Toy-Ventures: Space:1999 Eagle 1 by Mattel
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This week we take a look at what we consider to be one of the greatest toys of the 1970s, the Mattel Space:1999 Eagle 1 spaceship from 1976.
Based on the popular Gerry Anderson television series, this large, trendsetting toy just begs to be brought to a sandbox immediately. #space1999 #gerryanderson #toyventures
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I had one of these as a kid and loved it. This past fall I found one at a flea market about 3/4 complete for $10! So happy to have this again!
wow. What a great deal you got!
This was one of the greatest xmas gifts I ever received in my childhood, and one of the greatest Sci Fi toys of a generation. I remember looking at the Wishbook page endlessly, and waiting for xmas morning for it, assembling all the amazing accessories, all the way to playing with it (and crashing it often!) in my back yard the following summers as its accessories and attachments slowly went AWOL. I even remember seeing it's battered, empty, doorless, thrusterless shell perched on our curbside garbage cans after my parents finally decided it had lived a full three or four years of life and needed to be retired. I also remember how disappointingly rudimentary and uncooperative the action figures were... I think the sheer space involved in the thing is the only reason I haven't reacquired one. Great video!
I'll be honest, this is my 3rd Adult Eagle, space was one of the things that saw 1 and 2 go away, this one only sticks because it has dedicated space.
LOL I think both you and I had similar experiences.
Agreed! I played with mine a ton! It was hands down one of my most played with Xmas toys. This video has made me think I should see about another. Great vid, thx for the trip down memory lane 👍
My maternal grandmother got me one for Christmas. I don't remember the year, but I still remember opening it at her house on Christmas Even. The pure joy of having something I had wanted so badly for so long still moves me to tears today. It was such a great toy. In short, I know exactly what you're talking about. You weren't alone in those experiences.
Year ago and still have to post. My Favorite toy of all time. Had a lot of G.I. Joe also, but the Eagle was surely my favorite. AWESOME!
I got this for Christmas in 1976 when I was eleven years old. I absolutely loved it. Great video Brian!
Exactly like me. 1976, 11 years old. My grandmother (sorry, "Santa") bought it for me that Xmas.
Also remember getting a Big Jim Rescue Rig one year. That thing was also huge.
Ditto
I had one too. It was the best toy I ever had.
@@LeicaCatI have the Big Jim van, motorcycle, boat, plane and lots of accessories. Got this stuff for a couple of Christmases back in the seventies. So glad I kept it all.
The ONLY time I got close to crying from joy on Christmas morning was when I unwrapped one of these. My family wasn't very well off (especially in the 70's) and I was shocked that my Mom had talked my Dad into getting me this. Of course, it was the only toy I received that Christmas, but SOOOO worth it.
Same story here. One of the best Christmas’s ever.
Had one too. Sadly it got tragedy after our storage got flooded by Hurricane Alicia in 1983.
Great little story.
@@peterlauk6492 Thanks! That toy is long gone, but the memories are with me until I die...LOL
That’s eight year old me holding the Eagle in my RUclips icon. Absolutely loved it and the show.
I had this toy as a kid and loved it. I wish I still had it
I got this for Christmas in 76! This video brought back many memories! Space 1999, Shogun Warriors, Evel Knievel, Six Million Dollar Man, Stretch Armstrong, Tiny Mighty Moes and Star Wars figures were the toys to have in the 70s!!!
This is the best toy ever.
My Micronauts and Star Wars and other figures rode in this space ship.
Mine too. Micronauts seemed like they'd be just the weird kind of aliens that would show up on Space 1999.
acrovader Awesome that you said that! I too, used Micronauts with my Eagle one! Haha
Mine as well, with the addition of clay troops. She served as a Rebel troop carrier in my 'mash-up" world. The Millennium Falcon couldn't take the punishment Eagle 1 could.
@@bradleyolrich9754 It made sense. Especially if you were a comic reader. That Eagle was the closest we were ever going to get to an Endeavor for the Micronauts. It fit the figures and had a similar styling for the Endeavors interiors.
i had pet rats ,& would cruz them around outdoors ,land ,put little helmets on em,they,d get in & out.I was 13.I thought it was cool.thats wut i did with my last Eagle 1.I still have the shuttle ,made from the front & back.
