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Model Forum / General / Models / August 2008FA: Rare Space and SF kits
Came across a couple of nice hard-to-find items this weekend. I've listed them on eBay at good starting prices. All auctions end Tuesday 26 August approx 8 PM EDT. MPC 9001 Pilgrim Observer scale model WITH SPARE PARTS http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247989193&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 Revell H-1838 1/48 Apollo Lunar Spacecraft MIB http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247991819&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 MPC 1-1983 1/48 Disney Black Hole Cygnus RARE MIB http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247993010&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 M. J. Rudy http://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels.index.html >MPC 9001 Pilgrim Observer scale model WITH SPARE PARTS >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247989193&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 ...Kids, note that while this is a rare kit - MPC never did a second press run - you can still find these on occasion for $20-$25 bucks, usually at swap meets. In this case, however, it appears this kit is two kits tossed in the same box, probably by someone who bought the kit for what it's really best used for: kitbashing. It's really one excellent source of big greeblies! ...Note that for anyone buying this kit, I recommend that you replace the extendable NERVA boom with something more sturdy, like an old FM portable radio antenna. There's a whole lot of room for modding for "accuracy" on this kit, but that's the one that stands out in my mind. >Revell H-1838 1/48 Apollo Lunar Spacecraft MIB >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247991819&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 ...Note that this is the grossly inaccurate "Block I" Apollo that Revell made something like 27 and a half different scales and kit versions of, never bothering to correct one single flaw in the kit all the way though to the last kit that used the 1/96 version, the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project kit from 1975. If you get this one, buy it only for the collectability of MIB value, because it's really not worth building. Even the escape tower's about a foot short when scaled up! >MPC 1-1983 1/48 Disney Black Hole Cygnus RARE MIB >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247993010&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 ...A fun kit from a movie so bad that Walt Disney turned over in his grave *four* times(*). It's one of the few kits that screams "lightsheet orgy!", although it would take about three years to carve out the plastic from each of the triangles formed by the structure truss. Strangely enough, it actually looks good next to the old Monogram "Battlestar Ponderosa"...:-P (*) The running joke at the time was that after seeing "The Black Hole", Satan decided to use it as a torture method in Hell. But after seeing how Walt Disney - who was sent there for being a Hitler sympathizer in the 30's - reacted to it, he recinded the order citing that it was a punishment too severe even for the damned. OM  Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ >>MPC 1-1983 1/48 Disney Black Hole Cygnus RARE MIB >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247993010&... > ...A fun kit from a movie so bad that Walt Disney turned over in his grave *four* times(*). A friend of mine worked at Disneyland for a couple of yeras back int the day. He lamanted that if only they had wound Disney's body with copper wire, they could have generated enough power to light Cinderella's Castle for Eternity!. >A friend of mine worked at Disneyland for a couple of yeras back int >the day. He lamanted that if only they had wound Disney's body with >copper wire, they could have generated enough power to light >Cinderella's Castle for Eternity!. ...The only reason they haven't thawed Walt out and cured him of whatever killed him is that they're waiting for Roy to die first. Walt would rip his head off if he were to wake up and find out how Roy had let the company slip from his grasp and become the shitpile it became under Eisner. OM Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ >>A friend of mine worked at Disneyland for a couple of yeras back int >>the day. He lamanted that if only they had wound Disney's body with [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > OM i heard he won't be thawed until the return of national socialism. >>MPC 9001 Pilgrim Observer scale model WITH SPARE PARTS >>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247989193&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >kit for what it's really best used for: kitbashing. It's really one >excellent source of big greeblies! There's another one up at the same time: http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-MPC-Pilgrim-Observer-Space-Station-Kit-in-Box_W0QQit emZ140259523050QQihZ004QQcategoryZ1194QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Could there be rumors of a second press run of the kit? Although unless the bidding goes crazy at the end, it could be cheaper to get an old kit. Something else I'm seeing a lot of it the Krafft Ehricke spacecraft: http://cgi.ebay.com/CONVAIR-SPACE-SHUTTLECRAFT-U-S-ROCKET-model-kit-sealed_W0QQi temZ180277769744QQihZ008QQcategoryZ1194QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Oughta pick me up one of those. Signature-Jack >>>MPC 9001 Pilgrim Observer scale model WITH SPARE PARTS >>>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247989193&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 >> >>...Kids, note that while this is a rare kit - MPC never did a second >>press run - you can still find these on occasion for $20-$25 bucks, >>usually at swap meets. Another Pilgrim Observer, admittedly in absolutely mint condition and still sealed, sold recently for a lot more: http://cgi.ebay.com/Rare-Sealed-1970-Pilgrim-Observer-Space-Station-Kit_W0QQitem Z260272488471QQihZ016QQcategoryZ1194QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem >There's another one up at the same time: >http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-MPC-Pilgrim-Observer-Space-Station-Kit-in-Box_W0QQit emZ140259523050QQihZ004QQcategoryZ1194QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > >Could there