| Stargards | |
|---|---|
 Britains' Space | |
| Vital statistics | |
| Name | Stargards |
| Species | Toy |
| Origin | Earth |
Details[]
Britains, famous for its metal toy soldiers, explored Space itself with a line of toys from 1981 to 1987.[1][2][3] This includes the various sub-lines of the main Space series:
- Stargards ('81 to '85) - Series of Stargards human astronauts (yellow) and Aliens (black w/red helmets)
- Stargards Cyborgs ('83 to '85) - Series of Grey Stargards figures with additional arm attachments and an alternate head used
- Alien Mutants / Mutant Raiders ('83 to '84) - Series of Green/Silver mutants
- Star Force / Forcegards ('85 to '87) - Series of Star Force humans astronauts (white) (Starsgards repaints)
- Star Raiders ('85 to '87) - Series of Aliens (orange w/blue helmets) (Starsgards repaints)
- Terror Raiders ('85 to '87) - Green/Orange mutants (Mutant Raiders repaints)
History[]
The original Space series
Original Character Artwork
Various Raiders series
"Seeing the hot trend of science fiction toys, the historic toy soldier company of W. Britains decided to jump in with both feet into this new frontier. From 1981 through the cancellation around 1987, Britains would re-develop the overall Space toyline twice in a vain attempt to gain traction in the toy market, but it was to no avail. At the heart of the Space toyline was 54mm static toy soldier-like humans, cyborgs, mutants, and aliens. Some of the 1/32 figures were designed to pilot various vehicles and spacecraft, while others were similar to standard Britains toy soldiers in a Zamak metal base with all manner of Space Age weaponry that resumed the classic ray guns of science fiction. One of the key selling points was the modularity that came from the interchangeable vehicles that could be interconnected across the entire line, allowing for some creativity, but not the level of Legos. The vehicles were all manner of space-based and ground-based futuristic vehicles with some monsters thrown in towards the end of the lifespan of the toyline for the mutant and cyborg characters. Besides the toys themselves and the Britians toy catalogs, there is no related tie-in products."
- excerpt from Future War Stories: Military Sci-Fi Toys: Britains SPACE Toys (1981-1987)[4]
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