The Merchandise Guide
Toys
Compiled by Martin Willey

"Create your own Space 1999 Adventure aboard the Eagle 1 spaceship. Explore the Moon Surface near Moon Base Alpha. Colorforms plastic sticks like magic. No scissors. No paste. Lots of fun!"

Thick card backing (30.5 x 19.5 cm) with foldable 1.5 cm rim around: portrays crude art of cabin (in cut away) of Eagle on lunar surface.

Two 23 x 8 cm boards hold self sticking vinyl stickers to be placed on backing. Stickers in black & another colour (white, yellow, red, blue), including 2 torsos (one uniformed, one suited) of Helena & Koenig, plus various individual arms, helmets, chest packs, stun guns and pairs of legs.

Box 20.5 x 31.5 x 2.5 cm, art of Koenig & Helena floating in space by Eagle (front view, spine on underside); white series logo.

Three 9 cm diameter circular reels (numbers D150 1, D150 2, & D150 3), each with seven stereo pairs of colour photographs, to be viewed in a Gaf Viewmaster viewer. Very short descriptions on reels (photos trace story of "War Games", here titled "The Power Of Fear").

There were four different packaging sets.

• Original packaging in the UK was in 20 x 21 cm album. Album folded out into 60 x 21 cm, with three sides describing the story. Each side featured a colour photo and gave a short paragraph for each photo on one reel. Album number ND 150 E.
• Later a blister card was issued in the UK. There was no booklet. The German version was also issued in this format.
• In the US a smaller 10cm x 10cm packet with a booklet was issued.
• A "Talking Viewmaster" was also available (see below).

All covers showed photo of Eagle near Earth, with inset photo top right of Koenig & Helena at Eagle control. A yellow banner across top left proclaimed "From the famous TV serial".

Online in the Catacombs

• Reel pictures and short descriptions (160k)
• The booklet and all pictures (45k+ frames)

Interior of album (UK only)

The "Talking Viewmaster" featured an audio disc providing a narration attached to each picture reel. The box (20 x 21 cm) featured the photo of the Eagle by Earth, with two inset photos bottom right, of the planet surface towers and of Koenig & Helena in the Eagle cockpit. A small booklet (10 x 10cm, 16 pages) with black, white & blue line drawings on most pages was included to explain the story (titled "War Games").

A 42 x 89 cm sheet of thin card with an orange helmet to be cut out & folded.

UK,US Made in Hong Kong style no. 37-2070 £10.95, $19.95 1976

15 x 20 x 6 cm chest pack. "A solid-state transistor radio with microphone space signal morse code button and earplug." Features: (as listed on side of pack)

1. Solid State 5 Transistor A.M. Radio
2. Sensitive Volume Control
3. Microphone
4. Space Signal Morse Code Button
5. Earphone
6. Precision Tuning Dial
7. Microphone Mix Control
8. "Red Alert" Light
9. Authentic Space 1999 Chest Pack style
10. Heavy Duty body straps
11. Completely portable

Other side:

uses 4 C size batteries - not included

MICROPHONE - broadcast your voice or sing along with your favorite tunes

SPACE SIGNAL BUTTON - send real morse code messages

EARPLUG - for private listening

UK 99p 1977. Ref no 5703.

Red plastic box (6 x 10 x 3.5 cm). Features: "retractable aerial" (6 cm long retractable wire), "ultrasonic space gun" (a rather lethal spring gun set in side of box) firing "laser bullets" (red plastic pellets), an "intergalactic horn" (makes a rasping noise), and "colour code celestial beam" with "multi colour light beam tuner" (a small light with a dial moving colour filters over it).

Uses 1 penlight battery.

Blister pack: 15 x 23 cm card with logo and good art of Eagle & Moon.

USA 1975

A megaphone. Box shows an astronaut using it (spot the scientific flaw!).