they can make incredible models now, but then it was hand made, machine skills, drawings and engineering, creativity and passion for making cool toys, and many of them have lasted lifetimes ! so your absolutely right they are so cool ! thank you for commenting, hope you enjoyed the video! stay safe. M
Loved Buck Rogers as a kid and had the Corgi Fighter! Nearly as good as the Batmobile and Starsky and Hutch car! Great wing feature and firing rockets! Oh to be a kid again!
YeY! My other fave Corgi toy after 007 Lotus! I too waa curious of handle at front of toy yet no cover on the snow speeder, the fatter cousin of this ship! I saw Buck Rogers the movie at Odeon Oldham (now a car park) back in '79 which was playing The Humanoid in screen 2 plus there was a trailer for the then upcoming Moonraker! But what connects the two films mentioned?
Glen A Larson made Battlestar Galatica, Buck Rogers and Knight Rider, and would recycle the sfx and sound effects. That's why Bucks shuttle when launched from the Draconia, is the same launch shoot from Galatica and the cylon eye scanner sound is same as K.I.T.T's scanner! We still bought the toys, mind!
did he sing the fall guy theme tune too or is that me having an acid trip ? even better recycled sci-fi sound effects that didn't fool our generation (much) 🤔🤣🤣 rubbish but brilliant tv that i miss now !
i think i've watched it ? must have been in my subconscious to mention 🤣🤣 glad you enjoyed it ! your message about them "dialling it in" made me laugh had to include it. glad you didnt mind ! speak soon. M
sadly those skills are lost forever ! but luckily the toys live on ! Hope you enjoyed the video. the batman is in the post tomorrow ! thank you for your support.M
Ah, loved the Buck Rogers Starfighter, friend of mine at school did take a hacksaw to the ‘bar’ on his and also repainted the whole thing (including those blue engines!) to be more accurate to the show. Mind you, he also painted his Starsky & Hutch Torino orange and put a ‘01’ on the door. Corgi didn’t make Dodge Chargers back then I guess…
Fantastic although I never had the toy but by then someone had given all my corgi and dinky toys away to the local hospital while I was at Uni anyway .
Loved this, but I always felt it was imperfect... get rid of the wheels, add a retractable landing gear, have an opening cockpit with a little badly painted figure like the Bond car or Batmobile, and have the front bit with rubber points rather than squared off - then it would have been perfect! Still great though. The mini one was great too.
Good call on the modifications I agree all of those would have made it a better toy ! Corgi of old would have left it with two big sharp metal points on the front, I’m kind of disappointed they didn’t ! Toys of this era should have been natural selection for kids 🤣🤣🤣 hope you enjoyed the video. Best M
I loved Buck Rogers, both with Buster Crabbe and Gil Gerrard, but what were they thinking with series two, that birdman was just daft, it would have been better if they would have just wrote some more stories for the first series, if it aint broke, why fix it?. I have a diecast viper from Battlestar Galatica by hotwheels, they are not easy to find, but perhaps you might like to find one of those.
Me too I have seen them with it cut off, which looks better, but they could have come up with a better workaround than the bar across the front 🤣🤣🤣 sill a great toy, I wish I’d kept my original one ! But I think that’s why I collect now. Thanks for commenting ! M
As I mentioned in the last video contents, had that. Also annoyed by the handle but wasn't old enough to have a go with a hacksaw. I do remember pulling off the annoyingly loud sticker on the top to make it a bit more authentic. I did get annoyed by the scale of the figures relative to size of the indistinct pilot, which was just a minor silver blob.
Another great video, I imagine your home is littered in little red bullets everywhere 😂 Remember these new, but I never had one, aside the junior version which did nothing compared to the big one and left me very disappointed as my school yard cohorts ran around firing red bullets at each other till they Very quickly lost them....... I did own the Dinky Eagle (but who didn't?) Mine had the radioactive canisters, all my mates though had the cargo/transport pod. Keep up the good work and see you soon....
Modern Corgi diecast collectables are nice but the older toys just look so coooooooool!
they can make incredible models now, but then it was hand made, machine skills, drawings and engineering, creativity and passion for making cool toys, and many of them have lasted lifetimes ! so your absolutely right they are so cool ! thank you for commenting, hope you enjoyed the video! stay safe. M
First time viewer, enjoyed the video, good stuff, subbed. 👍
thank you for commenting ! glad you enjoyed the video thank you for subscribing ! stay safe. M
Great Video, had this as a kid great toy! Remember the sticker started to wear after a couple of weeks gutted!! 🤣
Loved Buck Rogers as a kid and had the Corgi Fighter!
Nearly as good as the Batmobile and Starsky and Hutch car!
Great wing feature and firing rockets!
Oh to be a kid again!
"Bee-bee dee-bee dee-bee!"
... and THAT is all I have to say on the matter! 🤖👍
Really enjoy your channel! When I next visit 🇬🇧 from 🇨🇦 I will have to visit your shop!
Great video and look 👀 at this classic ship! I had one as a child 🧒 and have it again loose!
It’s such a great toy ! Hope you enjoyed the video ! M
YeY! My other fave Corgi toy after 007 Lotus!
