even though they would have looked better repainted, think how it would have ruined the collectors value. You'd still be kicking yourself. : ) But that just reinforces the point about them not being made in the correct colors in the first place. Who was the goof that picked the colors in the first place?

I guess it's relatively rare to find one with the original missle, yet you've got three! I was extremely anal about my toys as a kid, too. Took really good care of them, and never lost any accessories/loose parts. And I was the only one to have a whole collection of redline Hot Wheels with mint condition paint jobs. In fact, I was so fussy, it used to drive the other kids nuts.

Did Dinky manufacture the Strakermobile too?

Jeff

Jordan Moller <[hidden email]> wrote:

--- In [hidden email], Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@s...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jordan,
> I have zero experience with any of the older UFO diecast. I'm
curious as to what you have.

I'll get some photos up of them soon. I have yet to dig them out of
storage. The odd thing is that the fuselage on all three is *green*,
of all things, with the landing gear orange, and on at least one of
the cockpit canopies of the three, it is blue/clear plastic, instead
of clear, like the others. When I find them, I'll take pix of the 3
together, a close-up of one, and one of Straker's car.

Fortunately, I resisted the very strong urge over the years to paint
them to the proper colours, as I did once for a Space:1999 Eagle
(well, it looked better that way), so, despite them all being very
much played with, they are still in remarkable condition (and I never
once lost any of those nose-missles that shoot, and go "bang" with a
paper/gunpowder cap, like they made when I was young...*smile*) :-)

~Jordan


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Egads, man! You're living in a cave! : ) You HAVE to check these out:

http://fabgearusa.com/diecast_skydiver_from_ufo.html

http://fabgearusa.com/diecast_ufo_and_moonbase_interceptor.html

http://fabgearusa.com/konami_ufo_trading_figures.html

http://fabgearusa.com/diecast_eagle_freighter_from_space_1999.html

http://fabgearusa.com/diecast_laboratory_pod_eagle_from_space_1999.html

http://fabgearusa.com/die_cast_rescue_eagle.html

http://fabgearusa.com/die_cast_eagle_transporter.html

Jordan Moller <[hidden email]> wrote:

I've only ever seen the SkyDiver sub/interceptor as a model kit. I
only ever saw diecast Interceptors, Straker's Car, and the Mobile Unit
2.



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--- legg bryan <[hidden email]> wrote:

>
> I just want to say that it is great that there
> are other kids in thier 40's who love UFO.

Yup. I'm 46 myself...a lot of us here seem to be of
roughly the same vintage. When I was working on a
show I produced on public access television in the
'90's, one of my best cameramen and friends was a Brit
fellow about my age, who, when he discovered that I
had a collection of UFO vids, bugged me (he didn't
have to try too hard) to have us stay up and have a
marathon at my place. I like how the show ties us all
together, wherever we grew up with it.


I wish
> I had know all of you existed when I was a younger
> kid. I think that not only does it keep us busy
> but it also gives us a great imagination to pass on
> to our kids and younger relatives. My niece thinks
> I am cool because we see eye to eye on cool things.

Again, I must agree. I'm the "weird but cool" Uncle
Jordan to my nieces...*smile*...
~Jordan






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Hi

I just wanted to add, I have the Dinky Space 1999 Eagle Freighter, and it is
the proper colors. This is the eagle that moved the Radioactive waste.
Strange they made this one the right colors, and not the regular eagle.



Tom Fitz

-----Original Message-----
From: Jordan Moller [mailto:[hidden email]]
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 1:40 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: [SHADO] Re: Diecast Inteceptor





--- In [hidden email], Jeffrey Nelson <1shado1@s...> wrote:
>
> Hi Jordan,
> I have zero experience with any of the older UFO diecast. I'm
curious as to what you have.

I'll get some photos up of them soon. I have yet to dig them out of
storage. The odd thing is that the fuselage on all three is *green*,
of all things, with the landing gear orange, and on at least one of
the cockpit canopies of the three, it is blue/clear plastic, instead
of clear, like the others. When I find them, I'll take pix of the 3
together, a close-up of one, and one of Straker's car.

Fortunately, I resisted the very strong urge over the years to paint
them to the proper colours, as I did once for a Space:1999 Eagle
(well, it looked better that way), so, despite them all being very
much played with, they are still in remarkable condition (and I never
once lost any of those nose-missles that shoot, and go "bang" with a
paper/gunpowder cap, like they made when I was young...*smile*) :-)

~Jordan









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Jeffrey Nelson <[hidden email]> wrote:

> But appearance wise, these things are atrocious, IMO. The
> general shape isn't too bad, but I have to echo your thoughts
> Brinke, in regards to color choices. What WERE they thinking?
> I would have thought they would have been able to sell many more
> of them by making the colors a bit more accurate. Even as a
> kid, I would have turned my nose up at a green & orange
> Interceptor. The shade of green on the Dinky Mobile 2, while
> not accurate, is at least tolerable.

That was the subject of my first post to the list a few years
ago, and the consensus was that it was thought that the bright
colour would appeal more to kids.

I bought one myself, but would have much preferred a white one.
Perhaps someone in marketing at Dinky thought that the market
for it would include a lot of people unfamiliar with UFO, or
that it wouldn't really matter to the show's fans. A mistake,
I think.

> I'll get some photos up of them soon. I have yet to dig them out of
> storage. The odd thing is that the fuselage on all three is *green*,
> of all things, with the landing gear orange, and on at least one of
> the cockpit canopies of the three, it is blue/clear plastic, instead
> of clear, like the others. When I find them, I'll take pix of the 3
> together, a close-up of one, and one of Straker's car.

This was not a mistake on the makers' part. Dinky made a very conscious
decision to paint them green, rather than to reflect the colours of the
interceptors as they wre in the programme.

Dinky were in the toy business, ie selling as much as possible to the kiddies.
Their market research of the day told them that in general, "kids [ie boys]
don't buy white toys". So they decided to use a more colourful approach.

Simple marketing!

Dave.



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