1952 - Space Ship X-5 by Masudaya

[Joe K.]

Another nugget from William C. Gallagher's Modern Toys From Japan, page 7: A reprint of a Masudaya Trade Journal Ad from August 1952. There are three rocket ships shown as line drawings. They are:

Space Ship No. X-5 - See Future Toys, page 179, item #314.

 

Note that in the trade ad, the names of the Space Ship X-2 and Space Ship X-5 are mis-matched with their respective drawings. Otherwise, the line drawings in the ad match the photos of the toys themselves in Future Toys, exactly.

[Fineas J. Whoopie]

Here's the ad from page 7 of Modern Toys. Hopefully this will be clear enough.

[Fineas J. Whoopie]

Thanks to Dirk and Gernot who tipped me off about this piece, I just picked up this seldom seen box for the X-6 rocket from the room trading prior to the Chicago Toy Show.

In addition to the standard Trade Mark Modern Toys JAPAN, the box is marked-

PATENT No. 1614 - 1791 - 6532

And

REGISTRATION OF ASSOCIATION No. 350