EAGLE FREIGHTER
Die Cast Toy
©1978
©1978
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
card and cellophane window box with raised back, printed in multi colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of actor and other vehicles for the series; white expanded polystyrene linings shaped to represent a moon landscape
contains a metallic blue vehicle with white, silver and black trim and red and yellow plastic accessories
contains a metallic blue vehicle with white, silver and black trim and red and yellow plastic accessories
Object details
| Object type | |
| Parts | This object consists of 4 parts. (Some alternative part names are also shown below)
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| Title | EAGLE FREIGHTER (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | card, printed in colours
die cast metal
expanded polystyrene |
| Brief description | Eagle Freighter, Dinky Die Cast Toys 360 card window box ©Meccano Ltd Card and cellophane window box for Eagle Freighter, Dinky Die Cast Toys 360, c1978 Meccano Ltd Polystyrene lining for Eagle Freighter, Dinky Die Cast Toys 360, c1978 Meccano Ltd Polystyrene lining for Eagle Freighter, Dinky Die Cast Toys 360, c1978 Meccano Ltd |
| Physical description | card and cellophane window box with raised back, printed in multi colours to show the title, maker's details and illustrations of actor and other vehicles for the series; white expanded polystyrene linings shaped to represent a moon landscape contains a metallic blue vehicle with white, silver and black trim and red and yellow plastic accessories |
| Dimensions |
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| Production type | mass produced |
| Copy number | Dinky Die Cast Toys 360 |
| Marks and inscriptions | from Gerry Anderson's TV series SPACE 1999
©1976 ATV Licensing Ltd
©1978 Meccano Ltd
Made in England (packaging; printed) |
| Object history | Part of the Palitoy Archive Based on a vehicle designed for the tv series Space 1999 produced by Gerry Anderson and copyrighted by ATV |
| Historical context | Dinky Toys had been a trademark of Meccano Ltd, Liverpool. Meccano was bought by Airfix Products Ltd in 1971 when the Lines Brothers group was sold. In 1979, Airfix sold the Liverpool factories producing both Meccano and Dinky due to financial problems. Airfix itself went into receivership late 1981. |
| Production | Reason For Production: retail |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | B.376:1-1999 |
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| Record created | October 5, 1999 |
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