DAN DARE SPACESHIP EAGLE - METTOY - ENGLAND

Red lithographed tin friction space rocket. Yellow base. Clear plastic canopy. Jet plane swallow shape with swept back wings. Dan Dare logo on wings. Friction action with spark Based on the Automatic Toy Co 306 original design. Featured in the 1953 Mettoy catalog. On sale Nov 1954. Mettoy used the pressing for other versions of the space plane. The design is not an Eagle/Dan Dare creation. Mettoy used the existing Automatic Toy rocket and adapted the paint scheme.