INTER PLANET SPACE CAPTAIN - AN - JAPAN
Lithographed tin wind up astronaut with gun. This early astronaut is one of a series based on the same pressing. The astronaut has a cream body, black legs and a blue helmet that fully encloses the head. There is a lithographed basic face in the small visor panel. On the back is a dimpled tinplate backpack or oxygen pack. The astronaut carries a rifle in his right hand. Walking action with moving arm.
AHI is the importer - Azrak Hamway International. The accepted manufacturer is Naito Shoten.
The leg pressing are identical to those used in early Nomura robots.
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Naito Shoten group