Black Hole: The Palomino

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This is one of my greatest "wish this toy was made" events of my childhood. You see, I was the kid that preferred "The Black Hole" to Star Wars, call it hipsterism if you will but I was in that minority.

Don't get me wrong, I loved Star Wars but I didn't stop caring about the Black Hole after Empire Strikes Back, I caught the movie two more times (once in my grade school gym) and followed the adventures of the crew in the "Beyond the Black Hole" comic.

I also completely expected a sequel.

When I first saw this Palomino ship in a Mego Catalog in my teens, i remember thinking "AW COME ON!". I would have played with this for the entirety of 1980....

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[Bruce Banner]

Would've been a great toy.
Up there at the top of my "should have been made" list along with Mattel's Galactica electronic command ship.

[Mikey]

This toy would have been fantastic --- but was never a huge fan of the Palomino

I always thought it looked too much like the Lunar Lander and the esthetics of the Palomino don't jive up with the design of the Cygnus.

It's like they come from 2 different universes -- or do they ?

[acrovader]

Had MEGO produced this toy, I'm willing to bet that the final product would've been different from the catalog picture.

[Megotastrophe]

I am seeing a covered cake dish with an automatic transmission fluid funnel for a hat. And legs.