I never had this as a kid, but remember drawing it for several years on school paper. Great review!
Best Christmas gift I ever got.
Loved this toy! I got it for Xmas and had it for many years. A couple of years after I received it, I saw another one at a hobby shop, for $99! Truely one of the best toys!
Thanks for sharing!
Got this as a Christmas gift. Best gift I ever got. I assembled more than a few Eagles in my youth. Best toy hands down.
I hear that a lot and I agree.
I received it as a birthday gift when I was a young lad. Definitely one of the coolest toys I’ve ever owned. 😊
In 1999, ironically, mine was thrown out accidently by my parents who were cleaning out the garage. They thought the box it was in was trash and not stuff Inwas storing there. That and other stuff. I wasnt too pleased. I remember the day I bought it and carrying the huge box home. I really loved that Eagle.
Always label your boxes! It'll save you many years.
is that what they told you
I got this for Christmas when I was 7. I loved it and had a lot of adventures with it.
awesome to hear!
I got this when I was quite young primary because my grandmother who worked for NASA was a huge fan of the show. A few years later when star wars cane around this became one of my favorite starters toys fitting simelessly into my star wars universe. I think by the time star wars came around I had lit all the figures except one that lived in the cockpit and all the guns and backpacks but the vehicle itself was in perfect shape and well made. Great toy and great memories. Thank you.
This was one of my top 3 favorite toys during my First childhood....
I received this spaceship for Christmas in 1977 and I still have it. Box included with all the guns...lucky me.
I had this toy as a kid. I Loved it. Wish I still had it.
Got Eagle 1 for Christmas when I was 8 years old. Good times.
I also got this as a Christmas present and remember it quite fondly....probably the best childhood present EVER! Living in WNY, I crashed mine in snow banks often and even took pictures. Never knew where it ended up. Probably better that way.
that would look pretty awesome in a snowbank, especially at night.
I had an Eagle 1 spaceship. It was one of my favorite toys.
I had one of these as a kid played with it alot one of my favorite toys had a chance to buy another one as an adult but didn't have the money at the time and missed out on it.
I got to play with the Eagle Lander as a child in the late 70s It seemed sooooo huge!!!!
And I have one for the past 7 years It's pretty much complete and it's still a fantastic toy and I still think it's huge.
I remember my mom buying this at Service Merchandise for my brother and me. This was maybe my favorite toy as a kid.
I have waited for this!!! I wanted one so bad as a kid...I loved the show. Now there are a fortune!!!!
I loved this toy and still have it with its box and accessories. One of my treasures from childhood
got one for Christmas in 1976. one of my favorite toys ever!
Very cool!
One of my favorite Christmas toys. Thank you, Mamaw and Papaw. You are missed🥺
I got one for Christmas 1976.
Tough sell to my mom, had to pester all year as parents thought I was too old for such toys by then, 11.
But as a trek and sci-fi geek even then, it was awesome.
Micronauts fit inside perfectly
I received one of these for my birthday in 1978. I played with it until it fell apart. I truly hold a great deal of emotion for this toy.
me too.
Got this toy for my birthday as a kid and to this day I remember it as my favorite toy ever.
I had this toy growing up. It ended up as part of my Star Wars toys. I used as a rebel command ship.
I have not thought about that in 35 years. Thank You I needed a good memory to fill my mind.
Thanks for sharing
The ship was definitely the star of the show. Cool design.
It's kind of timeless isn't it?
i got this for my 5th birthday and it was the Red Ryder bb gun of my childhood. My friend next door already had an Eagle and it was glorious I remember having a birthday party on my carport and receiving it. I immediately told my friend from next door who was at my birthday party to go get his Eagle immediately so we could play with them both. His would be Eagle 1, as he had his first, and mine would be Eagle 2. such great memories!
Great memory to have!
My brother and I got this for XMas in 1976 and remains one of our favorites.
My Favourite Christmas gift as a kid. I played with it and when Star Wars figures came out they populated it as the crew then. In the 2000s my own boy played heavily with it and I still have it today. though it's missing some parts and is beat up as rough as it's been played with spanning over forty years it is one tough toy.
I loved my eagle as a kid. I spent many hours playing with it!
