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MOON ROCKET (SPARKLING ROCKET SHIP 3) - MASUDAYASmall 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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MOON ROCKET - MAKER?Early tin friction rocket. The odd fins are correct. This is a half-shell rocket. There is no manufacturer's mark on the toy. Box? The version at the top is green, the one at the bottom is silver.
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MOON ROCKET - MASUYAMASUYA Cupid Logo. Tin friction rocket. Stands up when it hits an object. There are at least four litho versions of the Masuya rocket and an Ohta version.
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MOON ROCKET - YONEZAWA
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MOON ROCKET X-1105 - MAKER? Tin lithoed friction rocket with jet plane styling. Box? Better photo? Details? See also the Moon Express Rocket Ship
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MOON ROCKET XM-12 - YONEZAWAVery 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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MOON SHIP - MASUDAYA 1961"Supersonic non stop action." Large tin battery op Sonicon style spaceship. Bump and go action. Currently the first sighting is in a FAO Schwarz Christmas 1961 Toys Catalog. The Sonicon turning action activated (or influenced) by a whistle is explained elsewhere. This rocket does not have an antenna.
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MOON-RIDER SPACE SHIP - MARXVariation of the Tom Corbett - Flash Gordon tin wind up spaceship. 745 litho. Box?
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NAVETA SPATIALA ROCKET - AGATEX? - ROMANIAOrange and white tinplate wind up space rocket. Pushing the rocket forward winds the mechanism. The slider allows access to the compartment for replacement of the flint. Box? Marked LEI 45 NI 34584-79. Perhaps 79 is the year of manufacture. This is a color variation of the COSMOS-189 ROCKET but there is no obvious logo.
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NIKE SR-7 ROCKET - MASUYATin friction rocket. When it hits an object it rises up.
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NON FALL MOON ROCKET - MASUDAYA 1963Tin 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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NON FALL NASA SPACESHIP - MASUDAYATin battery op space ship with blue dome. Non fall action and flashing lights. Large grey plastic rotating antenna. Japanese box. Picture box.
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NON FALL PLANET EXPLORER - MASUDAYATin battery op space ship. Non fall action. This version does not have lights in either side. Large square rotating plastic antenna.
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NON FALL USA-NASA GEMINI X-5 ROCKET - MASUDAYA 1966Tin 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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NON STOP MOON EXPLORER - MASUDAYALarge tin battery op Sonicon shape spaceship with bump and go action.
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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.
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OCEANIC ROCKET - AUTOMATIC TOY COSimple tin friction space vehicle. Pull back and release. Two wheels, the tail trails on the ground. "To Wind Draw Backwards". USA Tear shape. Automatic Toy Co. of Staten Island, New York. Also sold with "G-Man Pursuit" and "Transcontinental Rocket" litho variations. Probably sold loose as a "bin" toy.
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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.
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ORIENTAL AIR ROCKET - HEC - INDIATin friction rocket with bright childlike lithography. Blue plastic nose cone. A variation of the Skymaster rocket. India. Copy of Japanese original.
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PLANET SPECIAL - WELLS BRIMTOY? - ENGLANDTin friction rocket with spark aperture at rear. Crimped tin construction. Marked No 245 Made in Great Britain
"New Gyro Sparking Motor"
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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.
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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
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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.
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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?
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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.
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ROCKET - BINGTin wind up rocket with propellor and stylised fire tail engine flame trail. Germany The rocket is intended to hangs from a string in the manner of similar dirigible or airship toys. Zeppelin.
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ROCKET - HWNOld style tin friction rocket. Germany.
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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.
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ROCKET 54 - SI?Tin 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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ROCKET MARS XY - NOMURACragstan logo. Early tin friction rocket. See also the XY Moon Mars and Moon Express versions.
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ROCKET METEORTin battery op rocket. Flies around on string.
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ROCKET MISSILE - Unknown (Japan)Tin friction. Circa 1950's. Advances with spark. Rubber nosecone.
Image courtesy Smith House Auctions
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ROCKET MISSILE - UNKNOWN, JAPANTin friction rocket with spark. Rubber nose. USAF
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ROCKET RACER 3 - MASUDAYATin friction rocket. Litho details. Pilot head behind windscreen.
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ROCKET RACER 7 - MASUDAYATin friction rocket racer with tin pilot head and windscreen.
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ROCKET RACER 8 - MASUDAYA - JAPANA large tin friction space rocket, Rocket Racer style. Tin pilot head behind windscreen. Box? c1960s
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ROCKET RIDER - MAKER?Plastic rocket, four wheels with large boy riding. Steering wheel. "With Sound Signal Friction Drive"
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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 Toys
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ROCKET SHIP - WYANDOTTEPressed steel rocket. USA Wyandotte "Rocket Racer" (no.319) produced by All Metal Products Company in 1935 and 1936 and sold for 10 cents. There is no evidence of a license affiliation like "Buck Rogers" and it more likely was not really intended to be a space toy but rather a land speed car. They would have been shipped bulk with 3 dozen to a carton. Some of the later models came with black rounded wheels on the front. Various color combinations exist
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ROCKET SHIP X-3Trade box
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ROCKET SHIP X-4 "VENUS EXPRESS"An early Japanese tinplate rocket. Unlithoed tin, clear plastic nosecone, two rows of portholes.
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ROCKET SOLAR X VARIATION - NOMURAJapanese box. Tin and plastic battery op rocket with retracting wings. Thunderbird 1 style.
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ROCKET SPACE SHIP - KOKYU JAPANTin friction rocket spaceship. 9cm Brightly lithoed flat 'open' pressing. The rocket is perched high on three wheels.
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ROCKET SPACE SHIP 305 - AUTOMATIC TOY COBox detail. 77 Alaska St, Staten Island, New York.
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ROCKET SPACE SHIP 305 - AUTOMATIC TOY CO 1952Tin friction rocket. Far toy shows another version of the basic pressing. The molds are clearly different but have a common style. First sighting: Toy Fair 1952-1953 Planet Toyfair catalog
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ROCKET SPACE SHIP 305 - AUTOMATIC TOY CO 1952Tin friction plane style rocket. First sighting: Toy Fair 1952-1953 Planet Toyfair catalog "Shoots Sparks as it Speeds Along"
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ROCKET X-200 - MASUDAYATin friction rocket. Litho portholes. Very similar shape to the Masudaya X-3 Space Ship. Long tailfins with notch.
Image: Smith House Auctions
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ROCKET X-6 - MASUDAYAEarly tin friction rocket. 9cm Litho details. The box carries elaborate patent details and a "Registration of Association". The same body is used for the Sparkling Rocket with the longer tail fins.
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ROCKET X-6 - MASUDAYASimple tin friction rocket. The same body is used for the Sparkling Rocket with the longer tail fins.
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ROCKET XB-115 - HORIKAWATin and plastic friction rocket. Friction action with spark. Two similar rockets were produced by Horikawa, Japan in the 1960s. While the body design is similar, detailing is different and one was battery while the other was friction. This is the friction version 11.5" tall tin litho/hard plastic. Toy is marked "XB-115" with space insignia whereas the battery version is marked "Apollo-1000" with US flag. The body has a crimped construction making repair difficult.
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