Project SWORD and SpaceX were easily the most comprehensive space toy lines of their day. Everything was there for budding mission controllers!
But even the biggest toy lines can always do with a few extras. For instance, I always thought the Cape Kennedy Set would have benefited from a Vehicle Assembly Building [VAB]. Its pictured on the box!
The VAB could have been a collapsible affair that slotted easily in the box. Or even better, it could have been a separate toy, fully built up and in its own vabulous packaging, which admittedly, would have been pretty damn big given the size of the SWORD crawler, gantry and rocket.
How great it would have been to watch the full rig slowly crawl out of a huge plastic vehicle assembly building on the front room carpet! I suppose it would have been far easier to do for the SpaceX MLP or the Apollo Moon Exploring MLP, but I don't consider the VAB to be part of their canon. Its the picture on the Cape Kennedy Set box which swings it for SWORD.
What accessories would you have liked to see for your fave toys readers?
picture: nasa
Marx is my overall favorite and they had a ton of space sets. For their Cape Canaveral or Cape Kennedy sets I always thought the blast tunnel directly below the launch pad would have been a nice touch. It wouldn't have to be tall but would at least have to be made from hard or soft plastic - not vacuformed.
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