I had this when I was a kid. It was by far my favorite toy and I played the hell out of it. I crashed that thing in my sandbox so many times nothing was left but the landing pads. The thing was huge for an eight year old. You brought back a very very old memory of mine. I too remember sitting in third grade drawing Eagles too many times to count on both paper and my grocery bag book covers.
I got this as a Christmas present when I was maybe six or seven. I still remember it, and I'm forty eight now. This was one of the best toys ever made. Thank you for making this video. I think I still have the main section of the thing in a toy box in my basement somewhere.
OH MY GOSH!!! I held this in my hand as a kid once! It belonged to a kid who’s parents were friends of my family! I’d really like to get my hands on it again!
It's an awesome toy!
This was by far, one of my most memorable and favorite toys from my childhood. I played with this endlessly and eventually used it with my Battlestar Galactica ships, and with my Star Wars collection. It was versatile and dynamic! I lost the stun guns pretty much right away, but kept most in decent shape until my parents moved and sold it in a garage sale along with my vinyl Moon Base Alpha playset and Mego figures. Great memories. Thank you for sharing and allowing me to revisit some of those great memories!
I so regret not holding on to that spaceship I played with that ship long after the show was cancelled.
Also had the teleporting transport pad from Star Trek
Wow, thanks for the nostalgia. I got mine because my mom’s boyfriend at the time has a poker game and all the dudes playing thought it was funny to give me some money to play and let me win a bit. When I realized how much money I had I said I’m buying space 1999 and quit. Like Kenny Rogers used to say, know when to walk away. The next day he drove me to the store and I bought it. I was 6. A year later my Star Wars figures flew it. Big nostalgia feels right now.
I had one as a kid. I miss it so
I so had this as a child. My parents let me watch the show as a child. It was so awesome. I love every this about it. Especially taking it outside and pretending to be on an alien planet.
Good times.
Back in 1983 my grandmother bought all the Space 1999 stuff for all the grandkids. It was on clearance and she got all the ships, megos, etc for next to nothing. We played with it once and it all disappeared after that. Even when she passed none of it turned up. We never knew what she did with it.
Had one of these when I was a kid. Like so many of my other cool toys from the early-mid 70', sold on a yard sale in the 80's. Still have all my Star Wars, Star Trek, and Micronauts, but everything else is gone.
I love the Space 1999 Eagle in all its incarnations.
I got mine for Christmas also and it immediately became my favorite toy. It was one of the last things I let my grandmother throw away - even though one of the engine bells, one of the side doors, the cockpit hatch and all 3 figures were long since lost. I even let her throw out all of my Micronauts stuff before the only-half-present Eagle.
My parents surprised me that Christmas with the Eagle. I was completely blown away because I didn't even know they knew how much I liked the series. We also didn't have a lot of money back then and it was an expensive toy. It turned out to be one of the best and favorite toys of my childhood. Unfortunately, we had to move just a couple of years later, and the Eagle didn't make it.
Thanks for sharing this!
I have a funny story about this toy. At around the time this had been released, or shortly after, I was living in Spain but had watched the series in the UK and even had a couple of Dinky Toys Eagles. One day I was invited to the birthday party of a fellow student from school, an American kid. During my stay at his parents house, I happened to wander around and passed by his bedroom. In a corner lay this Eagle. To my eyes, it seemed huge even humongous. I barely believed what I had just seen. I wasn't a close friend of this kid so I thought better than to start messing around in his room. I also never asked about it, but never forgot it. They clearly must have bought it in the US and brought it back with them to Spain. The sight of such a thing had been etched in my mind for most of my childhood. Now 46 years later, I see it again and now know it was produced by Mattel. I would have given anything to have it back then, but I'm glad it's no longer a faint memory in my ageing mind.
I remember getting this great toy for Christmas. I remember thinking how big the Eagle was. What a great Christmas that was.
I got it for Christmas that year. It was awesome. It later carried Star Wars figures and Micronauts as passengers. Wish I still had it.
Boy do I remember this toy! I was lucky enough to be able to receive mine as a gift. My best friend also got one. Since we got them for Christmas, we were able to take them outside in the snow and build our own Moonbase Alpha. I remember playing on the moon forever with Greg out there in his huge backyard with our Moonbase. Those were the days! I had my Eagle until I moved to Minnesota 12 years ago. Wife didn't see the value in it, so it got abandoned along with all my GI-Joe collection. Lost plenty of potential money that way. I still have the memories!
