Like the DESERT PATROL JEEP, this was one of my BIG FOUR tin toys when I was an anklebiter in Sixties Preston, the fabulous SPACE FRONTIER ROCKET by Yoshino of Japan [footage found on YouTube]. A huge horizontal rocket with spinning front and rear sections, mystery action and illuminated nose cone. But the best bit was when the rocket stopped dead and the hatch opened allowing a space cameraman to rise up on a sort of armature. Totally wondrous! This toy was one of my top destroyers of entire Airfix carpet armies! I bought my 'adult' example for £60 years ago from STARC, a robot dealer who I met at Doncaster toy fair [wonder if he's still around?]. The box art is very atmospheric but the boxes to these toys often seem scuffed and worn for some reason. Who else had or has one?
Picture: Vectis
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That is cool! Luv to see vintage toys in action!
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