If you caught Bill Everatt's excellent radio interview with Gerry Anderson's son, Jamie, on Friday night you'll have heard a tantalising hint about a possible revival of Starcruiser in some form. Jamie mused about a new model kit even!
I never read Starcruiser in Look-In or at least I don't remember. However, in the blog's first year, 2008, I posted a picture of a toy, which in my mind is a bit of a blog legend now, the Starcruiser Mission Kit by Thomas Salter Toys. As an Anderson toy it seems unique to me as I can't think of any other mission set like this. Has anyone got one?
I've always loved Thomas Salter kits. I had an outdoor adventure set when I was a kid in the 60's, which included a neat water flask, a compass and a torch. The Mission Kit would have been right up my street if it had been around in the 60's.
I suppose the fact that Starcruiser remained basically a range of toys and comic strips rather than gracing our TV screens it makes it similar to one Project SWORD. So, with a new Starcruiser toy or model possibly on the near horizon I can't help but muse about what might be!
Picture: Vectis
Just so long as they don't just reissue the old Airfix kit! It was nothing like the proper design by Martin Bower. The kit is a good source of parts for mash ups though. In the pages of Look-In Starcruiser was a good concept and I'd like to see something come of it again.
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