Toy-Ventures: Gerry Anderson UFO collection
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Toy-Ventures returns with a tribute to one of my favourite Science Fiction shows of all time, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's UFO. This cool-looking series only ran a single season but there is plenty of awesome merchandise from all over the world.
We look at Eidai Grip, Dinky toys, Custom Mego, 16 mm films, Imai model kits, Collegeville Halloween costumes, Lunchboxes and a lot more.
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Greatest si fi ever watched this in the late sixties I'm 61 this year and for me its still ahead of it's time
Wow so jealous of your collection , I wachted it as a kid think the first was reruns of the tv in black and white as that's what we had then so it didn't stand out, then later the movie came out and we had a colour tv 😀👍🏻 it was so cool, then they had reruns, then space 99 came out , my daughter got me the collection of dvds of space 99 all of the show's , I watch UFO back in the first lockdown on UA-cam was great to see it again, I didn't know about the merchandise that's so cool 👍🏽👍🏻
Good Call! This show was an unpolished Gem. Absolutely amazing series!!!!
Hi Brian, I love UFO I was given a Dinky UFO interceptor when I was 6 or 7 and loved playing with it. I eventually broke the rear undercarriage, but I still have it. Recently new models of the interceptor and UFO , Sky diver and Shado mobile were released and I just had to have them. Growing up in the late 70s early 80s there were so many great Si Fi toys and models I think we were really lucky. I wish I had some Battle of the Planets toys, I loved that show. Keep up the good work.
thanks for sharing really appreciate it.
I loved this show as a kid. I had a viewmaster reel of UFO. I remember the pilots sliding into the tube to get to the Interceptor and only having one shot at the UFO. I also liked the voice of S.I.D.
Love this show! Not represented nearly well enough in my collection of stuff.
I was a fan since the early 1970’s syndicated broadcast in the US. My grails are a rare large UFO garage kit from Shed that was 1/1 with the studio prop. My other is a personalized photo from Ed Bishop. I had sent him a letter through the mail and he answered me back with a very warm response not too long before he passed away.
You'll be pleased to know that Anderson Entertainment have just released the first volume of a collection of UFO comic strip reprints, that appeared in Countdown, an early 70s UK weekly anthology comic-book that featured strips based on popular sci-fi TV shows of the day, such as Doctor Who. The artwork is gorgeous. There's a 2nd volume coming out later in the year.
I need to pick that up.
This is a great video - thanks, Brian! UFO was - IS - my all-time favourite TV series when I was growing up in the 1960s. And the new anthology of UFO strips from Countdown comic is FANTASTIC! I bought Countdown avidly with my pocket money back then, and to see them so well re-printed is an absolute treasure!
I, too, am a collector of UFO merchandise and have the Dinky Interceptor in my collection (which I’m in the process of cataloging right now!). I don’t know HOW the SHADO Interceptor is your least-favourite vehicle!! For me, it’s the BEST!
Looking forward to re-watching this video, and to checking out your other videos.
All the best, Steve
Please make a Doctor Doug Jackson figure - a Vladek Sheybal action figure would be awesome. And Vladek Sheybal was such a cool guy in real life. A superb actor, who could say the most incredible lines - and you'd believe every word.
His Doug Jackson (obviously an alias), was one of my favourite characters on UFO. You never knew where you stood with him.
The series was issued years ago on DVD in the U.S. by A&E, but that is now out of print. Fortunately, an excellent Blu-ray set has been issued by the Network U.K. label in the U.K. and has nice extras, but the picture and sound are stunning in high definition and lossless sound. Too bad it is a Region B locked set, but is worth getting a region-free player for. Shout! Factory seems to have the rights in the U.S. to do it, but they are not doing a thing with them, unless those rights expired. It is a must-have set and Network U./K. also has the other Anderson SuperMarionation shows, including and equally amazing CAPTAIN SCARLET Blu-ray set. These shows are LONG overdue for rediscovery ion the U.S.!
I bought a region free player for that very set.
