Vessel Star Bird

[Ghostrider]

Found this blog while searching for vintage SF stuff and look at this...

Behold the Star Bird, a toy spaceship from 1979 that featured working photon guns (it had, well, LEDs that emitted photons, so "photon guns") and a mechanism that would change engine sound effects depending on the toy's (er, starship) attitude. For something not based on any movie or TV series, it's IMHO very well designed and detailed.

This is a picture from the rear side:

There was another vessel too, named "intruder" which would make for a nice shuttle:

Here is a video of the toys (er, starships):

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7H2L3c--xA"]AWESOME STAR BIRD SPACE TOY FROM MILTON BRADLEY 1978 - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Interceptor]

Haa!,I used to have that toy when I was a kid,it was the greatest thing since sliced bread.

 

[mode1bravo]

That was one of my favorites also. The fins were supposed to be docked parasite fighters AFAICR. (That would be kinda cool to simulate.) The sound effects were marketing's secret weapon.

 

[Keatah]

Parents the world over loved these sound effects.