A GALLERY OF ALL THE PROJECT SWORD TOY SPACE GLIDERS AND CLONES

Sometimes things come together.

Myself and fellow toy collector and blog supporter Arto have been collecting space gliders for years. It will have all started with a Project SWORD toy.

Now, years later, we have between us probably almost* every variant of the Project SWORD space glider around, so I've put together a gallery of my own toys, along with Arto's fabulous fleet, for your enjoyment.

Here's my Moonbase group:

Top row: 

Hoover Glider silver switch, Hoover Glider Blue switch, white 2001 glider, red 2001 glider

Bottom row:

Grey Mego Space Tract, Kevin D Hoover silver custom, Century 21 Grey, Century 21 Orange

Arto's fleet:

L to R:

Orange Mego Space Tract, Tarheel Grey, Durham Green, Century 21 Grey, Hoover orange.

The one I forgot to photograph of mine! Doh!

The cheapo Day-f-ran Space Glider, 2nd from the left without its canopy but with its flower sticker.

and to see it nicely cleaned and complete with its canopy, here's collector Ferryman's lovely Day-f-ran [minus the flower sticker].

There are box variations as well with Tarheel's space gliders and the completist would want to have those too I imagine, but I have stuck to the toys. There maybe some undercarraige colour variations too.

If you know of any variations then please let me know.

The * next to 'almost' at the start of this post refers to the ones that got away. Yes, there are still some toy space gliders, of this size, that neither Arto or myself have got, namely three other variants of the 2001 toy above: white Spirit of America, white NASA with flames and green Spirit of America. Have you got any of them readers? Pictures by email would be welcomed!

I hope you enjoyed these gliders and I'd like to thank Arto and Ferryman for sharing their beautiful toys with Moonbase.