Left to Right:
Interchangeable Tractor, Tarheel NOVA Hawk
Interchangeable Cricket, Midori Luna Transporter
Interchangeable Nuclear Freighter, SpaceX Nuclear Pulse
SR1 Blackbird model kit, PAYA Moon Buggy
SpaceX LEM and Capsule, Hawk Beta 1 model kit
Being a total SWORDhead I often consider almost pointless questions about my favourite toy line! I can't help it, its part of my condition! One such conundrum is whether there are any SpaceX/ Golden Astronaut [GA] toys which are Project SWORD sized?
Avoiding the obvious duplicates between the two ranges like Moon Bus, Moon Prospector, Space Glider etc, I have looked for SpaceX/ GA toys which are not in the SWORD line in the hope of creating an even bigger SWORD range. Wow I hear you say!
It's not as easy as it sounds though. Luckily there is an unusual set of interchangeable SpaceX - type toys that Wotan owns, which are about four times bigger than normal SpaceX/GA toys. These have formed the basis of my SWORD-size SpaceX/GA fleet, along with the two SpaceX/GA toys, which are already large enough and not in the SWORD range: the LEM/ Capsule and the Nuclear Pulse. The Interchangeable cricket could be replaced with any of the other big versions that exist such as Remco's Hamilton Invaders and Star Trek and the various Codeg [Cowan de Groot] and related army crickets.
The remainder includes what are probably the two closest to SWORD scale, the Tarheel or Durham NOVA Hawk and the PAYA Moon Buggy. Finally I have had to raid the world of model kits, grabbing a Lunar Transporter, BETA 1 plane and SR1 Blackbird.
So what do you think of my efforts? Any more you can think of?
If anyone owns groups of these toys it would be great to see them photographed alongside their SWORD chums!
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