What an excellent collection of UFO merchandise you have. I'm old enough to remember when ufo was first shown in the UK in September 1970 having just turned 9 years old. I can't remember actually watching the very first episode but remember the episode Survival with Foster and the stranded alien on the surface of the moon. I've always loved ufo and even watched The Long Sleep episode when it was screened very late at night because of its drug - taking references. I was so tired the next morning, and I had to get up for school. You mentioned Invasion ufo, I also had a copy of it on VHS. I think it cost me five pounds at our local video shop. I played it to death as there was nothing to do with ufo on tv at the time (1985). Now I have the ufo series on blu Ray and also on wide-screen dvd. The blu ray set is very crisp and clear and is presented as it was shown in the normal square format of television in the past.
Its nice to see all the variety in IP's that were around in the 70s prior and not SW. Much less variety today. So glad there's so much still to discover from the decade of my youth.
Great video. I am old enough to have watched this series on its original Uk release (I was about 12 at the time). I was, and still am, a big fan.
Here in the UK there was very little merchandise other than the dinky vehicles, with I had at one time and the Annual, which I have still got.
I always wated a Skydiver model, but alas, they never released one over here when I was a kid.
It was frustrating how little merch you could get in the UK back then, I had an annual, the dinky toys and I found a colouring book at the seaside. All long gone unfortunately
Great stuff from a genuine ufo fan , some great models especially the mega dolls ,would love some of those.
Wonderful post, Brian.
Loved UFO as a kid and couldn't get the noise the UFO's made, out of my head.
The sequence in "Sound of Silence," where SHADO Mobiles depth charge the lake to flush out a UFO, is still one of the best action set pieces in television.
agreed.
..... Aliens at bottom of lake, ' WTF ?, we're out of here ! '
Absolutely right! In fact, I live not far from where I believe many of the live-action sequences were filmed for that episode , Black Park, here just outside of London. I have visited it on a number of occasions, also because I believe (again) that it was used in the first 2 episodes of Star Maidens, also from 1970s.
My favourite scene is where the ufo surfaces from the lake and flies away. Can be seen in the episode Computer Affair.
Also, the entire series is available in a beautifully restored Blu-Ray boxset by Network, who have also released the movie compilations, as well as Space: 1999 and it's compilation movies, and various other Gerry Anderson series on Blu-Ray and DVD.
Yeah I'm drooling over that new 1999 set.
I wasn't very impressed by the Network UFO blu ray. It is over- processed and unlike their Space 1999 blu ray isn't from the original negatives. The earlier Carlton DVD is better. It was done more lovingly, even to the extent of reconstructing the title sequence from original film materials.
I have all the episodes, the card set and all the ships. Lieutenant Gay Ellis was my favorite character. I have the books also.
A wonderful collection, that honours an incredible tv show, Brian.
Several episodes of UFO features actress Wanda Ventham as Colonel Virginia Lake and a fun bit of tv / movie trivia, is that Wanda is the mother of actor Benedict Cumberbatch.
I love Col. Lake and I knew that about her.
I wonder how many kids in Japan did team up adventures where gotcha man and joe 90 team up to save thunder bird 2 or if there is fanfic some where where one of the ultramen is secretly a member of shado .
UFO is also one of my all-time favorites. Is that large Gay Ellis in your collection a figure, statue or a model kit? It looks good. I recently got the SHADO Tech Manual from the Anderson store. It's absolutely amazing, one of the best sci-fi tech manuals I own. I have some of the Product Enterprises die-cast vehicles that came out years ago, to include 2 Mobiles, an Interceptor with a UFO, and my favorite sci-fi vehicle ever, Skydiver. I have the old lunch box, but without the thermos. I wish there had been a second season. Like you said, a great sci-fi war series, and just a great series in general.
Great stuff. The UFO viewmaster set should be easy to track down. You might like to watch 'Doppelganger / Journey to the Far Side of the Sun, the Anderson's live action movie where a lot of the props and costumes from UFO originally appear...
Its still my all time favourite show, and I'm in my sixties now! lol!
Me, too! I just turned 64 and inside am STILL the kid from 1960s!
