SPACE TRIP STATION - YONEZAWA - JAPAN

A large lithographed tinplate control center combining battery operated and wind up drives. Electro Toy space launch station. Shoots spinners. Approx. 13.5" long. Brightly lithographed console. Lighted space scenes moving across central screen while the top dome with astronaut spins around. Plastic spinners can be launched from the wind up mechanisms at either side. 1957 (The Space Trip Station is featured in the film Giants And Toys (1958) by Yasuzo Masumura. This indicates that it was available in Christmas 1957.)