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INTERPLANET CRUISER X-300 SPACE CRUISER - ALPS728 viewsTin friction rocket based on Pyro plastic original. There is another version of this spaceship with slightly different litho.
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LEVER ACTION ATOMIC ROCKET - MASUDAYA300 viewsTin 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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ME-56 MERCURY ROCKET - DAIYA296 viewsEarly tin friction rocket. 25cm Curved tailfins. Sparks visible through star shaped cutouts on top. Label box.
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ATOM JET - YKS290 viewsTin friction space rocket with pilot head. Single pair of large wheels. Slots in the front for sound effect. Carries the logo YKS. There are two versions of this rocket: one with a pilot behind an open windshield and one with a pilot under a clear canopy.
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ATOM ROCKET 7 - VERSION 2 - MASUDAYA 1962284 viewsTin battery op space ship. Non fall action, flashing lights. Large square plastic antenna. Large grey plastic antenna. Two tone blue litho version. with distinct box art. Single long light on either side. Spaceship design on tailfin. See the other version of this rocket.
First sighting Rike's Toyland of Ohio Toy Catalog 1962
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SPACE FIGHTER - OKADA262 viewsLarge tin friction rocket.
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APOLLO 11 ROCKET - NOMURA, JAPAN255 viewsLater style plastic battery op rocket. "Switch on and APOLLO-11 starts moving. It stops and elevates vertically. It comes down and moves forward. The actions repeat. Light blinks with constant rocket engine sound." Apollo-11 TN
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ATOMIC ROCKET X-1800 - VERSION 2 - MASUDAYA251 viewsTin battery op non-fall rocket. The Masudaya rocket molds. The plainer litho detailing with portholes and the fresnel lense-like cockpit cover make this a more serious looking spaceship. The box art also is of an older style. Blue litho version with cream engines.
There is no confirmed date yet, but the box carries the serial no. 1883 MT/191 which suggests a date no later than 1963.
Image courtesy Smith House Auctions
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APOLLO 11 MOON ROCKET - ATC JAPAN244 viewsLithographed tin and plastic friction rocket. Forward motion with turning plastic nose section. Marked ATC. Asahi Japan. 1969-70
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FUSEE F.I. 54 - SFA PARIS238 viewsTin friction space ship - rocket. Marked Paris SFA Made in France. Also made in blue.
F.I.54 FI54 F154 F.1.54
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MOON ROCKET XM-12 - YONEZAWA229 viewsVery large tin battery op rocket. 38cm. Two pilots under a clear plastic canopy. The rocket can be steered via the nosewheel. Hatches in the front and rear give access to replace the light bulbs, a possibly unique feature. Lighted spinning engine. The fins are detachable for storage.
"Action lighted spinning rocket engine & Radar lunar scope".
The design of the rocket is clearly inspired by the rocket Luna in the 1950 film "Destination Moon" though the name is a variation of the craft in "Rocket Ship X-M".
Currently the first sighting is in the 1958 Sears Christmas catalog and in the Lazarus catalog for 1959 .
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ARROW 7 SPACE SHIP - K LOGO229 viewsTin friction space ship with spark window at rear. 16cm See also the Arrow 12 version which has a spark hole in front of the pilot rather than at the rear.
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NON FALL MOON ROCKET - MASUDAYA 1963228 viewsTin battery op space ship. Non fall action, flashing lights. Astronaut with rotating periscope. Appeared in the 1963 Masudaya Catalog and Firestone 1963 Gift Catalog. Two box verions shown.
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ATOMIC RACE CAR X-8 - MITSUHASHI227 viewsTin friction space car. See Friction Space Patrol . Tin pilot head behind windshield. M in triangle logo. 13cm
Image courtesy of Smith House Auctions.
