One of my favorite vehicles, the Eagle from Space 1999. I bought and liked the diecast collectibles by Product Enterprise. I am always searching on various sites for diecast collectibles of my favorite shows.

One day I came across a blue Eagle Freighter. It was not a listing of an old Dinky Eagle, it was a 12 inch modern homage to the retro dinky 1970’s version released by Sixteen 12 Collectibles LTD. I clicked on “add to cart” and the journey for this review began.

The box grabbed hold of me and the color scheme was such a nice call back to the 70’s and 80’s when toys looked nothing like the shows they came from.

Box back

I loved the backstory and detailed packaging.

The Eagle comes in a plastic tray and even comes with retro packaging.

Plastic tray

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Retro box

The retro colour scheme, while annoying to children of the 70's is a cool and crisp metallic blue pod, legs, and fuselage and the red boosters, thrusters, and magnetic “lifter” looks sharp.

Overview

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front

back

back

The diecast is the legs, head, and base of cargo tray.

die cast

The only gimmick is the pod, lifter on a pulley (*sigh* it is a static string) and six yellow nuclear waste canisters.

The Eagle freighter has a pod that has a hanging clip for the back and a clip-in on the front end.

It has a static string (I think the Product Enterprise version had a pulley?) with the red magnetic part on the end and the canisters pull right onto it (see video).

pod 1

pod

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Overall, pretty cool and very grateful that Sixteen 12 Collectibles LTD has taken up the mantle of producing this iconic spacecraft from my childhood! Bravo!

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