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SPACE PATROL ROCKET - JAPANSmall lithographed tinplate rocket. Pilot litho. Marked Space Scout. Crimped construction. Friction action with noise.
Possibly sold in trade boxes. Maker?
Image Smith House AuctionsMay 04, 2013
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ATOMIC ROCKET - DSK - JAPANSmall (3.5in) tinplate lithographed space rocket. Marked Atomic Rocket. Pilot litho on top. Unusual fin design. Fiction action with noise. DSK 1950s. Box?Apr 30, 2013
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ROCKET - ANANIADES - GREECELithographed tinplate space rocket, 20cms. A bulbous design with two tailfins but no upright tail fin. Large celar red plastic dome in the middle. Blure plastic wheels. Lithographed detailing shows astronauts inside a window. Friction action with spark. Marked Rocket. Greek. Date? Box? There is another version of this rocket.Apr 17, 2013
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ROCKET SHIP - MAKER?Futuristic silver lithographed tin push toy of a space rocket. This tear drop shaped rocket has four porthole windows on each side with litho detailing of two astronauts in each. Three rear fins. Hollow metal wheels. The front has a large litho window at the front with pilot and instrument panel being shown. The front is rounded with a Zeppelin like airship style. Date and maker unknown. Maker? Box?
Image courtesy Bergin ToysMar 29, 2013
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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 AuctionsMar 10, 2013
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ROCKET RACER 8 - MASUDAYA - JAPANA large tin friction space rocket, Rocket Racer style. Tin pilot head behind windscreen. Box? c1960s
Jan 15, 2013
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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"Jan 07, 2013
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Rocket - Tatrasmalt - CzechTinplate 16 cm rocket, friction action. Rubber nose. Plain metal fins. Market TM on rear fin. Various colors known. The number on the fin can vary: 264, 364, 464 - the reason is unknown. Box?
Possible 1967 CSSR Czech. Jan 03, 2013
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TITAN ROCKET - OMNIA - CZECHAngular tinplate friction rocket with Titan wording at rear. Plastic engines and nose cone. At least two litho versions are known. CSSR Czech Box? c1970Jan 03, 2013
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Space Boat Rocket 3 ME-078 - ChinaTin battery operated space rocket racer style. Bump and go action with flashing lights. . Vinyl pilot head behind windscreen. A variation of the Masudaya Rocket 9 Space? Boat This appears to have extra wheels at the rearNov 05, 2012
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Small Flying Boat MF813 - ChinaRed tin lithographed spaceship with pilot under tall plastic dome. Small wings on either side. Friction action with sound. MF 813Sep 16, 2012
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SPACE PATROL CAR - MASUDAYATinplate battery operated rocket with bump and go action. The rocket has an oversized child astronaut vinyl head. The astronaut fires a red plastic gun with lights and sound.
See also the later Snoopy version of this toy. Date?
rocket and vinyl battery op rocket with dog and TV camera. Snoopy like driver. Bump and go mystery action. There is an earlier version, the Space Patrol Car, with a child's head.Aug 18, 2012
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FIRE WINGS - MARUSAN - JAPANTin lithographed cross between a rocket and a car. The four wheel orange and white friction vehicle has three tail fins and a pilot under a clear plastic canopy. Marked SAN. 1950s. Box?Apr 25, 2012
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BABY MOON ROCKET - KDT - INDIATin lithographed space rocket. Old style rocket with tin pilot head behind a clear blue plastic window. Marked K.D.T No 11. Friction with spark action.Mar 01, 2012
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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.Feb 28, 2012
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VISPA ROCKET - VISPA - ARGENTINATin lithographed rocket, three fins, predominantly red with yellow and blue detailing. Holes at the rear for spark windows. Litho cockpit details on the top. Crimped construction of the two halves. Marked VISPA on the side. Friction motor and spark action. This looks like the German HWN rocket pressing.Feb 14, 2012
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SPACE CRUISER X-300 - TELEX - FINLANDA version of Pyro's X-300 Space Cruiser. Called RYMD RAKET on the box. Silver colored hard plastic with red wheels. SPACE CRUISER molded on the sides. This example is missing its pilot. 10 ins long with a distinctive needle on the end of the nose cone. It has a shorter upper and lower rear tail fin than the Pyro version, parts that are susceptible to damage. Marked Telex on the underside. Wittrock has been identified as the actual maker. Also sold in Denmark as RumskibJan 30, 2012
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ROCKET - ANANIADES - GREECELithographed tinplate rocket with white plastic tail structure. This bulbous rocket has substantial exhaust detailing on the sides, a clear yellow plastic canopy with a clear red plastic spark window in front. See the other version of this Ananiades rocket. Box? Date?Oct 24, 2011