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SPACE FRONTIER ROCKET - YOSHINO225 viewsTin and plastic battery op rocket with camera man on raising gantry. Bump and go mystery action. KY logo Yokoto
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SPACE SHIP X-2 SPARKLING FRICTION ROCKET - GREEN LITHO -MASUDAYA221 viewsSparkling friction rocket. Tin friction rocket. Box detail. Brown and greeny blue (shown) body variations. Long tailfins. 19cm
Image courtesy of Smith House Auctions.
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SPARK ROCKET FIGHTER X-1 BLUE - YONEZAWA217 viewsFriction tin rocket plane based on Pyro X-100 Space Ranger - Short wings. Jet sits on visible friction engine. See also the Space Jet Fighter.
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ATOM BOAT - CHINA211 viewsTin battery op non-fall rocket. A Chinese copy of the Masudaya non-fall complete with a literal translation of ship=boat. Distinctive tail fin incorporating an engine. Three plain litho portholes on either side. Box?
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APOLLO-X MOON CHALLENGER - NOMURA 1970211 viewsPlastic battery op rocket with rising action and opening nose. Blinking Light
Rocket elevates the petals open and the command ship extends. It then retreats and the petals close. 16 ins Currently the first sighting is in a Marshall Field Christmas Catalog for 1970
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USA-NASA APOLLO ROCKET - BOX VERSION 2 - MASUDAYA211 viewsWindow box version. Chrome silver tin battery op non-fall rocket. Chrome silver. Three lights on either side. Rotating astronaut. Orbiting cadet on wire.
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ATOMIC ROCKET X-1800 - VERSION 1 - MASUDAYA210 viewsTin battery op non-fall rocket. The Masudaya rocket molds. The plainer litho detailing with three litho portholes and the fresnel lense-like cockpit cover make this a more serious looking spaceship. The box art also is of an older style. Litho variations exist. Large grey plastic rotating antenna.
There is no confirmed date yet, but the box carries the serial no. 1883 MT/191 which suggests a date no later than 1963.
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X202 ROCKET - COHETE X202 - SPAIN208 viewsPlastic friction US Air Force rocket with stand up action. USAF X-202. Based on Masuya Jupiter Rocket pressing. Juguete No 202
Image courtesy of Smith House Toys
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HIGH SPEED ROCKET THE MOON ZX-8 - MARUSAN203 viewsTin 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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NON FALL USA-NASA GEMINI X-5 ROCKET - MASUDAYA 1966201 viewsTin battery op non-fall rocket. USAF X-5 wording on rocket. Rotating astronaut. Orbiting cadet on wire. Three lights on either side. X5
First sighting 1966 Masudaya Trade Ad in Playthings Magazine
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ATOM ROCKET 7 - VERSION 1 - MASUDAYA 1966193 viewsTin battery op non fall rocket. Two versions. This is the blue and white version with a US star logo on the tail fin. Large blue plastic antenna. Box art depicts a space scene with a distinct black sky. Single long light on either side. First sighted in Higbee's Toys Catalog 1966
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ATOMIC SPACESHIP WITH SPARKS XX-2 NOMURA192 viewsTin friction rocket with red plastic rotating tail assemly. Sparks. TN
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BATTERY OPERATED MONORAIL ROCKET-SHIP - LINEMAR192 viewsRocket Express tin battery op monorail travels along spring between pylons. Set comes with two express rockets. Twenty pieces in total.
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COHETE LUNAR, BILLY ON ROCKET - GORGO, ARGENTINA188 viewsVariation of Masudaya Billy on a Rocket. tin friction rocket with astronaut astride.
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GE-268 US ZONE ROCKET - Technofix185 viewsTin friction rocket. Several versions - see 306
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FIRE ROCKET X-0077 - Yonezawa184 viewsTin friction rocket. Circa 1960. Advances with siren and spark. The spring loaded nose piece launches the plastic pilot into the air when the rocket runs into something.
