OUTER SPACE PATROL - MIHTSUASHI - JAPAN
Light blue and red lithographed tinplate friction space vehicle. 8" 20cm. The boxy shaped vehicle has forward cabin with plastic windows and a rear cab mounted by a TV cameraman underneath a large plastic dome. There is a small wire antenna in one corner. Mihashi has the M in a triangle logo. The box carries the serial no M-1054. A cameraman-astronaut turns round as the vehicle moves. Date?
The company produced a battery operated Outer Space Patrol vehicle which shares the same lower body.