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FRICTION ROCKET WITH SPARKS X-059 - LINEMARSilver tin friction rocket with spark. Rocket is simply attached to the friction engine assembly.
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FRICTION SPACE ROCKET No 7 - YONEYATin friction rocket with robot astride. Loose flat arms. 15cm. A reworking of the Jumping Robot pressing. SY logo.
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FRICTION SPACE SHIP - DIP - BULGARIAA version of the Technofix No 306 pressing. Tin friction space ship - plane. Simple spray finish. Various paint schemes exist. Box details translate as "Sparkling Plane Made by DIP Metal Products"
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FRIENDSHIP ROCKET 7 - - MASUDAYATin battery op non-fall rocket. Large grey rotating plastic antenna. Pilot under clear plastic dome at the front. Lights, sound. Single long light on either side. MT
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FUSEE F.I. 54 - SFA PARISTin friction space ship - rocket. Marked Paris SFA Made in France. Also made in blue.

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GE-268 US ZONE ROCKET - TechnofixTin friction rocket. Several versions - see 306
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GE-283 SPACE SHIP - TECHNOFIXTin friction rocket. Plane style. GE 283. West Germany. Black rubber wheels. 25cm long. GE283
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GIMINI-1 US AIRFORCE ROCKET - MASUDAYAGimini US Airforce Rocket - tin friction drive rocket with red plastic window, sparking action and siren. Rubber nose cone. 33cm. Misspelling of Gemini.
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HIGH SPEED ROCKET THE MOON ZX-8 - MARUSANTin windup. Circa 1950's. High Speed. Pull string operated rocket advances with spark. Rocket is marked "The Moon ZX-8". ZX8

Image courtesy Smith House Auctions
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HWN ROCKET - Name? Box? West GermanyTin friction space rocket with cage structure on top. Litho detail of a pilot entering the door. This toy uses the same pressing as the Turbojet Bank. It is clearly an adaptation of the earlier bank version: the coin mechanism of the bank has been covered by the cage, but the litho indicting the operation of the coin mechanism is still present. Holes have been added at the tail and the litho varies slightly. This version does not have the tinplate dome at the front.

Made by Heinrich Wimmer Nuemberg 1950s
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INTERPLANET CRUISER X-300 SPACE CRUISER - ALPSTin friction rocket based on Pyro plastic original. There is another version of this spaceship with slightly different litho.
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INTERPLANETARY ROCKET - YONEZAWATin and plastic battery op rocket. Rises up and capsule opens.
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INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT ATOM ROCKET-15 - YONEZAWAPlastic battery op rocket. Bump and go action.
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JATO ROCKET P-200 - METALMA - BRAZILTin friction space rocket. Metalma (Matarazzo) 20 cm MM
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JET OTO - NE KURTin friction spaceship NK 880. Different numbers on the front. Turkey
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JET ROCKET - MAKER?Large tin friction space rocket. Similar to Space Fighter. Ohta? Alps? K Logo? Larger photo?
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JUMPING ROCKET RS 45 - SY - YONEYATin wind up. 15cm. Rocket with robot driver hops around as the robot's arms swing. SY logo. Later adapted for the Space Rocket version. R.S. 45 wording on the robot body. loose hanging flat tin arms. Litho'd star scene on nose of rocket. RS-45
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JUNOR JET 27 - YONEZAWATin friction rocket. Four wheels. Pilot under canopy. Japan 1950s. Box? Date? Typo for Junior
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JUPITER ROCKET - YOSHI - JAPANTin friction rocket. Y in diamond logo. Green and red litho with USAF star. Japan. Fins at front and rear. Y in Diamond
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JUPITER ROCKET D-119 - HWN, WEST GERMANYTin friction rocket with circular spark window openings at rear. Bright lithography. Two halves of the pressing are crimped together. Made by Heinrich Wimmer Nuemberg W Germany. There is also a version with UK an USA flags on the nose.
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JUPITER ROCKET JP 7A - MASUYANike style tin friction rocket with standing action.
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JUPITER ROCKET JP7A - MASUYAJP7A version of the Masuya tin friction rocket with standing action.
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JUPITER ROCKET M4 - MASUYAM$ version of the Masuya tin friction rocket with standing action.
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JUPITER ROCKET M5 - MASUYAM 5 version of the Masuya tin friction rocket with standing action.
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KAKA SPACE ROCKET - INDIATin friction rocket. Pilot behind cockpit. Kaka wording on tail.
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KOZMICKE VOZIDLO - OMNIA - CZECHTin friction rocket. Crimped construction. Several litho variations. Cosmic Rocket. Czech. CSSR c1970
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KT ROCKET - INDIATin lithographed space rocket. Horizontal friction tin rocket with a clear red plastic nose cone tipped with blue. The rocket is copiously illustrated with comic animals: Donald Duck, chipmunks etc. Marked K.T. Rocket. There are two drive wheels at the front and two small tail wheels at the back.
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LEVER ACTION ATOMIC ROCKET - MASUDAYATin friction. Circa 1950's. Push down lever action. The top fin acts as the lever. MT Plain box with paper label.
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LUKY- ZX-7 ROCKET - MAKERSmall 10cm early tin friction rocket with litho details. Marked The Moon on reverse side.
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LUNAR 7 ROCKET - MAKER?Tin friction rocket with folding wings. Plastic nose, tail and wings. Sparks. Thunderbird 1 style.
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LUNAR PROBE No 1 - LUCKY TOYSWhite plastic friction rocket with red nose and chrome trim. Based on the JR 21 rocket design. Hong Kong 1960s.
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M3A LITTLE ATLAS ROCKET - MASUYANike style tin friction rocket. Standing action on contact with objects. US Air Force
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M5 ROCKET - LYRA GREECEBlue and red tin friction rocket with vinyl pilot head under a clear plastic canopy. M-5 on wings and tailfin. Lyra Greek
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MARS 3 SPACE ROCKET - NOMURAPlastic battery operated rocket with sound and flashing lights. Rocket moves forward with flashing lights. A lever then lifts the rocket into a vertical position. German box version shown on the left.
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MARS RATTAN AIR X-300 SPACESHIP - INDIALithographed tin friction spaceship loosely based on the Pyro plastic design. Litho pilot cockpit detailing. A simple hollow pressing.

