CAPSULE 6 - MASUDAYA - JAPAN

Metallic blue lithographed tin battery operated space capsule. The capsule has an unusual cylindrical shape with a large red plastic cover on the nose and a flared tin engine at the rear. In the center of the capsule is a large plastic window over a compartment containing a tin astronaut. Red and green astronaut body versions with different colored interiors shown. Marked Capsule 6

Bump and go action with a rotating red nose cone engine light, and a whistling space sound. Takes three batteries. Masudaya No 3246. Featured in the 1963 Masudaya catalog.