![]() ![]() ![]() The cockpit, though unreachable from the back of the Falcon, was also well-detailed and could house two pilots. The ship has retractable landing gear, and a rear compartment with a holographic chess board, a smuggling compartment, Luke’s practice area (with the zapping probe), and the gun turret. Like the other toys on the list, it is huge, and relatively accurate to the details you see in George Lucas’s movie. I received this spaceship toy as a gift, I believe, for my tenth birthday, on December 3, 1979. You could also put a whole crew of Micronauts aboard this baby. What remains really cool about the Battlecruiser is that you can re-configure it in any way you want, and that you can launch the front racer from the body of the ship. In fact, it separates into six ships, if I’m not mistaken: a front racer, two spaceships, two rocket bikes, and the central hull. Basically, this is another huge toy that can come apart into several smaller vehicles. I’m going to cheat a little and say it’s all-of-the-above.Ĭertainly, I took it on some amazing space adventures as a seven or eight year old kid. Is the Battlecruiser a spaceship, a land vehicle, a plane…what? In child-speak, that sentence means that you can fly the ship around the house, get your older sister in your cross-hairs, and blow her to smithereens. The box explains: “ Look through the view-screen and line up your target, press the switches – see and hear the lasers fire – the target will appear to explode right before your very eyes!” This sharp-nosed space fighter “ with simulated lasers and explosions” featured a cockpit for the 3.5 inch Buck Rogers action figures. But more interestingly, it possessed a rear-mounted view screen through which you could track, target, and incinerate enemies. However, the toy itself was still pretty neat. In short, Buck (Gil Gerard) never, ever, flew a ship that looked like this one. Laserscope Fighter (Mego Buck Rogers in the 25 th Century)Īlso tagged with a 1979 copyright date, this “laserscope” fighter from Buck Rogers in the 25 th Century is not at all movie or TV accurate. ![]()
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