Image Smith House Auctions
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MARS ROCKET 3122Detail
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MARS ROCKET 3122 - MASUDAYATin battery operated rocket. Jet plane style with tin astronaut under a clear dome canopy. Bump and go action. Flashing lights in the wings, spacenoise. The yellow lithographed astronaut slowly lifts his arm up and down. 3122 Mars printed on wings. MT It may be that 3122 is the Masudaya catalog number for this toy in which case this would be from the early 1960s.
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ME-56 MERCURY ROCKET - DAIYAEarly tin friction rocket. 25cm Curved tailfins. Sparks visible through star shaped cutouts on top. Label box.
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MECHANICAL SPACE CRAFT - DAIYABasic small tin and plastic wind up rocket. transparent red plastic nose and tail. Window box. 1970s
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MERCURY ROCKET ME-56 - DAIYATin friction rocket. Label box.
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METEOR BELL-310 ROCKET - BELLONI - ITALYTin friction rocket. Meteor wording on nose. Bell-310 on tailfin. Believed to be by Belloni, a Brazilian company. Box? Italian 1950s

Also shown is an incomplete example (no tail fin) of the Bell 314 rocket.
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MOBIL JET - MARUBISHITin friction space vehicle. Unusual shape with yellow tin pilot head and shoulders under a clear dome and two long green plastic engine tubes. Friction action with spark. Two antennas. See the Astro Mobil version. The Mobil Jet is marked "Look for good toy" in a circle with inside IJ and Made in Japan.
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MOBIL JET - MARUBISHIMobil Jet and Astro Mobil variations.
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MONDRAKETE - MOON ROCKET - GUNTERMANMondrakete tin wind up space rocket ravels along metal strip. W Germany
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MOON EXPLORER X-5 - MASUDAYALarge cream and silver grey tin battery op rocket. Box depicts a red version. Non Stop bump and go action. Sonicon style but there is no reference to this feature on the toy. Red tinplate pilot.
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MOON EXPRESS MOON ROCKET XY - NOMURATin friction space rocket with rear spark windows. Fins marked XY. 1950s. Plain box with paper label. See also the Moon Mars and Rocket Mars.

Image courtesy of Smith House Auctions.
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MOON EXPRESS ROCKET - HAJITin friction rocket with litho pilot details. Spark window at rear. Rubber nose tip.
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MOON EXPRESS ROCKET SHIP M-201Tin lithoed friction rocket M-201 with jet plane styling. Japan. Maker? See also the Moon Rocket X-1105 and the SR-1007.
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MOON MARS XY ROCKET - NOMURAEarly tin friction rocket. 11cm Spark windows at rear. See also the XY Moon Mars and Moon Express versions.
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MOON RANGER SPACE CAR - KOTA - HONG KONGLarge blue plastic battery operated space rocket with plastic pilot under a clear plastic dome. Four holes in each side aft of the canopy. Red lights in the nose area. This is a Chinese variation of the sonicon style toy operated by a whistle. Marked Kota, Hong Kong

A 1968 Denver Post article says of this toy: "switched whistle that operates a sound-sensitve membrane in the .... The unit switches on power supplied by regular flashlight ..... ignores all sound but the whistle and shuts itself off automatically after 30 seconds. It is made by a Hong Kong .... company"
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