These are the dates I originally got Space: 1999 merchandise (spot Christmas!). I started getting Look-In comic from 13 September 1975 (note this was a month before I saw it on television, on 17 October). Look-In listed fan clubs in 1977, which I joined (more below).
- 19 Nov 1975
- Orbit novel 1 "Breakaway"
- 29 Nov 1975
- Poster Magazine #1
- 18 Dec 1975
- Orbit novel 3 "Space Guardians"
- 25 Dec 1975
- World Distributors Colouring Book
- 25 Dec 1975
- Dinky Eagle Transporter
- 25 Dec 1975
- Dinky Eagle Freighter
- 7 Jan 1976
- World Distributors Annual 1975
- 7 Jan 1976
- Orbit novel 6 "Astral Quest"
- 6 Feb 1976
- Barratt sweet cigarettes
- 23 Feb 1976
- Letraset Terror of Planet Cyborg/ Battle on Planet Insectus
- 6 Feb 1976
- Barratt sweet cigarettes
- 9 Mar 1976
- Orbit novel 4 "Collision Course" and 5 "Lunar Attack"
- 10 May 1976
- Rainbow badges "Commander" and "Main Mission"
- 29 May 1976
- World Distributors Press Out Book
- 7 June 1976
- Palitoy "Captain Koenig" figure
- 5 Aug 1976
- Palitoy "Paul Morrow" figure
- 13 Aug 1976
- Orbit novels "Alien Seed" and "Android Planet"
- 1 Oct 1976
- Poster Magazine #2
- 25 Dec 1976
- Whitman card game
- 25 Dec 1976
- Hope jigsaw (Koenig, Helena, Bergman)
- 25 Dec 1976
- World Distributors Colouring and Activity Book
- 25 Dec 1976
- Omnia board game
- 26 Dec 1976
- Airfix Eagle Transporter
- 26 Dec 1976
- Palitoy "Alan Carter" figure
- 28 Dec 1976
- Orbit novel "Rogue Planet"
- 7 Jan 1977
- Palitoy "Captain Zantor" and "Mysterious Alien" figures
- 7 Jan 1977
- World Distributors Annual 1976
- 23 Jan 1977
- Star novel 1 "Planets of Peril"
- 6 Feb 1977
- Ballantine "The Making Of Space: 1999"
- 6 Feb 1977
- Star novel 2 "Mindbreaks of Space"
- 16 Feb 1977
- Power records "3 Exciting Stories"
- 5 Mar 1977
- Orbit novel "Earthfall"
- 5 Mar 1977
- Star novel 3 "The Space Jackers"
- 4 Apr 1977
- Orbit novel 2 "Moon Odyssey"
- 23 Apr 1977
- Hope jigsaws (Earthbound, Life and Death)
- 24 Jul 1977
- Viewmaster set
- 28 Jul 1977
- Rainbow badge "Medical Chief"
- 3 Aug 1977
- Star novel 4 "The Psychomorph"
- 31 Sep 1977
- Star novel 5 "The Time Figheters"
- 24 Oct 1977
- Hope jigsaws (Full Circle, space)
- 27 Oct 1977
- Hope jigsaw (War Games)
- 22 Nov 1977
- Nick Tate ITC autograph card
On joining the S.p.a.c.e. fan club, the other 3 cards arrived with newsletters through 1978
- 6 Jan 1978
- World Distributors Annual 1977
- 20 Mar 1978
- Marx Toys communicator
- 5 Jul 1978
- Starlog Moonbase Alpha Technical Notebook
Mail order from Andromeda Bookstore, Birmingham
- 9 Aug 1978
- RCA Original Television Soundtrack
Also mail order from Andromeda Bookstore, Birmingham
- 23 Oct 1978
- Power Hear Four Exciting Space Adventures
Buying from an American fan
- 23 Oct 1978
- Charlton Full Color Comic
- 23 Oct 1978
- Donruss Bubble Gum card set
- 23 Oct 1978
- Monty Bubble Gum "Cosmo" card set
Buying from the same US fan
- 13 Nov 1978
- Blue & Red Box Official Stun Gun
- 25 Dec 1978
- Marx Toys Bagatelle
- 30 Dec 1978
- World Distributors Annual 1978
- 19 Feb 1979
- Episode audio tapes from a fan, including Year 2 episodes, which I had not seen.
Most I knew from the novels, but one was Taybor, of which I just had the synopses from Making of and Starlog #2
- 5 Aug 1979
- Space City woven badges and car sticker, the Rainbow Greetings cards (all 6)
During a visit to Space City at Blackpool
- 1 Nov 1979
- Dinky Eagle Freighter (box version)
- 25 Dec 1979
- World Distributors Annual 1979
- 7 Jul 1980
- Panini Year 2 album and stickers (Italian edition)
Mail order from the London Cigarette Card Company
- 14 Aug 1980
- US Pocket Books novels (1-9), Saalfield colouring books (4)
Bought from an American fan
- 21 Jul 1980
- Remco Burbank Space Belt and stun gun
- 15 Sep 1980
- "Return of the Dorcons" and "Seance Spectre" photocopied original scripts
- 2 Oct 1980
- Panini Year 1 album and stickers (Italian edition)
- 20 Oct 1980
- Charlton Black and white comic
- 6 Feb 1981
- US Pocket Books novel 10 Phoenix of Megaron
Bought from an American fan
- 22 Jun 1981
- Dobson hardcover novels 1-5
- 17 Aug 1981
- Tokuma Shoten Complete Visual Guidebook
- 17 Nov 1981
- Warner Books US novels
- 12 Dec 1981
- Precision Video Destination Moonbase Alpha (Betamax)
- 20 Mar 1982
- Precision Video Alien Attack (Betamax)
From 1977 I joined S.p.a.c.e. (via the Look-In comic notice), which quickly led to the Nick Tate fan club. In 1978 I joined Omicorn (16 Mar 1978, a Star Trek club erroneously listed under Space: 1999, they received so many fan queries they added a Space 1999 section). Shortly after, Mini-Mag (7 Apr 1978, issue #3, getting 1 and 2 a week later). Adverts in these gave me contacts to get audio tapes of episodes (19 Feb 1979).
UK fan clubs led me to American clubs, first Main Mission Alpha (15 Nov 1979) followed by the International Space: 1999 Alliance (8 Apr 1980). From adverts in those I started buying American merchandise (see 14 Jul 1980), numerous photographs, and script photocopies (15 Sep 1980, my first being Return of the Dorcons and Seance Spectre; Lambda Factor on 6 Feb 1981, Taybor on 12 Feb 1981; most other y2 scripts arrived in 1981- note that I had not seen these episodes, and knew them only from audio tapes and novels).
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