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APOLLO XV ROCKET - LYRA - GREECEPlastic battery op rocket. A reissue of the Nomura Apollo 11 Rocket Switch on and the rocket starts moving. It stops and elevates vertically. It comes down and moves forward. The actions repeat. Light blinks with constant rocket engine sound.Oct 24, 2011
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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.Oct 21, 2011
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COSMOS-189 ROCKET - AGATEX - ROMANIALigt blue tin wind up space rocket. Fins at nose and tail. Nose on spring, red spark windows at the back. Pushing the rocket forward winds the mechanism. Marked with the Agatex logo on the wings. The rocket has a slider that opens a cover on the friction mechanism. See also the NAVETA SPATIALA ROCKET version of the rocket.Oct 17, 2011
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DIAN DONG DA FEI CHAN (ROCKET SHIP) - CHINATin friction space ship with pilot behind windscreen. Another variation of the Masudaya Rocket Racer. Other versons have been seen in this box but here the litho on the toy corresponds with the box artwork - eg portholes. Box has No 8, toy has No 9.Oct 16, 2011
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SPACE PATROL - ASC - JAPANTin battery op spaceship. An unlicensed version of Thunderbird 2. Mystery action, flashing lights and noise. Oct 16, 2011
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SPACE BOAT No 3 - CHINASilver tin lithographed friction space ship with red upper. Pilot under a clear plastic dome at the front. No 3
C00Oct 16, 2011
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FLYING BOAT 7 ROCKET - CHINATin friction rocket with pilot head behind windshield. Based on the Masudaya Rocket Racer. Older box has a 5 on the rocket. Later issued as Great Flying Boat. China MF-742 Boat is the translation of ship, as in space shipOct 10, 2011
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SPACE ROCKET 9 VARIATIONS - MASUDAYATin friction space rocket racer style. Vinyl pilot head behind windscreen. Used as the basis for a series of Japanese Superhero rockets. Oct 06, 2011
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ROCKET XL9 SPACESHIP - JR 21White plastic friction rocket with siren. A copy of the Project Sword Space Probe No 3. Also released as the NASA Probe Force No 3. A virtually identical toy was released by Hover/Hoover, only the box logo differs.Sep 26, 2011
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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.Sep 26, 2011
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PROBE FORCE No 3 - PROJECT SWORD - CENTURY 21Century 21 - chunky plastic space - plane with friction drive and siren sound. The plastic wings are detachable.
Rectangular one - piece box with great artwork showing the ship , painted, zooming through space. 'Star Features' are 'powerful friction drive', 'realistic siren sound' and 'sword insignia'. It states that it is 'Made in Hong Kong for Century 21 Toys limited'. Unusually, the artwork of the ship only appears on two of the four sides. The other two contain a large Project sword emblem and the above manufacturers details on a largely yellow (with some red) background.
Sep 26, 2011
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PROBE FORCE No 2 - PROJECT SWORD - CENTURY 21Century 21 Toys- This plastic friction space rocket is titled 'Probe Force No.2' on the box. Its plastic, about a foot long and coloured off- white. Has a bit of an XL-5 look to it, but with extra fins. The exhaust area is bright red translucent plastic, as is the cockpit . Has 'made in Hong Kong' on the base.
The box is a one parter of thin card. The 'Star features' on the front and rear are ' Powerful friction drive, realistic siren sound, SWORD insignia.' The Astronaut badge is advertised as being inside with the free Manual. A sheet of thick card came as inner- packaging. 1967
Sep 26, 2011
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PROBE FORCE No 1 - HOVERVery long grey plastic friction drive rocket spaceship just like the Probe Force Flight 1. The box cover is a colour photograph of the ship flying through space past a huge gas cloud. Hover logo. Based on the Project Sword vehicle and carries SWORD logo on tailfin. A virtually identical toy was produced by Tarheel - all the same except for the maker's logo on the box.Sep 26, 2011
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BOOSTER ROCKET - PROJECT SWORD - CENTURY 21A long plastic battery op rocket with its middle encircled by large white plastic ‘fuel’ pods which are detachable. The ship has forward and reverse motion, tail lights and a cool silver ejecting nose jet with its own landing gear/wheels ( you may come across this on its own). 'Made in Hong Kong' appears on its base.
The box is tiny compared to the size of the fully set-up toy. Nevertheless the artwork is great, with a white and red painiting of the rocket whizzing across space. 'Star Features' are the ' Ejectable nose module, battery operated, forward and reverse control, tail light, official SWORD decals'. As standard it states that its 'Made in Hong Kong for Century 21 Toys Limited.' The cover doesn't refer to thje badge or manual, only the four sides of the lid. It's referred to as the 'Space Captains badge', but the picture of the badge simply states Captain. The full badge list appears including astronaut.
