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SPACE PATROL TANK - KANTO343 viewsTin 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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AURORA EXPEDITION CAR - YONEZAWA266 viewsBoxed set of tin battery op tanks. Mighty Explorer
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BUMP N' GO SPACE EXPLORER TANK - YOSHIYA - JAPAN266 viewsRed 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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M-41 SPACE TANK - MASUDAYA264 viewsTin 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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PLANET TANK - SPACE PATROL VERSION - MASUDAYA244 viewsTin 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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Space Tank China243 viewsSpace tank is a tin friction bump and go piece with plenty of action. Robby's arms pump back and forth as he 'drives' the tank, head has flashing light behind red gel. Wild light show under lens at the rear section with mult-coloured patterns flashing. Very loud 'space noise' included.
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X-7 SPACE YANK - YOSHIYA227 viewsTin friction space tank. KO. Bump N' Go Space X-7 Tank. Crank action.
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UNIVERSE EXPLORATION CAR - LINEMAR? 1958225 viewsRemote control tin battery op Space Tank with steering action. Three astronauts, one driving, two with lighted guns. Single searchlight. "Guns revolve and fire, headlight flashes. Vehicle steers right or left." Marked SPACE TANK EXPLORER on the toy.
This was released in 1958. It appears in the Sears Chritmas Book for that year described as Armored Car, and in 1959 as Futuristic Armored Car. The remote control carries the Linemar logo but we do not yet have the maker's name. The art work gives the tank the X-5 wording but this is not present on the toy. It also features a large dinosaur, a stegosaurus. In fact, the artwork bears only a passing resemblance to the actual toy.
Compare with the Space Explorer Tank, a one astronaut version, and Space Tank, the two pilot version.
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ROBOTANK-Z - VERSION B - Nomura220 viewsTin 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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PLANET TANK - PLANET TANK VERSION - MASUDAYA216 viewsTin 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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SPACE EXPLORER TANK - TOMURO215 viewsTin friction space tank with rotating cockpit. Yellow astronaut under clear plastic canopy. SP lettering. Dish antenna. Lithographed track detail.
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SPACE TANK ME-091 - CHINA211 views1970s tin battery op space tank with Robby driver. China. Several color variations.
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SPACE PATROL NON FALL ACTION, TANK X-11 - YONEZAWA209 viewsTin 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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PLANET EXPLORER X-1 SPACE TANK - ALPS204 viewsTin battery op tank. Bump and go. Two guns. Double barrel. Rotating plastic antenna.
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SPACE PATROL TANK - KANTO203 viewsRarer 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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M-101 SPACE TANK WITH HELICOPTER - NOMURA202 viewsTin 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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SPACE TANK V2 - YOSHIYA202 viewsTin battery op space tank with a Robby body for a turret. Bump and go action with flashing lights. Light blue color with antenna. V-2
Image courtesy Smith House Auction.
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LIGHTED SPACE VEHICLE - MASUDAYA200 viewsTin battery op tank 28905 with floating satellite - styrofoam ball.
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MOON PATROL VEHICLE X-5 - SANKEI197 viewsTin 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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SPACE TANK T99 - GAMA196 viewsTin battery op remote control tank. 9939 Contains 3 small wind up vehicles. White gun barrel. W. germany
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POM POM TANK - ROSKO195 viewsLarge tin battery op space vehicle with twin barrelled guns. Remote control via tin handset.
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SPACE TANK 6 WITH SIGNALLING AND SPARKLING - NOMURA187 viewsTin friction tank with large gun at front, fragile plastic canopy over pilot. Rear spark window. This uses the low profile pressing that was used for the Super Sonic Tank, and the Space Tank X-4. It has a large rectanglar bare metal antenna. The box art does not accurately depict the toy.
The one-legged pilot and pilot's seat are the same as used on the Nomura Martian Flying Saucer Z-01 Red Man from Space.
