LIKE A LEGEND HOVERING OVER THE MOON BASE

 We don't often feature Hover's window boxed Moon Base sets on MC nowadays, largely because they so seldom appear anywhere else. Google image search doesn't recognise them either. A Goggle text search brings you to ... Moonbase Central and that's it! [apart from the 'borrowed' [hmmm] posts of mine on Planet Diecast back then].

A shame, they appear to be lovely sets straight from the space race.

For a while, over a decade ago, we enjoyed a feast of Hover. Click on the Hover label below.

So, I was excited when I clocked these two boxes a while back and kept the snaps. They could well have appeared before so I apologise if so.

Space Adventure features a fabulous ship with a ball in the middle. I've often wondered if it rolls. It recalls the overall look of Marine Boy's simple sub, with its central dome and narwhal spike. Maybe even the Jetsons flyabout. Anyone got one?

The Space Tank set includes a fabulous scramble bug toy, the so called 'tank'. I love the look of this toy but I've never seen one in the flesh. Incredibly Bill had one and the last remaining orange wheel he gave me years ago!

I assume all these Hover sets - there are more - were inspired by LP's output of Hong Kong space plastic.

There's also a small blue Hover Lunar Rover as part of the series, which Bill owned too.

Having searched the blog it's clear that the packaging of the Lunar Rover hasn't ever appeared here and I've never seen it anywhere else. You?

I might as well ask, has anyone got any of these Hover sets?