MAN IN SPACE - ALPS - JAPAN

A lightweight astronaut with a propeller is made to fly by the radid turning of a crank, or in the second version, by battery operated remote control. The two known versions of this toy are pictured here. The plastic hand held device is cranked to produce flight. The other version uses two batteries and a motor in a lithographed case. There are slight variations in the wording on the boxes, and some differences in the artwork. Compare this with the Earth Satellite version also by Alps. On sale in September 1958.