Retro Tin Space Rocket Toy with Wind-Up Key

A retro space-age rocket in the style of vintage tin toys. The bullet-shaped body has a pointed nose with a ball-tipped antenna, round portholes, a riveted band and a ringed waist, ending in a nozzle at the bottom. Three tall swept fins carry the rocket upright, and a figure-eight wind-up key sticks out of one side. Tin rockets and ray-gun-era spaceships were among the most popular toys of the 1950s and 1960s, fuelled by science fiction and the real space race. This model is an original design…

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