be rumors of a second press run of the kit? Not that I'm aware of, I found this in a flea market over the weekend along with the other two I have for auction. The other auction listing is fine if you want a kit that's half built but "looks" complete. I take pains to account for all kit parts and list my kits accurately with clear photos, specifying overall condition and any missing (or extra!) parts. -- M. J. Rudy http://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels/index.html >>There's another one up at the same time: >>http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-MPC-Pilgrim-Observer-Space-Station-Kit-in-Box_W0QQit emZ140259523050QQihZ004QQcategoryZ1194QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >Not that I'm aware of, I found this in a flea market over the weekend >along with the other two I have for auction. ACH! My bad reading comprehension; I thought your original post was about coming across these items on ebay. I didn't realize you coming across them elsewhere and putting them up. Hope I didn't offend. Well, if you've got a financial interest rather than just jawin' I'll stop just wishing for a Pilgrim and put in a bid... Well, now I'll take a day to try to talk myself into a higher bid. Good thing I didn't say something really offensive, like the Cygnus is going for Mad Money. :) Now, if I could convince myself of the scale... Signature-Jack >Something else I'm seeing a lot of it the Krafft Ehricke >spacecraft: >http://cgi.ebay.com/CONVAIR-SPACE-SHUTTLECRAFT-U-S-ROCKET-model-kit-sealed_W0QQi temZ180277769744QQihZ008QQcategoryZ1194QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > >Oughta pick me up one of those. ...This was one of those kits that refused to just sit there on the shelf and collect dust. You wanted to fly it around the room and conquer space with it! The one I had was part of the "Space Pursuit" set, with the "Pop-Art" box and another 50's style "Buck Rogers" sort of ship. Repackaging of two old kits, but at the time I thought they were pretty fracking cool. Spaceships *should* have fins the way cars should have them. Because they look great and skatepunks impale themselves on them :-) ...Oh, and IIRC, there was another repress of this kit not all that long ago, one by itself in the same style of box. OM Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ >There's another one up at the same time: >http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-MPC-Pilgrim-Observer-Space-Station-Kit-in-Box_W0QQit emZ140259523050QQihZ004QQcategoryZ1194QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem > >Could there be rumors of a second press run of the kit? ...No, from what I've been able to gather there was only the one press. The kit didn't sell that well, and it scuttled MPC's plans to produce a couple of other "real space" concept kits based on designs some of Von Braun's team were tossing about behind Wernher's back in the late 60's. ISTR mention of a Mars lander and a space shuttle concept, but again nothing ever saw drill to mold. OM Signature]=====================================[ ] OMBlog - http://www.io.com/~o_m/omworld [ ] Let's face it: Sometimes you *need* [ ] an obnoxious opinion in your day! [ ]=====================================[ > Came across a couple of nice hard-to-find items this weekend. I've > listed them on eBay at good starting prices. All auctions end Tuesday [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > M. J. Rudyhttp://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels.index.html MJ, Your index link at the bottom of your post doesn't seem to be working. Altho, it could just be me… Don McIntyre Clarksville, TN Don McIntyre said the following on 20/08/2008 14:09: >> Came across a couple of nice hard-to-find items this weekend. I've >> listed them on eBay at good starting prices. All auctions end Tuesday [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Don McIntyre > Clarksville, TN >> M. J. Rudyhttp://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels.index.html ^ They all at least need a space between the text and the start of the URL for the links to work. Try this instead! >> M. J. Rudy http://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels.index.html > Don McIntyre said the following on 20/08/2008 14:09: ... > >> M. J. Rudyhttp://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels.index.html > > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Try this instead! > >> M. J. Rudy http://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels.index.html No, MJ's message had each link on a line by itself; Don's newsreader just messed up the line breaks when he replied. The real problem is that one of those dots should be a slash, like so: <http://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels/index.html> Wayne C. Morris said the following on 20/08/2008 17:12: >> Try this instead! >> >> M. J. Rudy http://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels.index.html [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > <http://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels/index.html> Oh yeah! Sorry about that. At least it was not like a fixed width block of text with the quoting chevrons wrapped into the text lines, something of which I've seen in this group somewhere. :-D >Wayne C. Morris said the following on 20/08/2008 17:12: >>> Try this instead! [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >block of text with the quoting chevrons wrapped into the text lines, >something of which I've seen in this group somewhere. :-D Sorry folks, didn't realize there was an error in the URL in the signature. I've also put a return between the name and the URL in case any one else has a problem that way. Here it is again: -- M. J. Rudy http://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels/index.html Last day for the following auction items. Prices still good but each has about two dozen "watchers" and over 150 views each so bid early and bid often! ;-) >MPC 9001 Pilgrim Observer scale model WITH SPARE PARTS >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247989193&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >MPC 1-1983 Disney Black Hole Cygnus RARE MIB >http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=200247993010&ssPageName= STRK:MESE:IT&ih=010 -- M. J. Rudy http://www.geocities.com/mjrudymodels/index.html |
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