The Merchandise GuideEagle Models: Eaglemoss Eagles
Compiled by Martin Willey
The Merchandise Guide
UK, August/September 2021, €75, £60, $80 each
Eaglemoss was a company that specialized in "partworks", publishing a series of titles over time that build into a collection, particularly magazines with collectible models. The company was based in London, mostly French-owned, and operated globally. Eaglemoss was originally created in 1988, but the current company dates from 2011, out of mergers with other partwork publishers, notably the UK-Italian GE Fabbri who had a large European licensing operation for Star Trek. It had a wide range of licenses for Star Trek, Doctor Who and Marvel comics, producing magazines, figures and spaceship models. In 2014 EagleMoss had produced the Gerry Anderson Vintage Comic Collection, which lasted just 5 issues.
The "HeroCollector" brand was part of a move to direct online sales, but the company collapsed in July 2022. The stock was sold to US rival Master Replicas, who on 3 November 2023 sold some existing stock (still £60). Meanwhile Anderson Entertainment released re-boxed versions of the models, including a new variation, the rescue Eagle.
The Eagle was a 25.5cm die-cast and plastic model, and came with a 16 page booklet.
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