Im 50 years old and I remember this toy. Last summer I was clearing a piece of property, the property I grew up on. You will never guess what I found in the bushes under 40 years worth of brush =).
Oh wow!
One or the guys! I was cleaning up wood behind my parents house and buried in the dirt was the professor, still have him today sitting on my bench in the garage, missing one arm but that’s ok. At 52 [me] I know how you felt when you found the little orange man❤️
The Eagle transporter was AMAZING! Both me and my best friend Dave had one, and we would 'fly' our ships to the beach for SO many adventures! It still ranks up there as one of my absolute favorite childhood ships. The figures didn't really work in our play- but 3 3/4" figures could fit for play...definitely not for display or looks, but they could be put inside and more than a few fit in the cockpit.
It's a high water mark in my childhood.
Had one of those. Loved playing with it.
Very cool
just awesome, one of the greatest toys of all time. Terrific vid
I love this toy! I had one mint unopened in the box in the late 90s and sold it like a fool.
Man! Just think how cool a Battlestar Galactica ship this size by Mattel would have been. I know they did a prototype but it never got released.
I absolutely loved this as a kid!! I still love the show and the new model kits coming out!
me too
that was my most memorable Christmas. to be honest I'm not sure if was 76 or 77, but that morning when
I came downstairs there ware wrapped presents and some unwrapped that Santa brought and setup on the
couch. the eagle one was there with the action figures. i even had the communicator and lazer gun.I was in
heaven. looking back i'm even more grateful because I remember how tough things were financially. we were
frequently on food stamps like many others were of course. just thinking back to that one Christmas I can
remember details of is special. this show and those toys were a big part of it.
what a great memory and way of looking at it.
Well done.
I had this toy as a Christmas gift. I built an "H" shaped marionette rig and attached it to my Eagle 1 with wire and rubberbands so it could fly. I also hand painted vertical red stripes on the bay doors to make it look like the show. my goal was to film it with a borrowed Bell & Howell double 8 camera but it never happened.
I had one when I was a kid in the 70s. Loved it!
I got this brand new as a kid, I loved it and we had moved to the Florida Keys so I couldn’t watch the show anymore due to lack of television stations. I had the die cast metal eagle too. I can’t tell you what ever happened to my eagle but I am sure it went to goodwill when my parents got tired of seeing it lying around.
I’m stunned that no collectible manufacturer has yet to make a tribute to this toy.
I believe that Product Enterprise produced several two foot long models of the Eagle transporter as well as some twelve inch versions.
as I commented on another vid, I still have all the toys I had when I was a kid in the unused part of the house, including this. One of these days when I have time I intend to get in there and sort through it all. That might be a good project for retirement.
Had the eagle back in the 70s. It was an incredible toy.
I had this and I loved it. And it was tough as hell. My mom was bad about tossing broken toys, but this beast hung around a long long time. I wish I still had it.
This was and still is my favourite spaceship, I remember the Christmas I got it. I’m pleased to say it’s still intact with all the pieces and I even have the box and plastic flashings. It’s currently on display on a shelf adjacent to my computer.
that's awesome.
The single greatest spaceship playset ever!!!
Like many others here, this was one of my favorite toys as a kid. IMHO the Eagle was and still is the coolest spaceship design in sci-fi. The USS Enterprise comes in at a close second but the Eagle looks so functional. Love it.
The Hawk?
Awesome ship playset! My friend had one. We used the cockpit as another ship for our Star Wars figures. A lot of fun!
Thanks for sharing
@@BrickMantooth You're welcome! Thanks for the memories.
One of the best toys I ever got for Christmas! The doors were prone to breaking off cause the hinges were poorly designed, and one of the winch prongs would invariably break, but it was a great toy nonetheless. My friend got one as well, and he tied a thick yellow shoe lace to the "space crane" to make it easier to play with - it was a great idea, it worked very well! Though it's long gone and I own several of the amazingly detailed Product Enterprise die-cast Eagles (two of which are on display in the very room where I'm sitting), I will always fondly remember this really cool toy from my childhood . . . . I think I may still have at least one of the stun guns to this day . . . I just checked, and yes I do have one left!
