For the serious collector of Project SWORD toys, one mega challenging group for collecting are the four Apollo Saturn rockets. They are pictured above, from left to right: US Sears Turnpike rocket Base, Japanese Tomy Interplanetary Space Rockets Ranger 7 [shown] and Apollo [not shown] and the UK Century 21 Apollo Saturn Rocket. I only know of one collector who has but three of the four [and its not me!]. Has anyone got all four and maybe just one?
The US and UK versions do turn up now and then on Ebay and at online auctions houses. The two Tomy versions are largely to be found in Japan only.
Here are the box tops.
Here are the two Tomy box sides:
Here are the Turnpike and two Tomy rockets:
and finally, some Tomy box end art and instruction sheet.
Very cool! The look of this toy has always appealed to me. Someday I hope I'll own one.
ReplyDeleteThose are some gorgeous rockets! Is it just me or do they remind anyone else of Thunderbird 3 just minus the connecting rods?
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