I've just turned 61 and I agree with you.
Oh man, so cool! I had a UFO lunch box and loved it, one of my favorites. My Mom said the picture of the skyDiver woman in the fish net top was "Lude" LOL, I liked it even more.
You really need to visit the Anderson Store ( now with a branch in the U.S.)...
Their merchandise is out of this world, and just what collectors dream of? I'm a regular visitor.. The entire series on DVD is a great purchase...
Have fun..
I have the two Dinky's UFO Interceptor and the Shado 2 in fine working order. No packaging. As well as Dinky's 1st release SPACE 1999 Eagle Transporter. My parents bought these for me for several christmases.
As everyone probably already knows. The Jerry Anderson UA-cam channel is very active with a lot of good recent new episodes. And the new movie is coming out about the life of Jerry Anderson
And the Gerry Anderson channel... 👍
good
So sad those Mego figures didn't technically exist, darn. ;) That was first time trying that Premier thing, was looking at the time and thinking "Wait, that's now.". ^_^
I was curious about what merchandise was released in the states. Besides both novels, the lunchbox and the Halloween costume
In 1966, German tv started broadcasting a show called Raumpatrouille Orion ( space patrol, Orion). The characters exploited space in a UFO. It was in black and white. I’m not sure if any toys were made.
Wonderful to see your collection, and an excellent video again. We've recently had UFO back on TV over here in the UK on the Horror Channel / Sci-Fi Zone segment each night, which was great viewing. Funnily enough, I've also watched Invasion:UFO as well in the last few weeks, and found it a pretty good film in itself, so nice to hear it get a nod here too!
Great Video! Top Shelf! -UFO became Space: 1999; so often when these matters are researched via the internet, this channel is usually the top/most reliable result, Great Work!
Thanks for showing us your collection some cool stuff I've never seen before. I was lucky enough to meet Ed Bishop once he showed me the watch Gerry & Sylvia gave him. Such a nice man one of my favourite Anderson shows. 😁👍
I'd have loved to have met him.
..... How do you know it wasn't an Alien double of him ?
( Ep.23 'Reflections in the water ' )
My Favourite G.A. Show of all time!!
Growing up I loved all the G.A. Shows,
Space1999 and Stingray were my favourites as I missed UFO on it's first run,
I first saw the Super 8 cine movies by Techno films as a kid and then later saw Invasion UFO, and then the intact full length episodes,
This has now become my favourite G.A. Show with Space 1999 a close 2nd,
If you love UFO you must get the Product Enterprises/Sixteen 12 models they are Fantastic!!☺😊😁👍
UFO is returning this summer as a brand new audio series, from Big Finish Productions, makers of audio series based Doctor Who, The Avengers, Blake's 7, and more!
I just heard, great news.
Really? REALLY?? I’m looking forward to that, as I collect quite a few Big Finish productions (Dalek-related). Thanks for that!
I think a collection of ufo comics has come out a while a go .
Let's go!!!
I can't remember a time when I wasn't obsessed with this show. I'm just old enough to remember the publicity around UFO when it was broadcast on CBS owned-and-operated stations as well as in syndication, but our local station didn't play it. I remember being obsessed with the Dinky merchandise, and unlike you, I'm a big fan of the Interceptor, as strange a design as it is. I actually like the bright glistening green paint job on the toy, I think more than I would than if it were screen accurate.
I am in my mid 50s so UFO is a show that is in the dim recesses of my memory. I did not know that it was broadcast on CBS owned and operated stations. My local station was probably not owned by CBS and did not show it. However I do remember seeing a couple of episodes of it on Saturday afternoons in the early 70s. It was common then to stick a syndicated show unscheduled into a time slot to makeup for a baseball game that ran over its time slot or a boxing match that ran under or something else that was hard to time. It just was a matter of luck to find a show like UFO on a random weekend afternoon flipping between three channels. I saw it and then tried to figure out what it was without having any resources or popular culture references to it. By the 80s and early 90s I began to believe I had just imagined it! So glad the internet came along to show me that I had not imagined shows like this!
