COMMANDER ROCKET ATOMIC CONSTRUCTOR - YOSHIYA - JAPAN

A silver lithographed tinplate rocket. Litho details include a cockpit with pilot, tracks and the wording Commander on the sides. Three red metal fins at the back. The vehicle has a passing similarity to the Thiunderbird Mole with its rotating nose structure and its drilling function is mentioned on the box. In this case the nose is a rotating red plastic structure consisting of a set of plastic ribs. Friction action with noise and spark from the nose structure.

The box syas "Atomic Constructor. Flys in the air. Goes over lands. Digs and goes under ground too". First sighted in 1962 Nerlish & Co. Catalog. KO