HG Toys 2021 Job Lot: Alien Attack Play Set Parts (1979)

I posted my first HG Toys spaceship (I call them 'shuttles') back in 2013. Six years later in 2019 the blog saw several posts of the two main styles of generic spaceships offered by HG Toys. Now today, I'm finally getting around to posting this job lot bought back in 2021! No surprise there huh? To the best of my knowledge, HG Toys made three space-themed playsets: 

"Alien Attack"

"Space Wars"

"Buck Rogers". 

The first two differ in that "Alien Attack" has a nice, printed diorama set piece while "Space Wars" appears to be a cheaper, watered down version. They both have the same flying saucer, same styles of spaceships, and same figures (although I haven't looked at the box covers in detail to try and guess a piece count for each set).  The "Buck Rogers" is a big departure from the other two because it is a licensed tie-in to the television series which ran from 1979-81 and has spaceships directly styled from the television series and may have character figures as well...

... which I would know if I could get off my a _ _, go in The Cave and photograph my MIB Buck Rogers playset!! But I digress. The lot consisted of the terrain piece/fortress w/removable rocket, 2 of what I refer to as Spaceship #1 (one in silver and one in copper), 2 55mm aliens, and 4 35mm astronauts. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Box art culled from fleaBay

I have one of these sets which hasn't been photographed yet.

HG made two non-Buck Rogers spaceships in basically two different colors: silver and copper (although I do have a dark copper and a lighter colored copper version of one of the ships).

Here's a photo taken in 2019 of my fleet as it was before buying the job lot in 2012.

2012 Job Lot

These would have come from the "Alien Attack" playset.

The rocket ship can be removed and used as a toy in-and-of itself.

With the rocket ship removed I'm reminded of Jabba the Hut's fortress on Tatooine!

13.25" (33.65cm) W x 8" (20.32cm) D x 7.125" (18.09cm) H

The ships and figures included in my job lot.

HG Toys Inc Space Shuttle #2 - Copper HP

Well here's the last of my HG Toys Space Shuttles / Space Ships. Again, for no other reason than it helps me keep these straight in my mind, I've designated this one #2. The HG fleet as whole comes only in copper and silver that I'm aware of and there is it at least a darker and lighter variation of the copper ships. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

The HG Toys Shuttle Fleet

HG Toys Inc Space Shuttle #1 - Light Copper HP

Here's the lighter copper colored HG Toys Space Shuttle / Space Ship, the companion piece to the darker one posted yesterday. Enjoy! Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina

HG Toys Inc Space Shuttle #1 - Dark Copper HP

We haven't really featured much from HG Toys here on the blog and after doing some quick search on fleaBay and the Net I can see why - a lot of their stuff just doesn't float my boat. They had some nice space playsets and toys in the '70s or '80s but that was it, at least for my tastes but over the next several days I'm gonna feature some of their space ships. Now, I look at these things and see how small they are as space ships are concerned and, to me, they look more like a short distance shuttle vs. a more long range vehicle so that's what I'm calling them. I have no reference books where these appear in, no catalogs, nothing - bupkis! - so have no clue what HG Toys would have called them (I'll bet they called them 'space ships' but I'm stickin' with shuttle).

These ships came in copper and silver and most of my copper ones are the same shade - except this one. This particular specimen is noticeably darker than the others and you'll be able to see the difference in succeeding posts. This measures 3 1/2" (8.89cm) L x 3 1/8" (7.93cm) wingspan x 1 1/4" (3.17cm) H. Enjoy! 

Just a few weeks ago on June 11, I posted a silver HG Toys Shuttle which I refer as #2 and this type here today is #1. Yeah, I know, things got a bit turned around but what can I say, welcome to Opa Fritz's world :-)

Opa Fritz and Oma Bettina