Never got to see this show, but it is for free on TUBI so I'll check it out. Space 1999 is a classic, moody and nuanced where Star Trek was definitely more obvious in its themes.
"A Question of Priorities"...that episode kinda messed me up back in '73 when I was eight. Watched it again a couple year ago. Still kinda messed up. And, BTW, I knew a guy that had the lunchbox AND the Dinky SHADO 2 back in the day. What are the odds?
..... The old Lady could have offered the Alien a cup of tea ! (how rude).
I agree; It’s my least-favourite episode, even though it was brilliantly done. It’s so damn TRAGIC!😢
I too hated that episode with a passion. Having Ed and Mary's son die and then having Mary blame Ed for their son's death were better suited for a soap opera than for a sci-fi show.
UFO was on UA-cam.
Ah, a favorite show. My first exposure to it was the Invasion: UFO movie... in 1980, the local cable company, Gilcable, had a mostly-blank channel, but they ran one movie a week on it, and once it was Invasion UFO, which was the talk of the schoolyard the next day. I was a bit confused as it was set in 1980, but I was watching it in 1980! The San Jose PBS station, well known for its sci-fi block, showed the series later on... I believe Timelash was my first episode. The show is HUGELY influential on Japanese anime, even more than the "average" Anderson show. Compare the opening of Evangelion to UFO, for starters. The Big O series had season 2 opening theme that was a little too heavily inspired by the UFO theme, enough that it doesn't get used on US releases. I have a variety of merchandise, the Carlton die-cast Skydiver is a favorite, I found the US novel "Sporting Blood" at a used bookstore (Featuring an upside down SID) and an oversized hardcover art book of the vehicles.
I've mentioned this on other P.Stallions vids but when my parents passed away last year I got all my toys from my childhood (my mum really was my 'toy angel' ) boxed up nicely and put in the loft. Anyway, I thought I had lost all my corgi and Dinky toys but I found the majority this weekend - including Shado 2 and the interceptor, 2 Eagles, Batmobiles ( big n small) etc. I really was a lucky kid n my dad constantly threatened to bin all my "dollies". Oh how I enjoyed showing him eBay valuations of Star Wars , Action Man etc and my "much loved" (ie knackered ) Dinky toys! As always, thank you Brian, for all you do researching and showing your collection!
I'm actually rather stunned that you don't have a Dinky UFO Interceptor. I can't speak to Canada, but here in the states that was by far the most popular and easy to find one. And was the most fun. Just for that massive spring fired missile that could concuss the cat at 20 paces. You had to pull that arming lever back a full inch to cock that spring. About the only other Dinky Vehicles truly on par with it were the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle from Captain Scarlett and of course the Eagles.
UFO is still my favourite TV series of all time, the UFO theme is still the ringtone on my phone and I still watch 3-4 episodes a week (got the complete series on dvd). btw have you seen the UFO SHADO Technical Operations Manual that came out months ago? I have the special edition that came in a box with extras like Strakers id card and alien planet photo and other stuff, it was expensive but awesome! :D
Like a a lot of us, I didn't see UFO on either its original UK or US run. I discovered the merch first in the mid nineties with the Imai model kits and in the pages of Hobby Japan magazine. Eventually I would learn more and more about the series until I eventually bit the bullet and bought the 8 DVD "Megaset" put out by A&E. It's very much of its time (characters enjoying a cigarette while travelling in a space ship, female characters often wearing form fitting or skimpy outfits, etc...), but it also had an air of maturity about it tackling subjects such as racism, the loss of a child, etc... Some episodes are a bit out there, but I have the impression UFO was aimed at adults and not children....or more accurately, adults who grew up on Gerry Anderson shows as kids.
