MEMORIES OF THE MOON BASE SET BY ANDY B

Dear Woodsy,

In case you do follow up the SWORD Phase 2 mysteries tackled in your blog entry -

I still think I saw the SWORD Moonbase, probably in the early 1970s. It was when I had moved from toys to making model kits, so by then I had lost interest in space toys. When younger, I had always wanted the Moonbase, so when I saw it, my thoughts were something like "Oh, there's that moonbase I had wanted", but didn't look in detail.

The Moonbase box was in the toy department of a larger shop, probably during a visit to family friends in Swindon. It wasn't in the window, but part of a larger display of toys inside. I assumed it was on sale, not just a display item. 

All I saw was a large cardboard box with lettering and presumably pictures, but I cannot be sure of anything else. As I have mentioned to you before, if you hadn't said how rare this sighting was, I would have thought no more of it! 

Also, I brought the SWORD scouts one or even two years after first finding SWORD toys, I can't really suggest a date. I hadn't seen them before this time. 

I often found SWORD toys on holidays to the seaside, so finding them sticks in my memory, as a part of a happy family holiday.

Please keep on Swordin!

Andy B.