Years ago I posted this toy I found on an online Argentinian Toy Site, Brinquidos Raros. The toy is a rare tin space rifle emblazoned with the SWORD Booster rocket on the box and the SpaceX MEV2 on the butt, at least on the side we can see. Its called Patrulha Do Espaco. Does anyone have one of these?
Well, here's a new development. I've found this small scan of an old toy catalogue depicting Estrela rifles. You can see what I think is the Patrulha do Espaco bottom right.
Below is my rather poor close-up, which doesn't really help us. However, what is new is the date at the top of the catalogue scan i.e. 1969/ 1970. Although it's younger than Project SWORD, which surfaced in 1967, the 1969/ 1970 date would place this toy at the same period as SpaceX toys. If 1969 is correct then perhaps even one year earlier than SpaceX! Could this be the first toy to picture a MEV2? I assume both the Booster and MEV2 illustrations were lifted directly from the Ed Valigursky artwork in the LIFE Book Man and Space from the Sixties.
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