X-Bomber (Star Fleet) Big Dai X

X-Bomber is a 1982 puppet space opera: a mix between Thunderbirds and Star Wars! Go Nagai of Mazinger fame did the Mecha design (check out my Mazinger Z Trilogy project on Lego ideas, by the way!).

The 3 puppet heroes each receive a starfighter in episode 1. Docked to the X Bomber spaceship, these combine to form the giant Dai X (a costumed stuntman, as in Super Sentai series).

The series came to UK as Star Fleet, and millions of British kids woke up early on Saturday mornings to watch it! One of them was the son of Brian May (Queen's lead guitarist) who liked the original score so much, he made his own arrangement of the music - a cult piece!

It was very popular in France, too, being shot in the same studio as Message from Space (San Ku Kai).

The set is made of 460 parts. Big Dai X is fully articulated, and can be separated into Leg Star/Track, Mainbody and Braincom - parts for accurate transformation and Breast Missiles are included.

I hope it brings back nice memories to you!