USA-NASA GEMINI X-5 ROCKET - MASUDAYA - JAPAN

One of Masudaya's tin battery operated space ships with a non-fall action. An astronaut pilot sits inside a cockpit with a clear plastic cover. Rear tail fin. A metal rocker in the base detects edges and alters the direction of the rocket. This toy has particularly long silver conical engines that run the length of the ship.


Distinctive Features:
Chrome silver lithographed tin with a pattern of lines.
Astronaut cadet attached to a wire orbits the ship.
Marked USAF Gemini
Curved silver fin
Three colored lights in either side.
Date:First sighting 1966 Masudaya Trade Ad in Playthings Magazine