Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Model Kit of the Week #7
award-winning creator of Enter The House Between and author of 32 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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I was given this model in 1968 for my birthday. I was 10 years old and I didn't see many episodes of The Invaders until summer repeats, because The show ran after my bedtime during school.
ReplyDeleteI do remember that you could remove the top of the model and look at the small figures that came with the kit inside at the controls of the ship. I also remember that the landing legs of the ship would fold up I under the ship for flying.
I got this model in the late '70s as a boy even though I had never seen the series yet.
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Drool! Loved this model!
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