I was wandering what the average age of Moebius modelers is , ie those who use this web site. I am 53 so i remember all the classic tv shows, Land of the giants, voyage to the bottom of the sea, the invaders ect.I live in England so these tv shows are not often aired. I remember as a kid wanting models from all these tv shows, the best that was on offer was the Aurora kits which were not to bad but hard to get in England, at least in the small town i lived in. Now that most of these models are available i am buying like crazy. My wife thinks i am crazy she cant see the attraction

I'm a cantankerous old potato head aged 50, so I was born at just the right time to enjoy those 4 Irwin Allen shows during their first run in the 1960's, and to get the Aurora kits that came out at the same time.
I also thoroughly enjoyed the Gerry Anderson "Supermarionation" shows after school, and finally have gotten kits of those vehicles over the past decade.

I am 42. I used to watch LIS, Invaders, Star Trek, Space: 1999, etc. Most I saw in syndication when my interest began.

I be 48 on the outside. 12 on the inside.

I'm also 50.

43 based on the day I was Born...Eight Mentally:woohoo:

I Began my Love of the Irwin Allen Shows and the Original Star Trek While watching them In syndication.

I Wanted Nice Detailed Kits of the Seaview, Flying Sub, Jupiter Two, Spindrift, Space Pod ,Chariot since I was a Kid.....Again I say...

THANK GOD FOR MOEBIUS!!:thumbsup:

i am nearing the 52 mark .
hb

I'm 48, and been watching and loving all Irwin Allen productions since a kid

46 for me by the calendar but I refuse to grow up.

Hi gang,

45 yrs young here with all 45 interested in sci-fi and Erwin Allen.!!!


L8R :wave:

Dave

I'm 46, and have loved these shows since I was a kid! Yes, I thank Moebius for making the Space Pod and Chariot kits I have been wanting since childhood, and hope to see many more wonderful offerings from them!
Ron

Fifty-five in October, but officially just somewhere between forty and death.

I've been into science fiction since I was a grade-schooler and grew up watching the Irwin Allen shows, the Gerry Anderson puppet stuff, and Trek, of course. Now that Moebius has done the big Seaview, the Pod, the Chariot, and has a large Flying Sub kit in the works, my teenage dreams have been realized after 40 years.

Well, not all my teenage dreams -- there's still the one involving a young Diana Rigg . . .

I am 43. and have been told a huge kid on the inside..I loved watching Star Trek, Space 1999, Land of the Giants and my fav. Lost in Space in reruns. I thank Moebius for keeping me a kid.

Jim

Guess we're all ancient... I'm 50...

I am 51 and a huge fan of Allen and Anderson's Thunderbirds. I saw the originals in the Sixties and I have been a fan since...

Gaétan

I'm.....

50 !!!

50 years old ! And I saw the shows that make the Moebius fans sing.

Great thread, though I feel like a baby...only 46, and my family will tell you I'm just a big kid. I grew up on the Irwin Allen shows, as well as Star Trek, and had a Captain Action collection.

It's wonderful that these kits are being made, another excuse to relive/reinvent my childhood.

59,go build something!!!!!!!!!!

Well, I'm 45, and I remember watching Star Trek, Lost in Space, Land of the Giants, and even The Time Tunnel. My big Sci-fi movie that hooked me was Fantastic Voyage. Hell, I even remember watching Space:1999, and a little remembered show called Captain Scarlet. ( So glad I got all those episodes on DVD now!...hehehehe )

Guess we all are simply hooked on plastic & sci-fi. Not a bad vice, if you think about it.

Sincerely,
Scorp.

"Boldly GO!" :woohoo:

Guys, we've found the FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH here! THIS is what keeps us young!!! :woohoo:
Kidcury, go tell your wife that if she wants you to stay the same youthful, handsome self that she fell in love with about a thousand years ago, it's modelling that does it!
And if you stop, you'll start to age before her very eyes exactly like Donovan at the end of "Indiana Jones and the The Last Crusade". :eek:

To misquote Santa Clause, I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth!

OK, I'll be 52 in December, physically. Mentally, I'm still somewhere around 12 or so.

51 and still trying to be at least a good model builder, maybe by 90 I will be a very good model builder!
Anyway my only complaint is, and you all know what I mean, as you get older time goes by way too fast.

I'm 43.

50 here.