Sep 23, 2011
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APOLLO SATURN ROCKET - PROJECT SWORD - Century 21 Hong KongCentury 21 – tall plastic rocket in 3 stages. Plastic battery op rocket , this craft has flashing lights and a spring-loaded parachuting nose-cone. On its main body appear two transfers stating ' Apollo Saturn' .It looks like a big Cape- Kennedy- Set rocket. On the base is written ' A 21 Toy ' with the familiar tunnel-like circles, together with 'Century 21 Toys Ltd Made in Hong Kong'.
The box is a long narrow rectangular two parter. The lid is of thinner card with the base being much thicker. Two pieces of thick card inner- packaging hold the rocket in place at either end of the box. 'Star Features' are 'Ejectable space capsule with parachute, battery operated, hand steerable front wheel, three stage rocket, lights at rear, clips on fins.' It states that it's 'Made in Hong Kong for Century 21 Toys Limited'. On the two longest sides appears the words 'This super badge - Sword Commander - free inside, plus official manual, Project SWORD, collect the series for other great SWORD badges, Century 21 Limited'. The Commander badge is red.
Sep 23, 2011
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COMMANDER ROCKET ATOMIC CONSTRUCTOR - YOSHIYA - JAPAN 1962A silver lithographed tinplate rocket. Litho details include a cockpit with pilot, tracks and the wording Commander on the sides. Three red metal fins at the back. The vehicle has a passing similarity to the Thiunderbird Mole with its rotating nose structure and its drilling function is mentioned on the box. In this case the nose is a rotating red plastic structure consisting of a set of plastic ribs. Friction action with noise and spark from the nose structure.
The box syas "Atomic Constructor. Flys in the air. Goes over lands. Digs and goes under ground too". First sighted in 1962 Nerlish & Co. Catalog. KOSep 19, 2011
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ORIENT COMMANDER ROCKET - OMI INDIABrightly lithographed tin friction rocket. India. Date? Better picture anyone? Based on the Japanese Commander rocket by KO.
See also the Oriental Air Rocket.Sep 19, 2011
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NON-FALL PLANET EXPLORER - MASUDAYATin battery op spaceship with large rotating grey plastic antenna. No lights in the side. Pilot under clear canopy at the front. Non fall action.Sep 15, 2011
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SPACE ROCKET-SATURN X5 - ALPSTin and plastic battery op rocket. Red plastic nose, yellow plastic tail. Mystery action, stop go, cargo door opens to reveal inner lab. Japan 1970s. Item no 5758
X-5Sep 14, 2011
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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 GreekSep 13, 2011
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MECHANICAL SPACE CRAFT - DAIYABasic small tin and plastic wind up rocket. transparent red plastic nose and tail. Window box. 1970sSep 13, 2011
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SKYMASTER ROCKET - INDIATin friction rocket. Bright lithography. Cylindrical plastic nose. Spinning structure on top of body. Same body and litho as the ORIENTAL AIR ROCKET by HEC. Made by OMI Oriental Metal Industries, Delhi.Sep 09, 2011
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JUNOR JET 27 - YONEZAWATin friction rocket. Four wheels. Pilot under canopy. Japan 1950s. Box? Date? Typo for JuniorAug 21, 2011
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SPACE-CRUISER - ALPSLarge tin friction spaceship with wings and tailfin. Spark action and sound. A variation of the Alps X-300 Interplanet Spaceship. Space Cruiser. Litho differences. 1950s. Box? Name?Aug 10, 2011
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APOLLO ROCKET - OHTA JAPANTin friction powered Apollo rocket. When rocket hits an obstacle it stands up. K Logo. Looks the same pressing as for the Masuya version.Jul 18, 2011
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Space Boat MF 895 - ChinaSimple tin and plastic friction rocket boat. Tin body, plastic wings. Pilot under canopy. Boat is the translation of ship, as in space ship.Jul 13, 2011
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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.Jul 08, 2011
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CTAPT-1 ROCKET - RUSSIABlue tin friction rocket with stand up action. Plastic nose and press button. Makers logo is a small boy.Apr 10, 2011
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BILLY THE SPACE TRAVELER - MASUDAYA(See Billy on a Saucer) Tin friction rocket with an orange astronaut rider. A second Japanese version exits with a blue Billy on a silver-red rocket. Known for ages as "Billy on a Rocket" until a boxed version turned up. This toy was also produced in Argentina as Cohete Lunar.Jan 03, 2011
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SMALL MOONSHIP MF-883 - CHINATin friction spaceship. Delta wing style. Plastic engines on trailing edge of wings. Pilot under cockpit dome. Red light domes on top of each wing. Green red and white litho.Dec 20, 2010
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JUPITER ROCKET M5 - MASUYAM 5 version of the Masuya tin friction rocket with standing action.Dec 22, 2009
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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.Nov 19, 2009
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