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MISSILE TANK - LINEMAR183 viewsTin 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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REX MARS PLANET PATROL SPARKLING SPACE TANK - MARX183 views1950s 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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SUPER ROBOT SPACE TANK - GREEN VERSION - HORIKAWA183 viewsTin friction space tank in an unusual green color rather than the usual blue. Rapid fire dual barrel guns. Tin friction space tank with robot driver. Marked Super Robot on the tank, though the box has only "Space Tank". The head is like the coil antenna square head of the Easelback robots or the Usagiya/Linemar SP-1 space vehicles. A marked departure from the traditional Horikawa space toys. (Gernot)
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SUPER ROBOT SPACE TANK - BLUE VERSION - HORIKAWA182 viewsTin friction space tank. 22cm Rapid fire dual barrel guns. Tin friction space tank with robot driver. Marked Super Robot on the tank, though the box has only "Space Tank". The head is like the coil antenna square head of the Easelback robots or the Linemar/Usagiya space vehicles. Also known in a green version.
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M-29 SPACE TANK - MAKER?181 viewsSimple small tin friction space tank. Four short guns.
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V-3 ROBOT TANK - YOSHIYA178 viewsTin friction tank with tin Robby driver. Mystery action. Crank powered. Two litho versions of the tin friction tank are known: the basic shape remains the same but there are major differences between the litho decoration of the chassis and the face plate of Robby. V 3
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S-100 SPACE TANK - MASUDAYA178 viewsSimple tin friction tank with tin antenna. Bagged with header card. Also sold in a box.
Image courtesy Smith House Toys
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M-41 SPACE TANK - Masudaya176 viewsLights at rear M41 Tin battery op tank with bump and go action. MT
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MYSTERY SPACE EXPLORER TANK - AHI - JAPAN175 viewsTin 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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OUTER SPACE PATROL TANK - MIHASHI Japan174 viewsTin 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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PLANET EXPLORER TANK - ALPS174 viewsTin battery op space tank. Bump and go action with pom pom double barrel guns.
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Space Tank BY-352170 viewsFriction tin with dome BY352
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SPACE TANK - GAMA169 viewsTin 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 M-18 MASUDAYA168 viewsTin battery op vehicle with large dish antenna. Litho variations.
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WIND UP SPACE TANK - TT168 viewsA small tin wind up space tank. The turning of the key alters its direction. Marked T.T. on base
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LOOPING SPACE TANK - DAIYA167 viewsTin battery op tank. Tinted dome with rolling bead. Turn over action aided by the stump aerial behind the dome.
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M-41 SPACE TANK - TAIWAN VERSION166 viewsA Taiwanese version of the original Masudaya M-41 tank. Maker?
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FRICTION SPACE TANK X-20 - YONEZAWA165 views"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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SPACE SURVEY X-25 - MASUDAYA162 viewsTin battery op tank with floating satellite - styrofoam ball.
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CRAGSTAN SPACE TANK, MARS PATROL NO 17 - YANOMAN161 viewsTin 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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X-17 SPACE TANK - MIHASHI?161 viewsM in triangle. Tin friction tank with spark window.
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SPACE EXPORT - MIHASHI?159 viewsTin 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 TANK S-100 - MASUDAYA159 viewsSimple tin friction tank with tin antenna. Also sold in a bag with a header card.
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Space Tank BY-352158 viewsFriction tin with dome BY352
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V-17 SPACE TANK - NIPPON KOGEI- JAPAN158 viewsSmall tin friction space tank with lithoed tin dome showing picture of pilot. Large metal dish antenna. 10cm. Two antenna types are known , one with a cut out shape, the other with a solid black background.
There is a boxed version with an N in a circle logo (Nippon Kogei). The tank was also sold in a plastic bag with a header card marked Texas Toys 39c. Header card marked "Crow Wholesale Distributing Company, Kilgore"
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KOSMICY SPACE TANK - IGRA156 viewsPlastic 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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STRANGE EXPLORER TANK S.T. 10 - DSK156 viewsBlue tin battery op tank with turnover action. Pilot under clear plastic dome. Large gun barrel. Flat tin litho King Kong monkey figure positioned under the tank, creates the effect of the ape lifting the tank. ST10 Japan
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SPACE PATROL TANK SP45 - HOPE156 viewsTin friction tank. An unusual mixture of a military green tank in a space themed box. SP-45
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