SPACE PATROL FRICTION POWERED - MASUDAYA - JAPAN

Blue lithographed tin battery operated vehicle, bump and go with a blue and red light lights on either side. Oblong body with a single rear fin and a relatively large clear plastic dome at the front containing a head and shoulders tin astronaut. NASA logo on the fin. The same pressing as the Masudaya vehicles. 7 ins

Friction action with a space siren noise. Two plastic light covers, one on either side. These covers have been seen in red and blue: they are evidently designed for the battery operated version (PADAR RADAR SCOUT PIONEER ) of this pressing but here are decorative.

The Masudaya number suggests a date in the late 1960s.

Masudaya number 3521