NETSUKI SWORD

Whilst enjoying some RnR at Mars Base the other weekend I had chance to examine Wote's miniatures [steady!] - his miniature SWORD vehicles from Japan pictured above [note the two colour variations, green and grey, of Task Force 3]. Each vehicle is numbered with the highest, if memory serves me correctly, being 14. That could mean that there are 14 + toys in this line, which fits the actual C21 range, of which there were 19. Both Wote and me thought we could see a very faint logo but it's so small it's impossible to read even with a magnifying glass. So the mystery continues.

But as with any mystery it's OK to speculate. What would the missing miniatures look like? I saw a contender for probe Force 2 amongst some plastic party favours on fleabay, which are pictured left. I've circled the one I mean. Similarly I found a Scout 3 doppelganger amongst some Star Wars gaming pieces on fleabay too, pictured right bottom and also circled.

Interestingly our friends at Multiple Toymakers issued a bag of Famous Planes of the World, which included an X-15 X-plane [circled], cousin of the X-20 Dyna Soar. Did Multiple also make an X-20 like the brown one Wote has pictured top right?

If only we could find a bag of those Japanese miniatures! One day!