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AURORA EXPEDITION CAR - YONEZAWABoxed set of tin battery op tanks. Mighty Explorer
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BUMP N' GO SPACE EXPLORER TANK - YOSHIYA - JAPANRed tin friction space tank. Green tin pilot with X-8 logo under a large clear dome. Pilot's hand moves. Plastic spark window and large clear plastic pipes at the back. Inertia crank action bump and go mechanism. KO
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CRAGSTAN SPACE TANK, MARS PATROL NO 17 - YANOMANTin friction spaceship with astronaut and spinning / rotating ball cockpit. YM logo, See also the S-15 prototype of this space vehicle.
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FRICTION SPACE - ICHIMURA - LUCKY TOYSpace Patrol. Small tin friction tank. Spark window. Indian head logo. Also sold packaged in plastic bag with header card. Generic box shows a bulldozer.
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FRICTION SPACE TANK - ICHIMURA - LUCKY TOYSpace Patrol. Small tin friction tank. Driver under clear bubble dome. Indian head logo. Also sold packaged in plastic bag with header card.
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FRICTION SPACE TANK WITH SPARKING - V-7 - OKPTin friction space tank - very simple lines. Translucent plastic tailfin. V-7 printed on the rear. Green tin pilot with articulated arms. Previously attributed to Marusan this is the product of a largely unknown manufacturer OKP.
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FRICTION SPACE TANK X-20 - YONEZAWA"With Satellite Launcher". Tin friction space tank with spinner. Red spinner barrel. Box has Frankonia QT distributor's logo. Also available in a version with a blue barrel to the spinner mechanism.
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KOSMICY SPACE TANK - IGRAPlastic battery op space tank with bubble dome. Two long antennas with balls at the end. Light at he front. Tracks. Eastern European - Czechoslovakia. Jiscrici
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L-101 SPACE TANK - LTI - INDIARed lithographed tinplate friction space tank. Green tin pilot with L-101 on his chest under a large clear dome. Angled blue tin fins at the back. Dome shaped red plastic spark window at rear. Simple friction action. Tin friction tank with cartoon animal litho. Marked LTI at the front. Based on the Yoshiya design. This is probably related to the VTI Indian space tank.
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LIGHTED SPACE VEHICLE - MASUDAYATin battery op tank 28905 with floating satellite - styrofoam ball.
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LOOPING SPACE TANK - DAIYATin battery op tank. Tinted dome with rolling bead. Turn over action aided by the stump aerial behind the dome.
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M-101 SPACE TANK WITH HELICOPTER - NOMURATin battery op tank. This uses the low profile pressing that was used for the Super Sonic Tank, the Space Tank X-4, and the M-101 Tank. The oval turret is similar to the Space Export. X-217 helicopter attached to a bar moves over the tank. Name? Box?
Image Smith House Auctions
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M-29 SPACE TANK - MAKER?Simple small tin friction space tank. Four short guns.
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M-41 SPACE TANK - MasudayaLights at rear M41 Tin battery op tank with bump and go action. MT
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M-41 SPACE TANK - MASUDAYATin battery op tank with bump and go action. Large plastic dish antenna. Springs at rear.
The M-41 dates at least to 1970 when it appears in the Masudaya catalog for that year. It is not listed as a new item, so may be a little earlier.
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M-41 SPACE TANK - TAIWAN VERSIONA Taiwanese version of the original Masudaya M-41 tank. Maker?
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M-41 SPACE TANK LOGO
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MIGHTY EXPLORER SPACE TANK - YONEZAWAN58 tank. Tin battery op with pistons. Part of Aurora Expedition set. Back and forward action.
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MISSILE TANK - LINEMARTin friction tank with missile launcher. The launcher carries a white tin rocket with pink celluloid fins. The number is marked on the rocket and the on the octagonal turret. Missile attaches to launch ramp with a pin, but the rocket is static. The blue tinplate robot driver has no arms. The robot's face is an electronic circuit. The box carries the serial number J-2647
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MOON PATROL VEHICLE X-5 - SANKEITin battery op space tank with spinning radar and laser turret, flashing lights and astronaut. Camera-like gun. Mystery action. Rubber tracks. Large metal dish antenna. K logo. Cragstan logo on box.
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MYSTERY SPACE EXPLORER TANK - AHI - JAPANTin battery op tank with astronaut and metal antenna. Gun at front. Single pilot. 20cm. "With moving lighted space gun, Moving figure, Revolving radar" See the Linemar three pilot Explorer Space Tank version.
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NEW SPACE TANK - YOSHIYATin friction vehicle with yellow tin pilot under a large plastic dome. It is difficult to see why it is called a tank.
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OUTER SPACE PATROL TANK - MIHASHI JapanTin friction vehicle with visible gears. Captain Scarlet style. M in Triangle logo. OSP lettering. Plastic dish antenna on wire. Date?
(The same company produced another Outer Space Patrol vehicle)
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PETIT CAR SPATIAL - MONT BLANC JOUETS - FRANCETin wind up space tank with orange pilot under clear dome. Metallic blue with a red spark window at front. Three levers, right top side, the center top, and on the bottom control the direction. French. 1960s.
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PLANET EXPLORER TANK - ALPSTin battery op space tank. Bump and go action with pom pom double barrel guns.
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PLANET EXPLORER X-1 SPACE TANK - ALPSTin battery op tank. Bump and go. Two guns. Double barrel. Rotating plastic antenna.
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PLANET TANK - PLANET TANK VERSION - MASUDAYATin battery op non fall tank with green dome and large antenna. Also produced with a blue dome. Better photo?
