Re: [MISC] Moonbase Alpha

John C wrote:
> 
> I'm about to get some names and details wrong, so you "Space 1999"
purists
> should forgive me -- I've never actually seen the show, although I had
the
> lunchbox when I was in first grade.  The local Allied Hobbies has a
model of
> the "Alpha Moonbase" from 1999, and it includes 6 of the "Eagle
Landers"(?).
>   The illustrations on the box are next to useless, and the only
photograph
> is VERY small, but it looks pretty nice.  You get a large flat plane,
with
> some sort of complex sprawling across it and something that appears to
be a
> greenhouse on one edge of the board.	The Eagles look to be tiny -- if
they
> are even an inch long, I'd be surprised.  This might be a useful
beginnings
> for a Full Thrust space station, but it's difficult to say from what
I've
> seen.  Has anyone out there seen an open box?  Or do you know where I
could
> go to see a review?  It's only $16.00, so I'll probably end up buying
it for
> the bits anyway, but it would be nice to know what I'm getting.

	I had that model.
	The Eagles are 7/8" long.  Very tiny.

	The board is vacuform, and is a tad flimsy.  The base complex
	looks very much like Clavius Moonbase from 2001.
	The "greenhouse" is a model of Moonbase Alpha's command center,
	and is very much out of scale with the rest. All the detail
	of the command center is inside.