Montgomery Wards Miniature Apollo Exploration set - Pt 1

Next up in our look at the small side of space toys is this magnificent Miniature Apollo Exploration boxed set available from Montgomery Wards catalog in 1970-71. Monkey Wards packed a lot of play value in such a small box and managed to cram in 70 pieces according to the catalog write-up (the set is best described here on SpaceX Central). My set only has 61 pieces - 69 if you count all the radar screens, antennas, stands, or detachable pieces as separate (which is what Monkey Wards probably did to make the 'piece count' more impressive). Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Here's the piece breakout in my set:

-Paper playmat measuring 20" x 29"

-Hippo Toys Apollo Rocket with friction motor in yellow HP  

Apollo Moon Landing Group

-Mercury capsule

-Command Module on blue stand

-LEM

-2 Apollo Astronauts

-American flag

Major Matt Mason Copies Group

- Astro Trac

-5 different sled variants

-Crawler

-Firebolt Cannon

Lunar Vehicles Group

-Tracked Explorer Car w/friction motor

-Moon Transport

-Downsized Moon Prospector

Lunar Equipment Group

-Command Center

-Large Dome

-Small Dome

-Portable Comm Centr

-Portable Monitor/TV

Terrain Group

-5 pieces of scatter terrain (two are the same casting in my set)

Miscellaneous Flying Machine Group

-Saucer on wheels

-Downsized P3 type Helicopter

-Shuttle

-Small Rocket Ship

Figures

-Painted gray SP aliens 5EA

-Plated HP aliens 6EA

-Painted gray SP astronauts 8EA

-Plated HP astronauts

-Half astronaut body (driver? - extra piece?) 1EA