The Toy House Apollo Moon Team

This delightful carded set came to me courtesy of Paul Woods (aka Woodsy) over at the Moonbase Central blog. Welll, sort of. He sent a link to the auction and I bid on it and won, but without his efforts I wouldn't have it! Many Thanx Woodsy!!! The set is from the World Toy House, a division of Telmont Corp, St. Paul, Minnesota - a firm I know absolutely nothing about. But there you have it - it's a toy from them :-) It's an interesting set with LP clones and what I call 'The Lipstick Rocket'. If you look closely at the tall rocket on the far left, it has all the appearance of a girl's fake lipstick toy re-purposed into an Apollo rocket, complete with red lipstick top!! That rocket measures 4 1/2" (11.43cm) H x 1" (2.54cm) diameter. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Blue Shield Apollo Capsule Set

This header bag set of an Apollo LEM with figures from Blue Shield is fairly common, enough so that I was able to latch on to two for reasonable prices. As miniature space sets go it's nothing spectacular, a nice little LEM and six figures. The title on the header is misleading in that there is no Apollo capsule, but rather the Lunar Excursion Module. Included are six figures in two colors which are just a smidgen smaller than their Imperial Toy/LP counterparts. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Typical for the period, all the figures are in flight suits rather than the bulkier moon suits worn by the Apollo astronauts

Here's a comparison shot showing the Blue Shield alongside the Imperial Toy LEM and figure

The figures included come in a silver-gray and yellow SP with the yellow figures being ever so slightly larger than the the others yet all of them are a tad smaller than their Imperial Toy/LP counterparts(some of my shots turned out a tad blurry but everything is packed away again and I don't fewel like un-packing and re-taking pics - sorry!)

(L) Blue Shield (R) Imperial Toy

Montgomery Wards Miniature Apollo Exploration set - Pt 7 Lunar Terrain and Equipment Group

This grouping of toys from the Monkey Wards set is a loose amalgam of stuff that goes on the surface of the Moon, to include it's terrain (BTW, how many of you out there used to call Montgomery Wards 'Monkey Wards'? I've been calling it that for as long as I rememebr and other guys in the fb groups call it that as well). The Comm Center (or Control Center, or Radar Array, or whatever else you want to call it), along with the portable solar powered radio were already featured as part of my look at Imperial Toys Apollo Moon Exploring sets. The domes and portable monitor were not included in LP's carded sets. SpaceX Central has a really good write-up on those domes - which at first glance - would seem rather out-of-place in the set. SpaceX also shows other terrain pieces than what I show here but these are what came in my set. My set was also missing the small radar dish (the type used on the Command Center) that would have been included in the 'crater rock' piece. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

My Command Center is missing the hand railing for the platform

My terrain group has two identical pieces in slightly different shades

Here's a complete 'crater rock' set-up. My set is missing the radar dish

Montgomery Wards Miniature Apollo Exploration set - Pt 6 Flying Group

Oh wow, has it really been five days since my last post? My-oh-my time flies when you're not having fun :-) Continuing with the Monkey Wards Apollo Set, this group is rather lamely called by me the "Flying Group" - just the miscellaneous assortment of flying vehicles that didn't fit nice and cozy into another group: the suacer on wheels, downsized Patrol Copter P3, shuttle, and small rocket ship. All of these have been had a photo essay done on them during the past couple of months so no need to reiterate right now. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Montgomery Wards Miniature Apollo Exploration set - Pt 3 Apollo Group

I think it's best from here on in to handle the multitudinous contents of this set in groups. This group represents the historical aspect of the toy: Mercury capsule, Command Module, LEM, American flag, and two Apollo astronaut figures. The individual toys have already been posted here as photo essays during the past couple of months so I won't repeat them here. The only difference is that the Command Module/Service Module in this set sits on a stand. The carded Apollo Moon Exploring LEM did not come with a stand. My Wards sample is missing the hatch on the Mercury capsule. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

 

Montgomery Wards Miniature Apollo Exploration set - Pt 2 Hippo Rocket

The centerpiece of this magnificent set from Wards is the Apollo rocket made by Hippo Toys. It's been on the blog before back on 19 Nov 2019, but that one was in orange HP and the Wards version is in yellow HP. It measures 13" (33.02cm) L, has a friction motor, and can stand on end for more dramatic display. Enjoy! Op Fritz

Here are the two color variations that I know of