My good friend and Captain Scarlet specialist, Terry has provided me with some mouthwatering shots of the rest of the toys from the Bandai Bump n Go vehicle series. These are the models which form the series that the previously shown MSV belongs to and are typical examples of japanese exuberance and variety.
Bandai have made subtle alterations to the standard model, for example the SPV has a forward facing driver, visible through a transparent cockpit! The Passenger Jet looks a lot more like a conventional commercial plane in its white finish and could easily pass for a ship of the line from the SWORD fleet.
The packaging is colourful and enthusiastically illustrated, despite the rather sober looking cameo of Paul Metcalf, peering disconsolately from a round 'porthole' on the card. Each model comes with its own batteries - such is japanese resourcefulness! The 'Bump n Go' mystery action is similar to the device used on the SWORD Prospector - a small set of wheels under the vehicles on a turntable allows the craft to turn on hitting an obstacle and move about the floor in a random fashion a bit like a disorientated car driver in a multi story car park.
Seeing these toys, it make me wonder what delights the companies in the far east might have come up with had SWORD been a more marketable line - but thats a thought for another future..
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