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ANIMAL SATELLITE MS-7 - YONEZAWA - JAPANSilver lithographed tin friction satellite Sputnik. Comic version of the MAN MADE SPACE SATELLITE S-2 featuring a bear emerging from a trapdoor in the Sputnik. Animal lithography: bear, monkey, rabbit. 1950s. Box? Name?
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APOLLO 11 EAGLE LUNAR MODULE - DSKOne of two landers produced by DSK in the wake of the 1969 moon landing. This, the larger, is also more detailed. Tin and plastic battery op Apollo lander. Bump and go action. The toy then stops and a door opens to reveal a silver astronaut. Also shown is the version with black metal legs.
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APOLLO LUNAR MODULE - DSKTin and plastic battery op Circa 1969. Advances with mystery action and flashing lights as the antenna spins. Stops and a door opens revealing an astronaut. A smaller and simpler version of the earlier DSK Apollo 11 Eagle Lunar Module. The astronaut is a flat representation.
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APOLLO SPACECRAFT - MASUDAYA 1970Tin battery op Apollo capsule. Bump and go mystery action with flashing lights and rotating astronaut on wire. The Apollo Spacecraft #3784 is described as new in the 1970 Masudaya catalog.
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CAPSULA SPACIAL - JYESA SPAINTin battery op capsule with opening doors. White plastic pilot. Similar to Horikawa New Space Capsule. Ahora Viaja con Nosotros a la Luna JYE. Color variations - two shown
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CAPSULE 5 - BLUE VERSION - MASUDAYATin battery op Circa 1960's. Blue litho'd version advances with mystery action, flashing lights and a beeping noise as the astronaut pilot moves back and forth. The grey color of the capsule on the box art is specific to this blue capsule. See also the white Space Capsule 5 version.
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CAPSULE 5 - MASUDAYATin battery op bump and go capsule with lights.
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CAPSULE 5 - SPACE CAPSULE 5 VERSION - MASUDAYATin battery op Circa 1960's. Space Capsule 5 wording on the side of the toy. Advances with mystery action, flashing lights and a beeping noise as the astronaut pilot moves back and forth. Blue and white. The box reflects the capsule color.
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CAPSULE 6 - MASUDAYACylindrical tin battery op space capsule with non stop mystery action, rotating red nose cone engine light, and a whistling space sound. Green astronaut under a clear window Takes three batteries. No 3246
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CAPSULE 7 - MASUDAYATin battery op space capsule
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CAPSULE GEMINI - AHIAstronaut in orbital flight. Blue tin friction Gemini capsule with orbiting astronaut on wire. Asahi.
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CAPSULE MERCURY - VERSION 1 - HORIKAWATin friction capsule. Yellow. Friendship wording with hook attachment at front. "Astronaut in orbital flight". This version has a yellow capsule in portrait-format box art with a more detailed picture.
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CAPSULE MERCURY - VERSION 1 - HORIKAWATin friction capsule with hook. Friend Ship Friendship. This version has a yellow capsule in portrait-format box art with a more detailed picture.
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CAPSULE MERCURY - VERSION 2 - HORIKAWATin friction capsule with sparks and sound. Astronaut in orbital flight. Hook. This version has a red capsule in landscape-format box art with a plainer picture.
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CAPSULE MERCURY - VERSION 2 - HORIKAWATin friction capsule with sparks and sound. Astronaut in orbital flight. Hook. This version has a red capsule in landscape-format box art with a plainer picture.
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CRAGSTAN SPACE CAPSULE - ICHIMURA / S&E - JAPANBlue lithographed tin friction space capsule. Pilot under a blue plastic window. Red plastic spark protrusion at the rear. Marked Friendship 7, United States. Friction action with spark and noise. Shaped box. Red and white chequered pattern. Indian Head Logo
Also shown is the Cragstan box variation which carries the S&E logo. This would suggest that S&E are the importers.
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CRAGSTAN SPACE CAPSULE - NGS - JAPANBack-to-front improbable design tin battery op bump and go space capsule Friend Ship / Friendship. US Army. "Cockpit, afterburner lights smoke and mystery action" The capsule has a dome at the back containing a yellow tin astronaut sitting at a console with a red flashing light. A lighted red plastic engine has been placed at the other end. The capsule has a bump and go action with two rotating wheels and two fixed wheels.
