Runabouts---How useful are they?

Post by **Mikey** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 2:12 pm

That's why I love the Eagles. Each different type was recognizable for the design components which spoke directly to its role; but they were still the same class, with enough commonality that an Eagle pilot could still just be an Eagle pilot.

Sonic Glitch · Post by **Sonic Glitch** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 3:47 pm

What are these?

Post by **Mikey** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 5:48 pm

Sonic Glitch wrote:What are these?

The Eagles from Space: 1999. They were the runabouts of that series, but truly modular as the two different pics show. IIRC, there was a dissimilar dedicated fighter class, but considered IU to be rare or otherwise less available.

McAvoy · Post by **McAvoy** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:36 pm

For some reason I was thinking about the F-15 Eagle.

Post by **Mikey** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 7:38 pm

McAvoy wrote:For some reason I was thinking about the F-15 Eagle.

Well that's a little more simplistic - have the thing generate enough thrust, and you can pretty much attach anything.

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:10 pm

McAvoy wrote:For some reason I was thinking about the F-15 Eagle.

Thats what I thought...

Post by **Graham Kennedy** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 9:43 pm

Sonic Glitch wrote:What are these?

Space 1999 general purpose spacecraft. In the first pic, the big "box" in the middle is a swappable container. Many different variants were seen - passenger, medical/rescue, a laboratory, a couple of different cargo types.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Fri Sep 23, 2011 11:34 pm

Never saw Space:1999. I know of the show, and those ships look damned cool.

Post by **Mikey** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 12:32 am

RK_Striker_JK_5 wrote:Never saw Space:1999. I know of the show, and those ships look damned cool.

My Eagle was the coolest toy I owned... until 1978 brought the Millenium Falcon with the cutaway panel.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 10:07 pm

I've never owned a Falcon. Got all the Enterprise, DSN, the runabout, the Defiant, Voyager and almost a literal ton of transformers.

McAvoy · Post by **McAvoy** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 10:42 pm

Never owned any scifi toys except Trek. I had E-nil, E-D, E-E and Voyager toys. I did have those micro toy ships though from I think Micro machines?

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Sat Sep 24, 2011 11:21 pm

Yeah, Micro Machine ST toys. I remember seeing them in Bradley's before it closed. Ah, the old Newington Mall. Now the Newington Plaza. *Sad sigh*

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:44 pm

Heh...I've got two boxes of them unopened in my closet

McAvoy · Post by **McAvoy** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 7:03 am

I had them all opened and organized from first appearence they appeared in Trek to the latest. I think when I joined the Navy my Mom threw them out. That along with my entire collection of the DBZ series on VHS. That among other things I can't remember offhand anymore. Still looking for my comic book collection. Doubt she threw those out. I had a few valuable ones.

RK_Striker_JK_5 · Post by **RK_Striker_JK_5** » Tue Sep 27, 2011 10:25 pm

I've thrown out a few things... but overall my collection is complete from 1984 on.

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