MOON PATROL VEHICLE X-5 - SANKEI/YONEZAWA - JAPAN

This is a blue and red lithographed tin battery operated space tank with real rubber tracks. On top of the chassis is a platform containing a huge lighted camera ray gun controlled by a tin astronaut. The gun has a light on top and a little wire antenna. There are side fins on the platform and two odd springs sticking out from the turret, each with a black ball at the end. Finally this toy has the best antenna of them all: it's a huge metal dish structure that spins around. 9" 23cm

Battery operated mystery action. The turret turns and the red panel in the gun lights to reveal a lightning-like effect. The antenna spins and lights flash. A Yonezawa maker's mark can be found on some examples.

Two color variations are known: metallic blue/red and an off-white/red.

K logo. Cragstan logo on some boxes. Other boxes (the one pictured here) carry the Okuma Seisakusho logo. On sale in November 1961.