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MOON ROCKET - YONEZAWA183 views
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JUMPING ROCKET RS 45 - SY - YONEYA182 viewsTin 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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ATOMIC RACER 7 - ALPS - JAPAN182 viewsThis is a red, blue and yellow lithographed tin friction rocket with wings. The tricycle vehicle has wide rear side fins and a blue upright fin. A yellow astronaut, looking like a biker with helmet and goggles, sits in a cockpit behind a clear plastic windscreen. There is a small red spark window behind the cockpit. The number 7 is printed on the nose. The motorcycle look is emphasised on the box art which shows the rocket travelling around a race track.
Packed in an early 1950s style brown box with paper label and in one case the number S129 overprinted.
This is a variation of the Alps Space Raider with the addition of the pilot behind the windscreen and the extra vertical tailfin. The size of the driver completely alters the scale of the vehicle.
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MOON EXPLORER X-5 - MASUDAYA181 viewsLarge 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 - NOMURA180 viewsTin 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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SPACE PATROL FIRE BIRD - MASUDAYA179 viewsTin battery op rocket Circa 1955. Advances with mystery action as the lights blink. Sonicon style. MT
Firebird
Image courtesy Smith House Auctions / Robert Lesser collection
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JUPITER ROCKET D-119 - HWN, WEST GERMANY179 viewsTin 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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BUCK ROGERS POLICE PATROL ROBOT - MARX178 viewsRocket Police Patrol. Tin wind up rocket ship. USA
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ROCKET 54 - SI?173 viewsTin friction rocket with litho pilot details. 1950s. Long tailfins. Box? Identical in shape to the X-36 Sparkling Space Ranger by SI.
Image courtesy of Smith House Auctions.
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MOON EXPRESS ROCKET SHIP M-201172 viewsTin 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 ROCKET (SPARKLING ROCKET SHIP 3) - MASUDAYA171 viewsSmall lithographed tinplate friction rocket. Red, yellow and blue color scheme. Litho pilot detailing, but there is no windscreen on this model. Red cellophane spark window at rear. Circa 1950's. Friction noise with spark. Plain card box with a paper label. MT Rocket Racer style.
Versions exist with wording (green fin) and without wording (yellow fin). Rocket Ship 3
Rocketetship
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SONICON ROCKET - MASUDAYA171 viewsTin battery op Circa 1961. Remote control rocket advances as antenna turns. Direction controlled by whistle. Complete with two boxed whistles and spare antenna. MT. Another litho version of this rocket exists.
The mechanism works as follows: an air chamber with an opening and a diaphram above the opening with a conductor across two contacts. When the whistle blows the air in the chamber resonates causing the diaphram to vibrate and open the connection between the contacts which switches a relay causing the wheel assembly to spin in circles until the whistle stops and the ship heads off in whatever new direction the wheels are heading.
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JET ROCKET - MAKER?170 viewsLarge tin friction space rocket. Similar to Space Fighter. Ohta? Alps? K Logo? Larger photo?
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TWO-STAGE EARTH SATELLITE - LINEMAR 1957167 viewsRed tin friction rocket. Circa 1955. Crank operated two stage rocket is attached to the station. Press the launching button and the rocket blasts off then separates.
Image courtesy Smith House Auctions
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DAN DARE SPACESHIP EAGLE - METTOY ENGLAND 1954166 viewsTin friction rocket based on 305 shape. Red upper, yellow base. Plastic cockpit canopy. Dan Dare logo on wings. On sale Nov 1954.
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INTERPLANETARY ROCKET - YONEZAWA166 viewsTin and plastic battery op rocket. Rises up and capsule opens.
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MARS ROCKET 3122166 viewsDetail
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ATOM ROCKET - KBN - GERMANY165 viewsTin friction rocket with a large Bub the Clown figure riding on the top. Bub features in other tin toys. West German Two color versions shown: silver and yellow rocket
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ROCKET SHIP X-4 "VENUS EXPRESS"163 viewsAn early Japanese tinplate rocket. Unlithoed tin, clear plastic nosecone, two rows of portholes.
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SUPER ROCKET SPUTNIK-X162 viewsBrightly lithoed tin friction rocket with sparks. Distinctive V shape. West Germany. Maker?
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