Two-Stage Rocket Launching Pad

Lauching base w/ operator and tower w/ 2 rockets

Type: Space Vehicles
Topic: Space / Sci-Fi
Country of manufacture: Japan
Mechanism: Battery
Movement: When rocket is pushed into launcher, the radar screen blinks with increasingly faster beep-beep signal, operator moves levers, then rocket is fired
Materials: Tin
Dimensions (LxWxH cm): 10x18x21
Condition: Excellent
Manufactured: 1960 – 1965
Box: Good

Research notes

This toy was taken out of production very quickly because the rockets could hit the children's eyes; this is the rarer light blue version with a "flatter" finish than the slightly raised litho of the purple version; in version 1 a crank handle is attached at the front and there is an additional button on the launch tube - the crank is used to start the launch sequence mechanically. Version 2 (ours) is started by simply pushing the rocket down; scarcity 6/10; desirability 4/6