Two and a half years ago in the heady first half year of the blog, I posted my first sighting of the Thomas Salter Starcruiser Mission Kit made in 1979. The bloglet also included a scathing review of the toy by Toad in the comments! A couple of months later in the Summer of '09 I blogged about Thomas Salter's 1981 Starblazer set, pictured below, which I mistook for the their Starcruiser Kit at a particularly bountiful boot sale session [those where the days, unlike now!].
image: Starblazer Website
Bringing this sort of full circle, only this week have I come across a further re-incarnation of the design from 1980, the Buck Rogers Galactic Mission Control Centre, pictured below. From what I can see online I would say that this is a straight re-hash of the Starcruiser Mission Kit from one year earlier, but until I can find a picture of the contents I can't be certain.
image: toy cabin
Does look to me like you're right about the Buck Rogers set. And believe me, I wasn't exaggerating in that review. This is a truly awful toy!
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