THE SECOND MOONSHIP MENTION ON MOONBASE 2008

So what about those elusive cousins of Project sword, the Lunar Climber and the Moonship? The lower of these two 1960's Trade articles about Sword ( thanks to Bill Osbourne) clearly states that the Lunar Climber is part of the Century 21 Sword range, whereas the Moonship isn't. At this point it makes sense as the Moonship is made of tin (incorrect but I thought it was tin when I wrote this. Ed.), which would make it completely different to any of the other Sword toys as they were all plastic. In the top picture, an extract of a bigger page, you can see that, despite being made by Century 21, the Lunar climber is just too fussy to be a Sword ship, too many bits sticking out. The moonship has more going for it as a Sword member. Neither one, alas, were part of the Century 21 Project Sword range. But.....