Brian.. Posted January 9, 2022 Share Posted January 9, 2022 I get quite a few of these auction alerts. This one is an interesting variation. The seller claims that the tank must be rare because it isn't mentioned on Alphadrome. I guess the unusual light on the barrel made it a good candidate for a conversion. What's the source of the little red guy? I can see it but can't put a name to it. Rare Sankei Space Tank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Looks like a marriage piece. The red driver is from a friction Space Patrol Tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Gun barrel appears to be from the same tooling for a Moon Patrol (Sankei/Yonezawa?) tank and flipped on its side. Even the four 3 dot pattern appears on the "variation" tank gun barrel. I don't collect Army tanks so do not have a direct reference for the M-70 tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 Google Image search had one match to an old Etsy listing but no information was available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted January 10, 2022 Share Posted January 10, 2022 I suspect they are images of the same exact toy, photographed at different times under different lighting conditions. \ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian.. Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share Posted January 10, 2022 I also thought it was a marriage but Gilbert tells me that it is an a fairly common original toy, though the box is rare. A military tank, though, with no space association - except that driver who's also in the Ichimura Space Tank. Dated to 1963. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Nice to see like this..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 On the way to the Armory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Forgive me. My First composite video on imovie Mac. As usual Apple makes everything more difficult than needed. I'll get better with the video. Missing Flint. Rear wheel dislodged. Squealed like a stuck pig. If it looks like a space tank and the driver is a space tank driver. It's a Space Tank. Pretty sure it's Cragstan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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