I too waa curious of handle at front of toy yet no cover on the snow speeder, the fatter cousin of this ship!
I saw Buck Rogers the movie at Odeon Oldham (now a car park) back in '79 which was playing The Humanoid in screen 2 plus there was a trailer for the then upcoming Moonraker!
But what connects the two films mentioned?
Glen A Larson made Battlestar Galatica, Buck Rogers and Knight Rider, and would recycle the sfx and sound effects.
That's why Bucks shuttle when launched from the Draconia, is the same launch shoot from Galatica and the cylon eye scanner sound is same as K.I.T.T's scanner!
We still bought the toys, mind!
did he sing the fall guy theme tune too or is that me having an acid trip ? even better recycled sci-fi sound effects that didn't fool our generation (much) 🤔🤣🤣 rubbish but brilliant tv that i miss now !
Answer : Richard Kiel.
He played Jaws in Moonraker and was the 'lead' in The Humanoid movie!
Now he's eating 3 shredded wheat!
i still own one , it was really great
I've got a video on taking the front bar off. Totally worth it. Great video, thanks for the shout out 😆
i think i've watched it ? must have been in my subconscious to mention 🤣🤣 glad you enjoyed it ! your message about them "dialling it in" made me laugh had to include it. glad you didnt mind ! speak soon. M
@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES of course I don't mind. Had to rewind to remember what I'd said 😆
I fully agree with you! Since 80's has lost their creativities👎 corgi made in UK was just amazing! Thanks mate🙏 Cheerio🥂
Ps the 1st comment
sadly those skills are lost forever ! but luckily the toys live on ! Hope you enjoyed the video. the batman is in the post tomorrow ! thank you for your support.M
@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES thanks again mate🙏 yes absolutely you're right👌 but I am not hopeless! All the best 😉 Cheerio🥂
Ah, loved the Buck Rogers Starfighter, friend of mine at school did take a hacksaw to the ‘bar’ on his and also repainted the whole thing (including those blue engines!) to be more accurate to the show. Mind you, he also painted his Starsky & Hutch Torino orange and put a ‘01’ on the door. Corgi didn’t make Dodge Chargers back then I guess…
Fantastic although I never had the toy but by then someone had given all my corgi and dinky toys away to the local hospital while I was at Uni anyway .
I’ve spent most of my adult life replacing the toys I had as a kid 😂😂 hope you enjoyed the video ! Best wishes M
Loved this, but I always felt it was imperfect... get rid of the wheels, add a retractable landing gear, have an opening cockpit with a little badly painted figure like the Bond car or Batmobile, and have the front bit with rubber points rather than squared off - then it would have been perfect! Still great though. The mini one was great too.
Good call on the modifications I agree all of those would have made it a better toy ! Corgi of old would have left it with two big sharp metal points on the front, I’m kind of disappointed they didn’t ! Toys of this era should have been natural selection for kids 🤣🤣🤣 hope you enjoyed the video. Best M
I loved Buck Rogers, both with Buster Crabbe and Gil Gerrard, but what were they thinking with series two, that birdman was just daft, it would have been better if they would have just wrote some more stories for the first series, if it aint broke, why fix it?. I have a diecast viper from Battlestar Galatica by hotwheels, they are not easy to find, but perhaps you might like to find one of those.
I've got the small one which I've had since the '80s. Still in pretty good condition. The bar on the front has always annoyed me.
Me too I have seen them with it cut off, which looks better, but they could have come up with a better workaround than the bar across the front 🤣🤣🤣 sill a great toy, I wish I’d kept my original one ! But I think that’s why I collect now. Thanks for commenting ! M
Ive always wanted the larger fighter
Me to, but have never come across one yet !
As I mentioned in the last video contents, had that. Also annoyed by the handle but wasn't old enough to have a go with a hacksaw. I do remember pulling off the annoyingly loud sticker on the top to make it a bit more authentic. I did get annoyed by the scale of the figures relative to size of the indistinct pilot, which was just a minor silver blob.
Another great video, I imagine your home is littered in little red bullets everywhere 😂
Remember these new, but I never had one, aside the junior version which did nothing compared to the big one and left me very disappointed as my school yard cohorts ran around firing red bullets at each other till they Very quickly lost them.......
I did own the Dinky Eagle (but who didn't?) Mine had the radioactive canisters, all my mates though had the cargo/transport pod.
Keep up the good work and see you soon....
You didn't talk about the little one.
I had one as a kid and would like to know about it
I’ll be revising the model in the future so will try and include more about both models ! Thanks for commenting ! Hope you enjoyed the video ! M
You do such a great job of these videos, so, challenge for the video after next.... how about the Dinky Space 1999 Eagle transporter? :)
Or.... the great, great, Diamonds are Forever Moon Buggy.... I loved that one.
Corgi Last great toy the. Buck rogers. Statfighter
its such a cool toy, hope you enjoyed the video, stay safe. M
Hi.. I wrote to you about the betty boop..I sent you photos on instagram.. I hope I got the correct account...thank you again! 😊
yep got them i'll take a look tomorrow and message you. m
@@BROOKSCOLLECTABLES awesome. I APPRECIATE IT SO MUCH!