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Monday, July 29, 2024

Airfix 54mm Set #9 51577 Space Warriors (1981) - Pt 1

I've been holding on to this set for years and it was finally time to photograph it. We just finished off the Tim-Mee 'Galaxy Laser Team' from 1978 which was a nice set with some interesting figures in it that are most certainly welcome in any space diorama or set-up. Three years later - in 1981 - Airfix released their take on the whole space opera gig by releasing this set called 'Space Warriors'. Quite frankly, this is a far better set. The figures are scaled to 54mm, are better sculpted, and are more 'animated' as a whole. There are no 'fillers' like generic astronaut poses - each one of these is a space warrior, no doubt about it! My set was made in France and, quite frankly, that's all I know about Airfix. When I was a kid I built some of their airplane models and did have some of their 1/72 figures but that was a l-o-n-g time ago! Maybe I'll learn a little more about the company as the series progresses.  The photo essays will be in forthcoming installments. Enjoy! Opa Fritz







This is what was included in the box

These are the separate poses. Their are no aliens or robots in this set.

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