There are two know versions, the one marked Planet Tank on the side (shown) and a less common one marked Space Patrol. Both appear to have been released in the same Planet Tank box.
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PLANET TANK - SPACE PATROL VERSION - MASUDAYATin battery op non fall tank with dome and large antenna.
There are two know versions, the one marked Planet Tank on the side and a less common one (shown)marked Space Patrol. Both appear to have been released in the same Planet Tank box. The domes can be blue or green.
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POM POM TANK - ROSKOLarge tin battery op space vehicle with twin barrelled guns. Remote control via tin handset.
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REX MARS PLANET PATROL SPARKLING SPACE TANK - MARX1950s large tinplate wind up tank. (1951?) Driver emerges from inside. The pressing is a reworking of an earlier military toy (a series of "doughboy" tanks with a similar action) - shown below. The addition of a space litho makeover turns an old style toy into something more futuristic. USA X-1. Rex Mars is the in house (license free) space hero created by the Louis Marx company.
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ROBOTANK-Z - VERSION B - NomuraTin battery op Circa 1970. Advances with mystery action as the arms move, lights flash and guns make a firing sound. TN The robot carries the Robotank Z wording. Green plastic eyes, talks.
There are at least three versions, all of which appear in the Robotank Z box:
VERSION A: ROBOTANK Z : Tin eyes, affixed guns, red semi-spherical dome under the square transparent one, triangular tin litho part over the eyes. Non talking.
VERSION B: ROBOTANK Z : green transparent eyes, affixed guns, orange/pink plastic "crown", spring wire eyebrows. Talking
Phreases: "Robotank z to Mars control: enemy flying saucers sighted in area B. They are preparing to attack you. "
"Mars control to Robotank z: we located the enemy intercept at once. Roger I am attacking with atomic rays 1 and 2."
VERSION C: R-1 : red/orange transparent eyes, moving guns, orange/pink plastic "crown", spring wire eyebrows. Non talking.
VERSION D: R-1 : red/orange transparent eyes, moving guns, orange/pink plastic "crown", spring wire eyebrows. Talking.
Image courtesy Smith House Auctions / Robert Lesser collection
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S-100 SPACE TANK - MASUDAYASimple tin friction tank with tin antenna. Bagged with header card. Also sold in a box.
Image courtesy Smith House Toys
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S-15 SPACE TANK PROTOTYPE - YANOMANA prototype version of the CRAGSTAN SPACE TANK, MARS PATROL NO 17. Hand crafted copper. Antenna at rear. Hand painted. Blue with silver and red detailing. Details?
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SPACE EXPLORER TANK - TOMUROTin friction space tank with rotating cockpit. Yellow astronaut under clear plastic canopy. SP lettering. Dish antenna. Lithographed track detail.
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SPACE EXPORT - MIHASHI?Tin friction space tank "with moving engine". It is likely that the word Export is a mistranslation. The oval turret is similar to the M-101.
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SPACE GUARD MS-61 - MASUDAYAThere are two box versions.
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SPACE GUARD MS-61 - MASUDAYATin battery op remote control space vehicle with two missiles.
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SPACE MISSILE TANK - DAITOTin friction space tank. Turret with transparent green plastic gun. Japanese character under clear bubble dome. Variations of the driver head exist: the black as shown and a white one.
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SPACE PATROL NON FALL ACTION, TANK X-11 - YONEZAWATin battery op tank. Large antenna. Non fall action, a loud clicking spacesound and a cockpit covered by 2 shields with flexibel antennas. In action, the 2 shields fold open and the mystery lightend cockpit rises up. Litho variations shown: dark blue and olive green.
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SPACE PATROL TANK - KANTORarer red version. Tin friction vehicle. Wrong antenna. One of two vehicles sharing the pressing. This version has an open cockpit, wheels (not tracks) and rotating rear antenna.
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SPACE PATROL TANK - KANTOTin battery op vehicle with tracks. Pilot under dome with large gun. Rotating dish antenna with lighted rear panel. Blue version. There is a similar Space Patrol tank based on the same pressing.
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SPACE PATROL TANK SP45 - HOPETin friction tank. An unusual mixture of a military green tank in a space themed box. SP-45
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SPACE PIONEER N-0721 - BANDAISmall tin friction tank. Vinyl astronaut head under a large dome. Versions with white head and orange head.
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SPACE SURVEY X-25 - MASUDAYATin battery op tank with floating satellite - styrofoam ball.
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SPACE TANK - K LOGOK logo Tin friction tank with large spring loaded gun that shoots small red balls. Possibly Ohki? Sankei?
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SPACE TANK - GAMATin battery op space tank. Three-wheeled bump and go action. The single front wheel is the drive wheel. The dashboard in front of the 2 plastic astronauts has a red light. Behind them 3 lights in different colors blink. The radar antenna is turned by elastic band which is always broken or dried up due to age.
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SPACE TANK - K LOGOBox. Ohki?
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SPACE TANK - UNIONTin friction space tank. Turret with robot driver, double barrel guns and satellite dish.
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SPACE TANK - VTI VOHRA TOYS - INDIARed lithographed tinplate friction space tank. Green and yellow tin pilot under a large clear dome. Pilot's hands fixed. Tin fins at the back. Dome shaped red plastic spark window at rear. Simple friction action. Tin friction tank with cartoon animal litho. Marked VTI at the front. Based on the Yoshiya design though the fins are more upright.
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Space Tank -YOSHIYA - JAPANRed tin friction space tank. Mustard yellow tin pilot under a large clear dome. Pilot's hands fixed. Atomic logo lithographed at the front. Tin fins at the back. Dome shaped red plastic spark window at rear. Simple friction action. Box? The Indian VTI space tank uses this pressing.
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