FRICTION ROCKET WITH SPARKS X-059 - LINEMAR - JAPAN

Lithographed silver and blue tinplate rocket. The rocket is perched on top of a large friction wheel assembly with a stabilising fin in place of the more usual tail wheel. The rocket has small blue side wings and a plane like tail assembly. The nose has a long rubber tip. There are small spark windows at the back. Friction action with sparks.

The box depicts the rocket without friction its mechanism. Date?