Project Sword and the space toy industry is full of surprises. If on company isnt copying another, the other was always trying to outdo its competitors by offering bigger, more expansive sets to an eager army of children each Xmas. I've always been a huge Sword fan from my very first Task Force 1 to the very recent Nuclear Ferry and I've spent the intervening years poring over the Sword Manual and Annual as (until the advent of the internet) they were the only available sources of information. Every year while Sword was hot, I included the Moon Base on my hitlist, and every year it eluded me. Its good to know that I wasn't the only one wondering about it!n
Woodsters moonbase project is indeed a big task - and I envy him greatly and look forward to the results! As to the question of scale, one thing always troubled me was the (apparently) massive control box - all those dials and switches seemed awful complex, but re-reading the text in the manual, it clearly states that its a 'four switch control panel', so everything below the four lever switches at the top must be decoration! Also, it details the actions for each part, rotating scanner, lifting lem and blinking lights, so complex switches aren't needed. Furthermore, looking closely at the main image, you can see what appears to be a battery compartment beneath each module - now assuming these are batteries and all they have to do is power the simple function, they would be 'C' size or similar, making each unit about 6 or 7 inches high (approx 16-18 cm) which would in turn put them at the right size for Spacex sized vehicles.
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Also, the text mentions 'miniature versions' of Prospector etc, so its definitely not the huge set we hoped it might be! The figures in comparision to the vehicles would indeed seem to be LP scale as Woodster suggests - pictured is a comparision of the 6cm 'cake topper' size figures and various golden astronauts.
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terrific WOTAN! Thank heavens I'm on the right lines!
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