SPACE PATROL SUPER CYCLE B-557 - BANDAI - JAPAN

Metallic blue lithographed tin friction motorcycle with spark. Circa 1950's. Advances as the antenna turns. Motorbike. Green plastic rider. Working compass on handlebars. Red plastic tail light and spark windows above the rear wheel. Silver antenna over front wheel. The box depicts a rider wearing a clear cylindrical helmet that is missing from this example. B-557 Space Patrol printed on the sides. Japanese and English box versions.

A newspaper ad dates this to November 1958.

See also the red B17 Flying Spaceman version.