
The box, however, shows wear and tears with taped sections from long ago. It is 1 ¼ inches high at the turret.Ĭondition: The platform and tank are in excellent to near mint condition.

The tank is 2 inches long and just a little over 1 inches wide. Size: The platform is 15 inches long and 6 ½ inches wide. This vintage tin litho wind up Combat tank and battle field. While this toy can be found, it is much harder to locate with a scarcity rating of 4 out of 5 with 5 being the most difficult to find. This is a mint in box, vintage TPS Mechanical Combat Tank on the Battle Front Tin Litho toy. We mounted this toy on the wall, with our other platform toys, creating a kaleidoscope of colors, and a reminder of terrible times.Īccording to William Gallagher’s book on TPS toys, this toy was introduced in 1963 with a limited production run of only 10,000 toys worldwide. Tokyo Plaything Shokai Wind Up Tin Toy COMBAT TANK ON BATTLE FRONT / 380Mm. Watch the tank travel all over the platform looking for enemy soldiers. TPS/Tokyo Plaything Shokai Clockwork Tin Made in Japan PANGO PANGO AFRICAN. Wind up the tank and place it on the raised rail. There are great images of WWll planes and tanks on a battle field This would have delighted any youngster who liked to play “Army”, in the ‘60s. From our collection of toys, here is one of the wonderful TPS lithograph toys.
