As we know some SWORD and SpaceX toys were based on real NASA concepts and vehicles when they were released between 1967-1970.
Being only a nipper back then the only NASA vehicle I will have recognised in the SWORD range would have been the Cape Kennedy Set, because the classic Saturn V and gantry were often on the telly in the UK.
But what about US and Canadian kids and kids elsewhere? Will they have recognised the Dyna Soar [oddly unavailable in the Tarheel range], the Space Glider, the Space Patrol 1 and the other NASA stuff?
Which toy will have been the most instantly recognisable from real life do you think?
I certainly recognised the Dyna Soar, as it was documented in books I had at the time. But I never liked the clear cockpit, and felt it should have had a with windows.
ReplyDeleteInteresting that Andy. Don't think I recognised it as a kid. In fact its only through doing the blog that I have come to realsie that many of the SWORD and SpaceX toys were actual NASA or USAF vehicles. I reckon that besides the Saturn V, going by the number of vintage images available online, that the Dyna Soar and the Blackbird [SpaceX Reconnaisance 2] were the most well known in the Sixties. This fits in with your recognising the DSoar.
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