Tarheel
5605 - Rescue Helicopter (boxed with T with kids logo)
5917 - Task Force No. 2 (carded w/ T with kids logo)
5918 - Nova I, II and III (boxed with T with kids logo)
5920 - Probe Force No. 1 (boxed w/ T globe logo)
5920 - Probe Force No. 2 (boxed w/ T globe logo)
5925 - Moon Ranger (boxed w/ T globe logo)
5926 - Moon Bus (boxed w/ T globe logo)
5928 - Moon Prospector (boxed w/ T globe logo)
5934 - Space Glider (boxed w/ T with kids logo)
BIG BOY Cars - no numbering, just the T with kids logo.
Apollo 2000 - tinplate Horikawa robot - ?
Wind-Up Shooting Rocket Guns Robot - plastic robot - ?
ASTROIDS - plastic robots - ?
This raises interesting questions. Firstly, both Probe Force No. 1 and No. 2 were issued with the same item number (5920). So was Probe Force No. 3 ever issued? It would seem that the box layout was designed but issued as NASA Probe Force No. 3, simply by using the NASA logo instead of Tarheel . At least it would be safe to assume that the photograph on the NASA box came from the same source as Probe Force No. 1 & 2 photos, so maybe PF 3 was planned but never made it to the Tarheel fleet. The NASA Probe Force No. 3 box has a similar overall design but no item number.
Secondly, the "T with kids" logo appears only as the first and the last one of the list. The core of the series seems to lie somewhere between 5920-5928, all with the "T globe" logo. What was that number 5927 if there ever was one, planned or realised? For years I have been hoping that a Tarheel company catalogue including SWORD toys would come up, or even an order form of some kind. Has anybody ever wondered what a Tarheel SWORD toy catalogue would look like... (a suggestion for a future blog exclusive maybe!)
"T in a circle"
355 - Mercury Mark IV Moon Ranger, UFO Flying Saucer (variations exist under different names)
356 - New Flying Saucer (A JR 21 Toy)
357 - Nasa A-Logo Space Vehicle
360 - Moon Bus - U.K. Patent No. 930855 on the underside
375 - Hydrofoil
379 - Motor for the Submarine Aircraft Carrier (JR21)
422 - Moon Prospector - U.K. Patent No. 936703 on the underside
425 - Apollo-X, Apollo 11 or Saturn 5 - "Made in Hong Kong" on underside.
An interesting addition is that the Tarheel Space Glider toy has an embossed "350" on its underside. This number would seem to fit in the "T in a circle" series, even though the T logo is not present.
In Italics - previously posted research by Arto.
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