Great review as always! Yes, I received this for Christmas that year and it was awesome. I did have issues with the limited articulation of the figures and the fact that only one set of the legs was molded to sit. Kids could remove the torsos and swap them with other legs (2 standing, 1 sitting). And yes, the guns were quickly lost along with the ill-fitting helmets. The white chest packs seemed to stay attached for the most part. I loved the “shuttle” option too. I did find that I lost the smaller engine nozzles over time, but the main nozzles and landing gear stuck in their slots pretty well. I only removed them when the Eagle crashed (which was often in my little scenarios). My Eagle was quickly hijacked by my Star Wars figures in 1978. Not having a Millennium Falcon meant that Han and Chewie “stole” this ship and it flew alongside Luke’s X-Wing. But time took its toll on this toy. The sad story was that my mom tossed my broken Eagle out in the early 80’s. This included some Star Wars passengers who were “resting” in the four pods of the ship (which doubled as personal quarters). Lots of great memories though and I’d buy one again for my son, should it ever get a re-release.
I am hearing a lot of people saying Han and Chewie took this over.
My best friend had this, it was a hand-me-down from his older brother. He and I had a good time using our Star Wars figures as pilots. The one thing I really liked was how you could pull the cockpit and engine venturi off and combine them.
Imagine the thrust to weight ratio you'd get from that!
My best friend had one of these ONLY because he wanted a Millenium Falcon for Christmas ‘79 and they were nowhere to be found, but Dollar General had a bunch of these for about $10. Still has it and it’s the only one I’ve ever seen in person.
My neighbor across the street had one and I begged my mom for one, never got it. But I really loved the show and here and there I will still watch it.
I got this for Christmas aa a kid and it was my best Christmas ever!! I used this toy a lot and it showed as time went on. I eventually used it with my Star Wars figures as I never got the Millennium Falcon. I wish I'd kept it,... but I say that for a lot of the toys I had back in the day.
Love this. I was 9 when i got this for my birthday. Loved it. I have 2 now that i plan to restore.
Right on!
This toy made my 1976 Christmas the best Christmas I ever had. I didn’t get rid of this toy until the mid-80s even with it falling apart and broken. I actually used it with my Star Wars figures laying upside down. I’m a big Eagle fan.
To this day I still collect models of the ship. I doubt I’ll ever see his toy as it was brand new again although I would buy it even if it was a pre-production
It was one of the best toys I ever got at Christmas.
The only Eagle I saw in person was when I was a young child and a friend who lived down the street was from England. He had 2 of the Dinky diecast Eagles. At that time and at that age these toys were the most amazing toys that I had ever seen.
they are awesome toys
I had this ship as a kid and was great for my star wars figures (and anyone else) too. Was one of THE BEST LOOKING SHIPS ever to grace a screen!
This was an amazing toy. And looking back it was easily the fore runner of all the wonderful Star Wars and GI Joe vehicles. Although to be honest even back then we knew the included figures were lacking. The Adventure People figs actually worked well. Especially the Astronauts. Also that die cast astronaut and robot from the Metal Men line.
Late to the party... yes, I received this for Christmas in 1976. I pestered my parents for weeks and luckily wasn't disappointed. I think this was the last gift I ever really wanted... like I couldn't wait to get it. It is a touchstone to my youth and this video brought back many great memories. One detail that I remember about my own version was the computer display decals did not adhere to the interior columns and the video showed that same lack of adhesion - the sides would not stick. It bothered me back then... wish I had the skills and the modern spray adhesives to remount that decal for good! Glad to learn that problem looks to be part of the added "play value".... LOL!
Air lock breach!
Yep. I’ve been drooling over the ones on eBay lately. I had one of these back then and it was my favorite possession for a time. It was so huge that I was in total awe of it, sometimes putting it in the garden as if landing on a strange planet and loved looking at it from different angles with its whiteness amongst the green foliage. It definitely sparked my imagination.
Thanks for the trip back to my childhood.
It was an enjoyable video.
I had one of these. I loved playing with that thing. I was a big fan of the show, although in my area, they never aired season 1, which made for an odd situation where literally every item of merchandise I ever saw for the show featured imagery and characters from the first season. This eagle was no exception. But what I saw on my TV screen as a kid was a little different: no Victor, but lots of Tony and Maya, and you never saw the color coded left sleeves in season 2 because everyone was wearing jackets all the time. What a nice trip down memory lane this video was.
glad you enjoyed it!
