PROJECT SWORD DAY II: THE END

 THATS IT!

TWO DAYS OF SWORD!

HOPE U LIKED IT?

NOW GET SOME SLEEP!

NORMAL SERVICE RESUMES TOMORROW!

JUST ONE MORE FOR PROJECT SWORD!

Well Woodsy,

No celebration would be complete without this little book by some guy named 'Paul Richard Woods' - any idea who that is? LOL

You published this back in 2012, just a couple of years after I started my blog, and it has been a cherished piece of my space collection since. 

Many Thanx for all your efforts Woodsy!

From Vegas Base

Ed

EXCLUSIVE! TARHEEL AMERICAN PROJECT SWORD TOYS CATALOGUE

 As I've said before, very occasionally something amazing pops up in the world of Project SWORD.

Like the boxed Japanese Probe Force 3 and the Century 21 Task Forces boxed set I posted yesterday, here's another Project SWORD day exclusive.

The Tarheel Project SWORD toys dealers catalogue from the USA!

Spotted by the ever-diligent Arto at Helsinki Base this fabulous 4 page wonder was offered up by Seal Beach Books of California on Ebay.

Here's the cover, a beautiful and unique illustration of Project SWORD and Captain Scarlet toys in a futuristic setting.

The two middle pages showing both Captain Scarlet and Project SWORD toys and vehicles offered by Tarheel in America. It amazes me to think there are plastic Tarheel SPC's and SPV's in the States somewhere!

The rear cover showing the four more classic Tarheel SWORD vehicles.

Interestingly the three Re-Entry Task Force toy vehicles we know that Tarheel offered are not shown here.

The inclusion of both Project SWORD and Captain Scarlet toys is fascinating and we've seen two examples of Tarheel SWORD/ Scarlet mash-ups already, both pictured in this catalogue, albeit without SWORD labelling: -

The Project SWORD Spectrum Patrol Car at the Hamilton Toy Collection, Callander

and the Project SWORD Dart Gun Set found by Rob Godwin in Michigan

Its just a matter of time before the Captain Scarlet Gun and Holster Set and the SPV are found in the States with Project SWORD labelling. Keep your eyes peeled folks!

Finally, despite a valiant effort and a very high bid by a blog reader to secure the Tarheel catalogue for the wider Moonbase community, it was bought by an unknown buyer who clearly wanted it a great deal.

Here are all the auction pictures from Seal Beach Books.

What do you think readers?

BIG TARHEEL PROJECT SWORD NEWS COMING!

 Tune in a little later for massive news about Tarheel's American Project SWORD toy range!

BAM!

9PM UK BST!

SEND IN THE CLONES: THE CHROMED SWORD TASK FORCE

These are the various Project SWORD metallic/ chromed clones.

About 15 years ago Dennis Nicholson sent me some photo's of a his friend Kelly Lannan's beautiful and unique metallic gold Task Force 3. I have wondered about it ever since. Is it a knockoff or is it a colour variant from Tarheel? There is no maker's mark or number on the undercarraige so no clues there.

In 2011 Bill kindly photoshopped a dome into place for me and we can see what it looked like completed below. I have inserted John Eaton's latest fabulous pictures of the new silver Task Force 3 for comparison. What differences can you see?

Bill B mentioned that he had owned a rare metallic blue Task Force 1. We were treated to an Ebay picture of Bill's toy - below - yesterday and also when the blog first launched. Could this be related to the two metallic silver/ gold Task Force 3's we now know of? Was it carded? Some evidence of all of them having backing cards came in Patron Zero's comment on the blog in 2014 here.

Daydreaming further I have photoshopped two of the loose toys together into the same shot to help you decide yourselves. I have added a Tarheel logo simply as garnish, no other reason. If all of the metallic SWORD toys are related then the next question is whether there is a metallic Task Force 2 as well? The mind boggles! What do you think readers?

and yep, here's Task Force 2 chromed as well, missing its dome!

I'm certain there's a silver chromed Task Force 1 on the blog but can I find it! It would complete the silver trio! ADDENDUM: Here it is courtesy of Paul Vreede's SpaceX Toys website:

As to whether these beauties are American Tarheel toys I'm still not sure. You?

If you have one or any of these then pictures please!

BAGS OF SPACE: PROJECT SWORD TOYS IN HEADERED BAGS!

 Some of these maybe new to the blog, courtesy of an old contact, from years ago, an amazing array of Japanese bagged Project SWORD toys!

I love these headered bags! Do you?

and one more I found on Noppin the Japanese website.

Was every Project SWORD toy bagged in Japan?

The mind baggles!

Ed's Project SWORD Celebration - The Tarheel Task Force No. 3 No. 5917

Woodsy and Fellow Moonbaser's,

This entry is brought to you courtesy of Arto! 

It was part of a trade we made several years ago and is a wonderful addition to the SWORD fleet. I'm not keen on removing it from its card just to take photos, but maybe some day I'll latch on to a loose one.

From Vegas Base

Ed

USA

ED's SWORD DAY TARHEEL PINK NOVA I

I've just got this Nova I rocket in the post! It has a couple of condition issues, but these things simply don't come up for sale that often and, as they say, "Any port in a storm will do".

The canopy is missing and one of the canard wings is broken off (it appears that perhaps a 1/72 scale F-104 Starfighter wing might be a close match??). According to Paul V., all three Nova rockets share the same part or item number (No. 5918).

Enjoy!

From Vegas Base

Ed