Its fun to speculate on THE Project SWORD mystery - just what did the SWORD Moonbase really look like? OK we have the drawing in the manual but despite several discussions on the blog I'm sure you'll agree the jury's still out about the scale. The best clue I thought was WOTAN observing the batteries beneath the housing module and LEM in the picture. We could speculate about the battery size and I'll let greater minds than mine do the math. For me I will forever associate the Moonbase with white-suited LP spacemen, simply because I bought some in the early 1990's convinced I was on the trail of the fable toy. With this 'construct' in mind (is Life just a construct?) it's kinda neat to fantasize and see a toy set which might have been part of the Moonbase, maybe in a different box but I reckon these guys were oven-ready for the SWORD set of our dreams. I give you a few good spacemen from Clifford/ LP (courtesy of Bergin Toys). Further speculations on the construct welcomed!
im guessing they would be C size batteries!
ReplyDeleteThe questions is, if life is a construct, who is doing that constructing? Is there one or more agents external to Life, the Universe and Everything? Or do we construct it from the inside out? If the latter ... if we are the constructors ... can we re-construct that Moonbase? Can construct more chocolate? And can we stop Toad from being philosophical? (^_^)
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