We love Vanguards at MC. It would have made a brilliant Project SWORD or SpaceX toy. Popular around the world, PAYA produced a gorgeous white one, centre left above. Its stablemate in the Spanish PAYA range, the Zancudo, top left nearly made it when it surfaced as the Lunar Climber in the Century 21 Toys range.
Japan loves Vanguards too. There's loads of them in kit form. A van load! Here's one I saw on You Tube. Could be MIDORI but I'm unsure? Looks superb! Funny how people always test toys on beds!
My own favourite Vanguard is the little Quick Fit Kit miniature, box art pictured below, which is a beaut and even has little SpaceX backing card-like illustrations on the box sides. Now that's given me an idea!
Have you got a Vanguard readers? Anyone know their origin? Did Gerry Anderson use them at all?
...and still lookin' for the Echo Car
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