SHADO Moon Hopper

from "UFO" (1970)

Scale: 1/72
Initial Release: 2019
Medium: Resin
Kit Rarity: 2
Length: 6.5 Inches

About the Design

The Moon Hopper -- sometimes called the "Moonmobile" -- was a flying lunar rover feautured in the 1970 sci-fi series "UFO," the first live-action series from British producer Gerry Anderson. The Moon Hopper -- a model first used in Anderson's "Captain Scarlet & The Mysterions" series -- used design elements taken from NASA's Lunar Module (which had landed on the moon just one year earlier) -- and a triangular recessed cockpit window design that would again appear in his subsquent live-action TV series, "Space: 1999."

About the Kit

Released by Fantastic Plastic Models in July 2019, the SHADO Moon Hopper was mastered by Alfred Wong and cast by Mana Studios. The kit included wire-reinforced landing legs as well as steel and styrene struts.

​This model was built from an original issue.