In the late Seventies everybody wanted a piece of themerchandising goldmine, even companies that didn't have a license. In 1979, Milton Bradley Electronics introduced the best of the wannabe products, though, incorporating then-cutting-edge electronics into a sleekly-designed starship toy that, while original, looked like ithave been in. They called it- and it was the coolest 70s space toy that wasn't based on a movie or TV show.The toy was equipped with electronics that created an engine sound when turned on. If the toy was pointed upwards the sound would be altered by a ball bearing switch to generate an acceleration or taking-off effect, while a nose down orientation produced the sound of decelerating engines. A button at the rear of the cockpit activated the red LEDs at the front of the toy, along with a blast noise, to simulate the firing of the vessel's blasters.MB offered a couple of variations on thedesign, including a "fighter" configuration known asand black plastic-molded version of the fighter, called the. ACommand Base was also offered.Theis, in this Star Kid's opinion, the- it would probably ranked higher if the ship had actually appeared in a TV show or movie.(And unlike thereally cool non-TV/movie ship, the Interplanetary U.F.O. Mystery Ship model , you couldplay with the more ruggedFor those keeping score, the coolest 70s toywas the Mattel Space: 1999 Eagle Transporter . The-coolest toy of theera was Kenner's 18" Alien . Thewas Kenner's Bionic Bigfoot from, and thewas Mego's Star Trek Communicators