I based my assumptive presumption of a
guess on the fact that the tail logo seemed to graphically represent two
similar planets orbiting a larger sun, at similar -but different - distances
from it!
Turns out it is a modern reproduction of an
original tin-plate toy, although reproduction isn't the correct phrase, it's a
re-issue from the original Masudaya
moulds, commissioned by Rocket USA
who set themselves up to source the Japanese toys of the 1950's and 1960's,
committed to issuing toys from . . .
"America's
Space Age of Innocence: a time when space exploration and robotics were in the
beginning stages and every man, woman and child was full of fanciful notions
about robots, space travel and galaxies beyond."
My cursory search has also thrown up licensed
toys with Futurama and The Day the Earth Stood Still themes.
The figures turned out to be TMNT castings from Dark Horse Miniatures
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