My brother and I got one each for Christmas.
The action figures' legs detached from the torso to be switched from one figure to figure.
The crane came with a measly 3 inch black string which we replaced with a much longer string.
The space ship was indeed VERY durable. No matter how many times we crashed them (threw them down), they hardly sustained any severe damage. The cockpit popped off, but was easily snapped back into place. But the hinges on the passenger cabin doors did break off quite easily.
All in all, excellent toy. Brings back old memories.
Mine is still in the attic, although the stun guns and rifle are long gone. I might have one of the figures somewhere, but even if I do, it would be broken in two. The figures were made so that you could pull them apart at the waist to give any of the figures the sitting pose, however the snap was quite flimsy and usually ended up breaking if the figures were dropped any distance. If I remember correctly, I put a small magnet on the end of the string for the crane, then I used to bridge the Eagle between the couch and the coffee table and use the crane to pick up small metal objects.
On that advertisement at 2:07, I had the Enterprise CSF (it sucked!), Flying Aces carrier, Earthquake Tower, Richochet Racer (Spider-Man and Captain America), Star Trek walkie talkies (still have them somewhere, but one of them stopped working), Cox helicopter and the Kenner building set toward the lower right. I loved that set actually, and even had their companion bridge building set. I also had the Six Million Dollar Man figure (and his rocket) and the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle.
I remember having this toy as a kid. I lost the action figures but used it as a Star Wars or Battle Star Galactica ship.
Brought tears to my eyes I remember this toy, I was a Space1991 fan from way back it was my most beloved toy! countless days of happiness playing with this ship. Thank You for Posting , made my day!
As a kid, asked for the Millennium Falcon but my mother got this ship from a rummage sale and so this was my Millennium Falcon. I didn't even know until probably the early 00s what franchise the ship really came from lol
that's funny!
Wow. I haven't seen this toy, since I was five years old, back in 1977, and a friend of mine got it for his birthday. I had never seen anything like it. It was a well put together toy, if I remember correctly. Not exactly to scale..but then if it were, it would be pretty massive. Thanks for bringing back that old memory for me.
I remember getting one of these for Christmas and being thrilled. I played with it a lot and it held up really well. Space 1999 was a really good show and the Eagles were fantastic crafts, probably because the concept and the craft was realistic. You could imagine something like this actually existing and bring used. This video brought back some great memories. 🙂
Thanks for another super video. I didn't have an Eagle 1 ship, but I did have the play set for the 9 inch action figures. Only the table survived. Four decades later I found another one on Ebay, complete in the original box, and yes, it's a very nice play set. I put the Mattel and Palitoy figures in it, and they look great, especially sitting at the console.
I also have the three small figures from the Eagle 1, and their bottom halves are interchangeable, so you can make them sit or stand anytime you like.
I got the Eagle for Christmas one year. I continued to played with through the years. I agree. It was a great toy.
When the first Star Wars figures were released and there was no Millennium Falcon for a year, this became the stand in. Han Solo fit perfectly in the cockpit (although Chewie had to sit in the back as he was way too big) and, for a time, I called it the Millennium Eagle. Great memories. I still have my Eagle (although the stun guns are nowhere to be found) and love it as much today as I did then. Ah, to go back in time with a few hundred dollars and buy a whole fleet of these amazing ships.
interestingly, the first design for the Millennium Falcon was VERY Eagle-like. Basically, take the cockpit for the Falcon and use it on the Rebel Blockade Runner instead of the sideways-barrel bridge that it had. So, in essence, you had an Eagle with a different cockpit. The similarity to Space:1999's iconic ship caused Lucas to redesign the Falcon and the original Falcon design became the Blockade Runner. Also; i did the EXACT same thing you did as a kid. Also; even after the Falcon toy was released, the Eagle was still in regular service with my Rebel forces for years.
@@allthingsnerd.4484 That's true. I remember reading that the Blockade Runner was the original Falcon design. My Rebel Alliance used the Eagle as a transport for a long time after the Falcon ship was finally released. The only characters who could fit in the Eagle's cockpit were Micronaut Time Travellers and even then their feet got stuck in the Eagle's weird cockpit design. Great memories and even better to know i wasn't the only one who did this. Cheers!!!
I had the eagle in 1977 when I was 5!