Now,they have the Ufo comics sold threw the Fanderson club in Somerset,England.🎃🎃🎃🎃❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Really enjoyed seeing your UFO collection some really nice pieces there. But for me space 1999 is king my favourite pieces I have are the dinky space 1999 eagles I also have the larger Mattel eagle but sadly not complete. If you do at some point manage to get a UFO interceptor by dinky toys check the landing skids because they are has fragile has hell .thanks for the excellent videos keep up the great work 👍
I first saw UFO when it was repeated on BBC2 in the mid 90s, coinciding with the trend for shirts and jacketd without traditional collars. Or as we call it now, "looking like Paul Weller "
Oh, and I still enjoy the UFO soundtrack, along with other GA series, by the very talented Barry Gray.
Don't feel too bad about having Gerry Anderson content blocked because I experienced the same thing! I think it's a territorial issue. That said, UFO was and still is my favorite Sci Fi series gone way too soon.
I never saw the show, but one of the odd facts about the setting fascinates me: the women with the purple hair aren't aliens (my first assumption), or even humans who dye their hair. The purple wig is actually part of their in-universe uniform (and not worn when they're off duty!)
Fan, used to watch it really late night in the late 70's on US channels. reruns choke full of ads. Never saw any toys.
I wonder how many people realize that Colonel Lake is Dr. Strange's mom? 😛
Great video! Such a cool collection!
thank you!
this show pops up on youtube. ive only seen some. it seems like it jumps around as far as episodes in order but i like what i saw.
I have only recently watched some of UFO and loved what I have seen. I adore Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet, and have started collecting somr Scarlet toys for my own little collection. Love your collection!
thanks, glad you enjoyed it!
I love that you are fan of UFO. In honor of your video I started to rewatch the series last night!
💞✨🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈✌️✋UFO indimenticabile... wonderful!!!
Loved that show and it has aged very nicely!
totally agree.
This seem like something to be revised now. We need more Sci-fi content that has potential.
I remember watching U.F.O. as a little kid and loving it. I recently bought the DVD box set of the series and am currently rewatching it. It hits very different as an adult. I didn't pick up on how dark some of the storylines are when I was young. I was probably too distracted by the spaceships and, at times, scantily clad people. I also love the "future" they imagined and would happily live there. I would totally rock a Nehru jacket. 😁
Great collection. I love the look and characters of UFO.... And that groovy main title sequence (I adore that theme!). Rewatched the series not that long ago when they released the restored blu-ray series in the UK and while there's a few amazing episodes (about 9 or 9) the rest is a collection of weird stories. The series really suffered from bad writing. Love it though!
I don't know if it's bad writing or the fact that they needed someone to keep the series in one direction. It feels like it jumps around a little too much.
@@BrickMantooth totally... the story with the couple of lover or the one with the old blind lady are so odd LOL
@@BrickMantooth It jumps around quite a bit because episodes were often aired out of sequence and even the DVD box set has a few fumbles in it.
I love the ufo theme as well. I sometimes say to the wife that it's the tune I want played at the end of my funeral.
The Dinky Toys were the only thing I knew of UFO back in the day.
I loved this show. I was 10 when it came on in 1969. Loved seeing the UFO and it's buzzing sound. I still have my View Master reels.
i think youre right about having these and not knowing what the toys were. they look so familiar. my dad is a ham radio operator. every hamfest, he would run around and get us toy lots from vendors out of the 60s and 70s for super cheap. these were in there. drats. theyre long gone now.
I wish MeTV would have that show instead of too may westerns.
One of the all time greats.
i have both episodes on my computer and 2 softback books that i found at a book store. i think the series is on youtube .
Never had a chance to really get into this, but some great looking toys in there. Also, your enthusiasm is making me want to dive into this series again!
Great video. Love UFO show. I do have the space 1999.comad center. Just need action Figures.
I really want that set.
I had the UFO lunchbox in 2nd grade!!
So cool, were you familiar with the series?
@@BrickMantooth Absolutely, even though it was a little slowly paced for a 7-year-old, I found the vehicles and the Moonbase fascinating. I was into anything sci-fi for as long as I can remember. I want to say this was on in the New York area on Saturday or Sunday afternoons.
Very cool. Never knew there was so much UFO merchandise out there.
I remember watching Space:1999 as a kid, but didn't watch UFO until a couple years ago.
Shout Factory got nearly all the Anderson shows and I finally got around to watching it.
