X-07 SPACE SURVEILLANT - MASUDAYA - JAPAN

Tear-drop shaped tin battery operated saucer with non fall action and flashing lights. In this case the front of the spaceship is the pointed end, unlike the sister X-09 vehicle. This toy has a non-fall action: it senses the edge of a table and turns away. Two box versions: the older on the right with the tin astronaut pilot head, the newer on the left with a pilot with a vinyl head. The same toy was sold as the rarer CRAGSTAN SATELLITE OUTER SPACE SURVEY SHIP X-07 with just a change to the wording SURVEILLANT on the front. The earlier version was on sale in December 1962.