NAME OF TOY

MAKER

Condition

Price

Photo

SPACE REFUEL

STATION

This Beautiful and very rare toy is in excellent condition and also includes the  original box and inserts. Manufactured in the 1960's  tin lithographed station anticipates future Sky Lab design. Impressive battery operated toy raises off ground and rotates with lights and sounds, comes with two  docking rockets and plastic antenna

Waco

Japan

C9+

B9

SOLD

Click image to Enlarge

SKY ROCKET

The Ultimate in Space Rockets!

One of the most beautiful  space ships designed  in the eraly 50's by the premier German toy company, Gunthermann. Incredible stamping quality, striking lithography, stylistic colors, and great action. Spring wound vehicle advances  on a metal track shooting upwards  complete with  composition astronaut and parachute. Original box depicts rocket in flight.

Guthermann

Germany

C9

B9

SOLD

Click image to Enlarge

 SPACE  PATROL

 Hard to find green version of popular space toy. 8 inch tin lithographed  moon car travels with Bump/Go action, space sounds and moving antenna. Lighted cocpit rises as vehicle moves forward. All original  complete with box. So much fun!

Yonezawa

Japan

C9

B9

SOLD

  .   

JUPITER ROCKET

  Friction powered 9 inch long lithographed rocket. When the rocket hits an object a concealed lift-arm is deployed which lifts the rocket vertically for launch. Colorful box with beautiful space scene.

Masuya

Japan

C9

B9

$350.00

.

 Universe Traveller

Measuring nearly 12" long, this all tin and windup space toy was manufactured in Japan by Masudaya  during the 1950's. When wound, the original antennae swings, and the space car  runs in rotating fashion up and down the track. Hard to find toy is in almost new condition with the RARE original Box!

MT

Japan

C9+

C7.5

SOLD

Click image to Enlarge

JOUSTRA

SATELLITE

Mounted on a metal tripod, a beautifully lithographed tin metal globe with a clockwork mechanism. Wind the globe up, release it, the Earth begins to spin, causing the attached satellite to orbit, replicating  the early sputniks. Box graphics are wonderful, a difficult toy to find as distributed primarily in Europe. (Rubber suctions cups on tripods base shows usual signs of hardening and cracking with age)

Joustra

France

C8

B9

$275.00

Click image to Enlarge

Space Frontier

This beautiful 1960's vintage toy is 18" long, tin litho and plastic, the Saturn 5 based rocket's nosecone lights up as it runs along the floor, then suddenly the rocket stops, revealing an astronaut and television camera on a folding gantry that emerges from the vehicle.

KY

Japan

C9+   C9

SOLD

Click image to Enlarge

MOON ROCKET

Popular space rocket, great design, 9 inches long , battery operated rocket runs with mystery action and flashing lights. Astronaut on space walk peers through telescope and revolves overhead. Non-Fall action. Some of the best box graphics, original box with inserts.

Masudaya

Japan 

C9

B9

SOLD

Click image to Enlarge

NIKE ROCKET SHIP

7" long  tin lithographed Rocket Ship. Friction powered, when it strikes an object, it automatically stands up. Mint in original box.

Masuya

Japan

MIB

$200.00

IDEAL Rocket Launching Truck

This space toy was manufactured by Ideal. Twelve inch long plastic Atomic Rocket car.. Gear wheel raises launching platform, shoots two rockets with exploding caps. Colorful design, original box

Ideal

USA

C9

B8

$275.00

Space Whale Ship

This is such a rare find!! Manufactured in the 1950's by KO, the famous Space Whale Ship is one of the most desired tin wind-up toys ever to be manufactured. Measuring 9" long and 8" wide from whisker to whisker, the toy moves along swaying up and down as if he were in water. Then all of a sudden the big mouth opens wide and then closes as quickly as it opened. Sparks are visible from behind his head and seen through the red translucent panel. The wind-up mechanism is controlled by the antenna. A Beautiful ToY complete with it's rare box.

KO

Japan

C9

B8

SOLD

Click image to Enlarge