The Merchandise GuideGames
Compiled by Martin Willey
The Merchandise GuideBoxes 24 x 17.5 x 3 cm. Price 70p.
6 designs (paintings based on 2 or more photographs) issued in 2 years.
| 1974 (3 designs, each in 2 box designs, all code no. SJ726 ) | |
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| Box 1: Jigsaw picture; jigsaw piece shape in top right corner, title "Space 1999 80 Piece Puzzle" | Box 2: Navy coloured border top & left (incl art of Eagle & astronaut), title "Space 1999 Jigsaw Puzzle" |
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| 1976 (3 designs, all code no. SJ833) Box: light blue border left & top; title "Space 1999", yellow banner across top right "Ages 5-9 Years" |
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US 150-piece jigsaw puzzles (25.5 x 35.5 cm); also can. 1975 3 designs (first 2 colour paintings by Gray Morrow for Charlton black & white comics):
'150 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle, 14" x 10" Fully Interlocking, Ages 5 And Up' On the side of the box is a picture of one other puzzle design. The first design was also available in a card can (with metal lid). The picture was wrapped round the sides of the can. |
Below: tin (image thanks to Gordon Moriguchi) 
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NZ 54 piece jigsaw puzzle (34.5 x 24.5 cm). 1976
Colour painting (by "Bichan") based on Year 1 scenes. Pieces are assembled on a backing card, the edges of the painting around it.
Backdrop is space, with large moon bottom left. Foreground bottom left are various scenes including astronauts with a fallen colleague (based on "Ring Around The Moon"), Zantor and Main Mission staff at their desks watching the newscaster on the Big Screen. Top left is a rescue Eagle with red stripes, some missiles and Satazius being hit by a laser. Right are full length portraits of Helena, Koenig and Victor, striding forward over the red caption "Space 1999", with a purple insect in the bottom right corner.
Japan.
Scene features 2 astronauts in foreground walking from a launching Eagle. Irregularly shaped pieces, although the border is not cut. p368 of "Thunderbirds" (Asahi Sonorama 1993)
Board game for 2 to 4 players "ages 8 to 12".
Board (32.5 x 45.5 cm) with a circular central section (24 cm diameter) which can be rotated. A painting of wispy space clouds and small planets provides the backdrop, with Year 1 photos from the series in each corner (of Koenig, Helena in spacesuit, Victor in lab, and astronauts in NDA 2). The circular section portrays the plan of a spiral galaxy, with a matrix of circles connected by lines. The "pawns" are coloured plastic stands (red, green, yellow and blue) with black and white cards depicting Eagles. A "dice" (sic) is numbered 1 to 3 in red and green.
The game is played with the coloured Eagles starting in each corner. They move their Eagles onto the central section, which at the end of each round is moved according to the direction and number of notches indicated by the die. The Eagles move between the circles until the winner has landed all his Eagles on the opposite corner.
Box (46 x 33 x 3.5 cm) features large red logo with the subtitle "A Game Adapted From The Television Series". Over this is a large photo of a rescue Eagle on the pad. Below are a series of photos (the 4 photos on the board plus a full view of NDA 2 with round building in foreground). A grey stripe down the left side features the MB logo, recommended ages and "Object: Be the first commander to land fleet on hostile planet".
UK £3.95, 1974
Board game for 3 to 5 players "suitable for older children & adults"
A circular board (48 cm diameter, fitted from 2 halves) portrays a central planet ringed by orbital barriers (asteroid barrier, magnetic field, radiation belt). One player is the 'Guardian of Meta', moving 4 spaceships (plastic cones) to prevent up to 4 'Space Squadron Commanders' moving their 4 Eagles from the periphery across the barriers (using appropriate punched out segments of card, "space weapons") to steal the energy core (4 black pegs) from the planet.
Box 50 x 28 x 3 cm; art of astronauts (hs) & Eagle on lunar surface, logo.
"An absorbing game of space adventure"; "Plan and execute the greatest space adventure of all time".
A board game, with an electronic pad, picture cards, punch cards and tiny plastic Eagle pieces. Obviously hideously complex, but the photos (mostly special effects photos from early Year 1 episodes) are impressive.
| 36 cards (6 x 9 cm) with art in 9 designs (Koenig, Helena, Victor, Alan, 4 of astronauts, Eagle) in 4 suits (symbols of star, crescent, ringed planet, chequers) plus "Switch" cards (the Eagle design)
For 2 or more players, object to put down all your cards. Each turn a player can put down a card if it is the same picture or symbol as the last to be put down, or a 'Switch' (wild card). If neither is possible they miss the turn. Box: the Eagle art. |
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BAGATELLE (Marx Toys)UK £2.22 1976Inclined board with clear plastic cover (26 x 36 x 3 cm). Spring fires ball to top of board, from where it rolls down, to be trapped in plastic cups giving various scores, onto a lever which the the player can use to hit it back up, or to the base giving no score. Maximum score with all 10 balls is 4300. Board features superior painting: at top, Eagles & logo; below hs of Zantor, Maya, Helena, Koenig; astronaut aiming heavy laser (AC) Box with open front 32 x 63 x 3 cm. |
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Official Pinball Game (Ahi)USA 19766" by 11" pinball with good illustrations of Koenig, Bergman and a Rescue Eagle. Also included in the composition are floating spheres from Guardian Of Piri, a spider-like monster and the Kaldorian ship. The packaging was a box with an open corner (an arrow pointed to it: "Try Me!") and open front. Illustrations round the side included the front of an Eagle, the Kaldorian ship and multi-coloured planets. "Lots Of Fun!" See other Azrak-Hamway (ahi) toys. |
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