Wind Up Vintage Tin Space Toy Sputnik Tinplate Clockwork Mint Box 1959 (video)

Wind-up tinplate space toy''Sputnik''. One of the most beautiful Soviet space toys. It was made in 1959 at the Leningrad Metalware Plant (Leningrad, USSR). Very well preserved complete set with all paper inserts "as from a store of 1959". This toy will be 59 years old this coming March.

Let's talk about how it works. Red cosmic capsule (reminiscent of Sputnik-3) circling around the eastern hemisphere of the Earth. The movement is accompanied by "sounds of transmitted radio signals". There is a handle of stopper mechanism on the top.

Beautiful design of a toy and a box too. On different sides of the tinplate toy we can see fantastical fairy-tale characters on the background of the cosmic space. On the sides of the paper box we can see aircrafts of different eras, from balloons to spacecraft projects of the future.

Item included: - Wind-up "Sputnik" toy in excellent working condition. Paper sheet with the name of the toy and the retail Soviet price. There are two ink stamps on it: "OTK" (Department of technical control) and " 1959".

Height of the toy: 12 cm / 4,72 inch. Box dimensions: 9 x 7,5 x 13 cm / 3,54 x 2,95 x 5,12 inch. The item "WIND UP VINTAGE TIN SPACE TOY SPUTNIK TINPLATE CLOCKWORK MINT BOX 1959 (VIDEO)" is in sale since Monday, February 19, 2018. This item is in the category "Toys & Hobbies\Robots, Monsters & Space Toys\Space Toys\Pre-1970". The seller is "ninoi4506" and is located in St.

This item can be shipped worldwide.

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