Such an odd show. Great ideas, solid cast and beautiful design, but the writing is all over the place.
Always intrigued by the idea that 1999 was meant to be UFO S2.
I will agree that the show jumped concepts a little too much.
@@BrickMantooth It felt like the writers had never decided who the aliens were or why they were invading earth.
I get those girls in the purple wigs can be distracting, but at some point somebody needed to figure that out.
It made the aliens creepy, knowing so little about them, but it also made SHADO seem bad at their job.
Nice job. Never knew about this show. Very cool sets
thanks!
I remember having the SHADO Interceptor, but I had no idea what the show was as a kid. Very cool toy, but lost to history (probably a garage sale).
Oh garage sales have claimed many childhood faves.
I also had the interceptor when I was younger. The green colour was a bit of a turn off, never understood why they used that instead of white. I now have a modern interceptor in the proper white. It's coupled with a separate ufo and they are in a boxed set.
Were toys ever done for Space: 1999?
ABSOLUTELY - and many of them! Start doing some research on the ‘net, especially eBay and Pinterest.
Love UFO
me too
Hey hey
Wow a $25 lunch box that's a deal, what market near you? I don't know of any in your area
It was outside of Peterborough.
I never knew U F O had action figures .
they didn't i had them made.
@@BrickMantooth WOW ! And theme music was crazy .
There's a West German softcore stag film from the 70's called "2069 a s*x Odyssey" that totally rips off the style of the girls from UFO.
I know that movie well, my local video store wrongly had it in "sci fi" when I was 14.
@@BrickMantooth LOL amazing. Well they weren't wrong. It was Sci Fi among other things. And yeah "Skinemax" used to show it late at night when I was a kid. Had no idea of UFO till this video and almost fell out of my chair when I saw the girls.
I have two Ufo comic book’s that I got,I think,three year’s ago?I got it from;Fanderson,the club that is alway’s doing a radio 📻 show about Gerry Anderson and his show’s.Several year’s ago,I got the Shado 🌖 moon girl figure,and have saved it ever since.I used to have the Panini Italian ufo 🛸 gum cards,but have since given them to the Goodwill Industries store.🏬 Now,another collector will get them!I also used to have the Ufo one and Ufo two book’s,but have also given them away.I wish someone would make the;Gabriel Drake figure for me,plus the doctor 🧑⚕️ Jackson figure.I have made a photo shirt(transferred)on to a nice,white,cotton shirt of Dr.Jackson.I can imagine that the Fanderson club would not be too happy about this!Because,it is;Jamie Anderson’s ‘baby’,as it were!After all,Jamie Anderson inherited his dad’s show!I also made a miniature Ufo 🛸 office,several year’s ago,and put it in a small decorative box.Much like that of a doll’s house 🏡 miniature.Take care!
I used to have the two Ufo 🛸 book’s,but have lost them,some how.I also used to have the Panini cards,but,have since given them away to;Goodwill Industries.Did I ever regret 😮that!I do have the Gay Ellis doll from;Fanderson.They have also made puppets of;Edward Straker.I have also a signed autograph of;Edward Bishop before he passed away.This was given to by a former pen-pal of;Ufo in the 1980”s.Take care!
Andrew and I watched UFO from beginning to end recently. And yes, some episodes we struggled thru, but overall it was enjoyable and as someone has stated "an unpolished gem".
I didn't realise there was so much UFO merch actually.
We had, and broke the Dinky Interceptors as kids, much to our bums chagrin when our parents found out.
Brian, we just love these episodes you deliver to us, makes us smile 😊
Was actually waiting for you to mention Wanda Ventham's connections 🤣
Totally spaced Out awesomeness of a video Brother. I don't remember this series. Looks cool!! Thanks for sharing Your passion for Vintage Toy's and popculture Neat'O dynamite Fun. 😀👍♥️🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏👏🎉🎉🎉💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
American company ROUND2 MODELS, who produce some amazing and accurate Space1999 plastic model kits, has the licence for UFO and have promised some kits in 2024 - including the Shado Mobile and the UFO saucer. Details are a little sketchy at the moment so can I encourage everyone to harass the company via Facebook or via their monthly product release videos they post on UA-cam?!
