US APOLLO PROJECT - MASUDAYA - JAPAN
One of Masudaya's tin battery operated space ships with a non-fall action. An astronaut pilot sits inside a cockpit with a clear plastic cover. Rear tail fin. A metal rocker in the base detects edges and alters the direction of the rocket. This toy has particularly long white conical engines that run the length of the ship.
Distinctive Features:
White lithographed tin with a pattern of lines.
Astronaut cadet attached to a wire orbits the ship.
Marked US Apollo Project
Curved white fin
Three colored lights in either side.
Date:1970