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New Gerry Anderson UFO SHADO Mobile kits finally launched

By John Freeman on 8 November 2026 • ( 0 )

If you loved Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s UFO TV series, you’ll definitely want to check out the new 1:35 scale SHADO mobile from MPC, due out in December, available through their Auto World store, and other outlets.

The MPC’s 1:35 S.H.A.D.O. Mobile scale model kits, approximately eight inches long, are based on the defence vehicles seen in Gerry Anderson’s first live-action TV series, UFO.

MPC UFO S.H.A.D.O. Mobile 1:35 Scale Model Kit

The secretive international group S.H.A.D.O. (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation) used their boxy, tracked mobiles to find and deal with UFOs that made it the planet’s surface. There were several version and MPC have, initially, released two kits, the MPC UFO S.H.A.D.O. Mobile 1:35 Scale Model Kit representing the basic transport version with a cab up front.

Created from the ground up, this all-new kit features two crew figures, detailed interior and exterior equipment, and a comprehensive decal sheet. Rolling wheels and one-piece vinyl tracks complete the running gear.

Also available is a limited edition MPC “Purple Edition” UFO SHADO Mobile w/Figures (Auto World Store Exclusive) 1:35 Scale Model Kit, which includes exclusive Moonbase girl figures, finely cast in resin, with fine uniform details.

Pick up your copy of these kits today, head to the workbench, and defend the Earth…

• MPC UFO S.H.A.D.O. Mobile 1:35 Scale Model Kit

• MPC “Purple Edition” UFO SHADO Mobile w/Figures (Auto World Store Exclusive) 1:35 Scale Model Kit

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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.