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EARTH SATELLITE - ALPSA lightweight sputnik like satellite with a propellor is made to fly by the battery operated remote control. Two batteries and a motor in a lithographed case provide the drive. Compare this with the two versions of the similar Man in Space also by Alps. No firm date yet.
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FAITH CAPSULE - YOSHI - JAPAN 1963A simple small tin lithographed friction capsule with the wording USA FAITH 7. The makers mark is printed on the capsule. The graphics have an unusually naive appearance. The astronaut's suit seems to be held together with laces. Box? 9cms x 7cms. Y in Diamond logo
Faith 7 was the last of the Mercury capsules and was piloted by L. Gordon Cooper, Jr. for 22 orbits of the Earth in 1963.
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FRIENDSHIP 7 CAPSULE - KEIICHI?Tin friction capsule. Clear plastic window revealing a lithographed pilot. Keiiji, Japan? Details? Box?
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FRI|CTION CAPSULE WITH FLOATING ASTRONAUT - KANTOTin friction Gemini capsule with orbiting cadet astronaut. Triangular box.
Image courtesy Smith House Auctions.
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GEMINI SPACE CAPSULE - LONE STAR
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LUNAR CAPTAIN - NOMURATin and plastic battery op. Tin Apollo capsule and plastic lunar lander. The toy moves along the floor with blinking lights and sounds. The vehicle stops and rises, the Apollo capsule disengages and begins to turn. After several rotations the capsule docks with base and it resumes movement.
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LUNAR MODULE - MAKER?Plastic battery op lunar lander with bump and go action. A ladder comes out of one of the hatches of the module, an astronaut steps out. The subject suggests a 1969 date. Noise and flashing lights. Compare with the DSK version. This version has a M.I. Japan sticker over the manufacturer's mark
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LUNAR MODULE COMMAND SHIP - JUNIOR TOY - JAPANA plastic blastic battery operated lunar lander. The lander has a cream colored base with an orange plastic module on top. Tin litho panels are set into the sides. A red plastic "'engine' joins the two components. Two plastic dish antennas on top. Bump and go action with noise and flashing lights. The module raises and rotates with flashing light. The subject suggests a 1969 date.
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MAN MADE SATELLITE S-2 - HOKUDetail
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MAN MADE SPACE SATELLITE S-2 - YONEZAWATin friction Sputnik. Yonezawa. Advances with siren. Four spring antennas. Ace Import Co.
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MARVELOUS MOON MAN - YONE?Plastic wind up Apollo space capsule with oversize astronaut astride.
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MECHANICAL TURN ACTION MOON CAPSULE - KANTOMechanical turn action. Tin wind up Gemini capsule with vinyl pilot head. When wound, a cam touches the ground to alter the direction of travel. Box marked 1272
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MINI APOLLO - MASUDAYASimple tin friction capsule with vinyl pilot head. Same pressing as the Mini Capsule. Window box.
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MOON ORBITER APOLLO SPACE CAPSULE - YONELater tin and vinyl wind up space capsule with vinyl orbiting spaceman. Also in gold vinyl. Window box.
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MOON TRAVELER APOLLO-Z - NOMURATin and plastic space capsule with bump and go action. English and Japanese box versions.
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NEW SPACE CAPSULE - OPENING DOOR VERSION - HORIKAWA - JAPANGreen tin battery op space capsule with bump and go mystery action. Doors open and pilot emerges firing guns. Short spring antennas. Green litho. Uses the same pressing as the Space Capsule non-door toy. Orange rotating plastic nose. Green porthole windows.
This version of the capsule appears in the Bi-Rite catalog for 1967-8 and in the 1968 Lewis Galoob catalog.
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NEW SPACE CAPSULE - RED VERSION - HORIKAWARed tin battery op space capsule with bump and go mystery action. Doors open and pilot emerges firing guns. Short spring antennas. Orange rotating plastic nose. Red porthole windows. Number 7.