The more interest shown may result in additional kits being offered - and we all need that two foot Skydiver kit, don't we? 😉
Great collection-watched it when it came out and loved it. I had some stuff including the viewmaster set and both Pan books , long gone now.
Yeah,I used to watch;Ufo(way back in;1972)after school.I also have the comic strip book’s of Ufo 🛸 which had amazing artwork in them!They must’ve been digally produced?But,the comic strip’s look good!
Your Panini album looks pristine. I have one from Serbia. Exactly the same but on Serbian. I am currently translating the text using a combination of translation apps and my knowledge of the series ( their word for aliens translates literally as citizens of the universe). It will take me a few months but I can send you a word document if the translations page by page once I am finished if you want. It is jointly one ifcmy favourite UFO collectibles together with the Town Mook Japanese super visual guidebook which I bought when it was first released. Have you heard about the compilation "movies" which were released in Italy? I have been pestering Nwtwork video to release remastered versions of them. They have already released blu ray versions of the movie compilations if The Persuaders and Space 1999, including a Space 1999 Italian movie with the music restored by Ennio Morricone.
I am so glad to find this video, Brian. I watched this show in the early 70’s while living on Cape Cod (about 45 minutes outside of Boston). It was odd to me then, and I think this was largely due to it being British. It was my first exposure to something international. But, I never missed it as a young teenager. And then it just disappeared. Now, all too many decades later and I have just discovered it again on Amazon Prime. Now, I should tell you, as a die hard Space: 1999 fan …I am amazed at how awesome this series is. And especially how much more enjoyable Ed Straker is as a Commander in charge. The stylishness, the models, the smoking, the alcohol.... It’s like Mad Men meets James Bond. It's just stunning to look at. I love and am amazed by just how great this series really is. Thanks for posting this video.
There's something so hot about a woman with a 70's semi-pageboy purple hairstyle and silver catsuit. Hmmm......
It's time for a remake of U F O
I don't know how I feel about it to be honest.
No. You can't improve upon it. It needs to be left alone - look at what they did to Thunderbirds!
Love the Halloween costume.
me too
Im a megafan of UFO and loved watching your clips. Im into making my own fotozines of every episode and did so for several years. Hopefully i can show you some of my painstaking work on facebook.
I had an Interceptor but they were painted green in the UK. It was probably the last toy I was ever given as at the time I was probably a bit too old for it but I loves UFO so much..Having been a Dinky,Corgi, Matchbox kid just had to ask for it when asked what gift I would like one time.
UFO is a show that was released about 20 years too early. If it had come out in the early 90's when shows with a continuing storyline and mythology like The X-Files started I'll bet it would have caught on big time.
I've always wanted the alien's flying saucer. I don't know if it was made or not.
Product enterprises made one and there are a few models.
Both the Product Enterprise Mobiles and the UFO saucer were re-released a few years ago by a company called Sixteen 12 (actually the same guys as P.E.) - these may be easier (and cheaper!!!!) to find than the originals. The Konami UFO model, albeit much smaller, is also worth tracking down as the paddle section spins independently of the top and bottom domes.
Lastly, US company ROUND2 MODELS is supposed to be releasing some UFO kits next year - see my separate comment on this video.....
I had one of the model kits. I got it around the time Star Wars hit big and I had no idea what it was from. I thought it was some Japanese thing. It was the smaller spaceship with the torpedo looking thing on its nose. It would be many years before I discovered all of the Gerry Anderson shows and I love the aesthetic or design style. The costumes, the cars, the sets, I love it all. I have t watched all of this series but I have watched the feature film version.
Cool! Still kicking myself for not buying the shado mobile model when I had the chance,but money was tight.
I bet you never make that Moonbase model! How could you even snap off the first piece? :)
Sorry to hear that your footage was blocked. This has happened to me with other stuff. It will probably have been an automated detection rather than a human.