
The vehicle moves, the front dome rotates, the antenna turns and the styrofoam ball rises up.

Two large spiral springs jut out from the back these springs fold up for storage in the box. At the back of the vehicle is a tin dome structure with litho cockpit and pilot detailing. There is a metal antenna with a plastic propeller on top. In the middle is a red plastic chimney which directs a jet of air to support a styrofoam ball. At the front is a clear plastic dome containing a tin astronaut pilot with a TV camera. This intricate wind up toy has more actions than most. ORBIT EXPLORER WITH AIRBORN SATELLITE - YOSHIYA - JAPAN Metallic blue lithographed tin wind up vehicle with "Rotating TV Tower. Large rectangular rotating plastic antenna. Two chrome silver rocket motors on stalks at the rear. Rounded lines with a plastic domed cockpit on top. OMEGA 2 SPACE VEHICLE, CATERPILLAR (RAUPE) - MS WEIMAR - EAST GERMANY Plastic tracked vehicle. Marked сеBеп or "North"and "Тягач" Tractor Maker? The back comprises a box shaped cover with abstract patterning and a polar bear image. At the front is a cab with several seats inside. NORTH POLAR SPACE EXPLORER - MAKER? - USSR?TRACTOR A large blue tin and plastic tracked vehicle. presumably a play on "rocket" is printed on the sides.

SPACE CAR - NIKKO - JAPAN A small 7" blue lithographed tinplate space car.

Tail fins and the wording ROCKET RACER emphasise the space theme. A driver sits in an open cockpit behind a yellow metal windscreen. Bright red with blue, yellow and green details. A lithographed tinplate racing car in the shape of a rocket. NEW ROCKET RACER - MARX - USA "The Car of the Future". Indian head logo.įeatured in the 1967 Ichimura catalog. NASA SPACE JEEP - ICHIMURA - JAPAN Silver lithographed tin friction space jeep with canopy.