21 with 21 years experience,,,guess that puts me in real world terms as 42

50 here, also!!

Wayne

I'm 46 (47 on Monday), so I fit right in with all the near fossils here.:p
I've been modelling since I was 6, and I'll NEVER stop!! To some folks it's a hobby- to me it's my life!!

Chris.:)

45 as of 2 weeks ago Sunday

55 this November and still buying Aurora Models:thumbsup:
Mcdee

48 on the outside (actually I probably look 10 years older) Still just a kid on the inside (according to my wife)

I am probably in the late 40's.Stopped counting a few years back or just forget how old I am sometimes.Very convenient,would you agree.:)

I'm 50 and have been a kitaholic since I was about 7. ( had my older brother build the first few).

Well, I'm a spry 48,.... although I act 28 and I feel 68!

Yeah even turning 55... I still feel like a Million Bucks(green and wrinkled) :p
Mcdee

I hit 52 in October and I still love all the things I loved as a kid. Models, naturally, Star Trek, Irwin Allen shows, Gerry Anderson series, Sci Fi movies and Universal Horror films.

Growing old is for cranky old poops. Not gonna happen here.

Losing Polar Lights was like the demise of Aurora all over again. Thank you Frank for bringing us Moebius. Long may your oval grace model boxes. :thumbsup:

Born in `62, which makes me just old enough to remember seeing color episodes of LIS during the series' original prime-time run.

I was the only kid on my Oklahoma City block who hated westerns, lol. For me, it was all about spaceships, robots, aliens, and rayguns.

Come to think of it, it still is.

49. I hope the original poster summarizes the statistics. They are scarcely surprising; it has long seemed to me that Moebius and now Monarch and Polar Lights again, are packaging our childhoods and selling them back to us.

I'm all in favor of that.

Wow, could I be the youngest person here? At 27 I think so...

56 next week, and thrilled be here to witness the Styrene Renaissance!

:thumbsup:

Tom

'mid-50's' is accurate enough for me.

Well, not all my teenage dreams -- there's still the one involving a young Diana Rigg . . .

Scot,

I think I had the same dream about Mrs. Peel ... and Steads car.

By the way, I just turned 52 (going on 10) and I too remember all of the Irwin Allen and Gerry Anderson (Stingray after school?).

And, like eveyone else I've been waiting 40 years for some really excellant kits ...

HAIL MOEBIUS:thumbsup: HAIL MOEBIUS:thumbsup: HAIL MOEBIUS:thumbsup: :woohoo:

Dan

I hit 52 in October and I still love all the things I loved as a kid. Models, naturally, Star Trek, Irwin Allen shows, Gerry Anderson series, Sci Fi movies and Universal Horror films.


Universal had some good films ... so did RKO ... but what about the Hammer films? :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Wow, could I be the youngest person here? At 27 I think so...

Ya had to be there Seashark ... except for a certain Asian "Police Action" ... it was a great time to be growing up.

All the Monogram and Aurora kits ... ...

Turned over 50 two weeks ago. Fifty going on nine, of course.

Ya had to be there Seashark ... except for a certain Asian "Police Action" ... it was a great time to be growing up.

All the Monogram and Aurora kits ... ...

I'll bet, I always did feel a little out of time.

52 here looks like the base is all boomers.( which is nothing new) like to see this thread in 15 yrs. Or yhe work of everyone. How many heads glued on backwards because of eyesight

I'm 49. Dead center of the Moebius demographic from the looks of things.

Like everyone else, I watched all the Irwin shows in prime time (and something else in those years.... Space Trek, Star Journeys, uh.... whatever). The very first model I ever built was the old Lost In Space Aurora Cyclops kit, and I've still got my Chariot from that kit... with all the extra testors glue and badly slopped on paint. Amazingly, the decals are still on the thing almost untouched by the 40 years that have passed by!

Forty three but not so you'd notice. :lol: Born in 1965 I came in on the later years of Aurora and didn't see the 60s shows except in reruns.

I'm 49. Right in there, as far as plastic models, but very tail end with respect to my first love: postwar O gauge trains. On the other hand, I feel a tad over-age, for MPC and modern-era trains.

I'll bet, I always did feel a little out of time.I've always felt that way. Not as if I was born too late, but too early. I should be out in space with Captain Kirk.

Of course, anyone who knows me will tell you I AM out in space with Captain Kirk!

LONG LIVE MOEBIUS!