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NEW SPACE CAPSULE - STEERING WHEEL VERSION - HORIKAWATin battery op capsule based on standard New Space Capsule pressing but with doors that hinge from one corner only. Pilot sits at a steering wheel. No guns. Blue tin litho with orange astronaut; clear plastic rotating nose assembly. Mystery action, opening and closing door hatches. SH Japan
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NEW SPACE CAPSULE SILVER GREY VERSION - HORIKAWA - JAPANTin battery op space capsule with bump and go mystery action. Doors open and pilot emerges firing guns. Short spring antennas. Uses the same pressing as the Space Capsule non-door toy. Orange rotating plastic nose. Green porthole windows.
Two versions of the nose assembly exist. At the top is a combination of tinplate center with plastic edge; below is the simpler all plastic version.
Also shown is the Japanese market version of the box.
A version of this capsule (with slightly different litho) appears in the 1968 Lewis Galoob catalog.
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REMOTE CONTROL SPACE CAPSULE - PHIX - HONG KONGPlastic battery op remote control space capsule with front and rear flashing lights. 16cm
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SPACE CAPSULE - BLUE VERSION - HORIKAWABlue tin battery operated space capsule. Pilot visible beneath a clear plastic window. Long spring antennas. Blue version with several litho differences from the green version. There are two distinct versions of this capsule: one with United States ASAA Gemini 7 wording on the side and one without.
See also the New Space Capsule that uses the same pressing.
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SPACE CAPSULE - GREEN VERSION - HORIKAWATin battery op sapce capsule. Long spring antennas. Bump and go action with smoke. Astronaut visible under a clear canopy. Wording on side and other litho differences. (This differs from the New Space Capsule in that it does not have opening doors.)
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SPACE CAPSULE - PLAIN SILVER VERSION - HORIKAWATin battery op space capsule with mystery action, opening doors and pilot rising with illuminated screen. This is a plain paint version without the complex litho patterning. No guns here - possibly missing. Red rotating clear plastic nose. Red porthole windows. United States wording. Plain silver version of the New Space Capsule.
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SPACE CAPSULE - VERSION 1 - HORIKAWATin battery op capsule on distinctive protruding wheels. Bump and go action with orbiting astronaut. This is the more common version with two yellow plastic astronauts, one inside and one orbiting on a wire. There is a version with grey rubber astronauts.
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SPACE CAPSULE - VERSION 2 - HORIKAWATin battery op capsule on distinctive protruding wheels. Bump and go action with orbiting astronaut. This is the less common version with two grey plastic astronauts, one inside and one orbiting on a wire. There is a version with yellow plastic astronauts.
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SPACE CAPSULE FRIENDSHIP 7 HORIKAWATin friction capsule with hook attachment at front. Tin astronaut, two clear plastic windows. Moves forward with s parks in the tail section. "Rocket engine with spark and noise".
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SPACE CAPSULE GEMINI - HORIKAWARed lithographed tinplate friction Gemini space capsule with two pilots under a clear plastic window. Two antennas. "Rocket Engine with Spark and Noise". The box depicts a capsule with long antennas but a version with much shorter antennas is known. SH
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SPACE CAPSULE WITH FLOATING ASTRONAUT - MASUDAYATin and plastic battery op Apollo capsule command module. Bump and go mystery action with flashing lights and floating styrofoam astronaut.
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SPACE REFUEL STATION - WacoTin battery op Circa 1960's. Advances with mystery action as the antenna spins and lights flash. Stops, raises itself from the surface and rotates as it makes a space sound. Based on Revel plastic kit circa 1959
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SPACECRAFT APOLLO - ALPSTin and plastic battery op Apollo capsule command module. Bump and go mystery action with rotating antenna.
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Spacil Space Capsule - SanyoPlastic Resembling the Mercury space capsule, this 5" tall pencil sharpener has green and red lights around the cone that glow (each in succession for a "spinning" light effect) when the unit is in operation.
The base comes off to reveal prongs that plug into a standard 110v outlet for recharging the built-in battery. The capsule fits onto the box for display.
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SUPER SPACE CAPSULE - HORIKAWA 1969Tin battery op capsule. Stop and go action. Capsule rotates. Doors open to reveal astronaut. It first appears in the Advance Stores Toys & Gifts Catalog for 1969. There is a similar version called Super Space Apollo Capsule.
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UNITED STATES APOLLO CAPSULE - TTLight blue tin litho friction space capsule. Window detail printed on the capsule. Sold in trade boxes of 12. T.T. Co TAKATOKU Apollo
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