Product code: Space Explorer Robot on sale
1960's Space Explorer Robot made by Horikawa in Japan. it is 11/2 inch tall, all tin lithographed robot with hinged electrical panel that opens to reveal a TV screen displaying on sale a beautiful color space video while it walks forward making a clacking sound. The door to the video screen does not close but remains open and displays the video scene. When the sound stops and it begins walking it will close the door with a gentle nudge. After that the robot walks forward, the door opens and it displays a color video. The battery box is clean. The switch is on when pushed to the left. See Sotheby's 1996 Matt Wyse auction catalog.
1960's Space Explorer Robot made by Horikawa in Japan. it is 11/2 inch tall, all tin lithographed robot with hinged electrical panel that opens to reveal a TV screen displaying on sale a beautiful color space video while it walks forward making a clacking sound. The door to the video screen does not close but remains open and displays the video scene. When the sound stops and it begins walking it will close the door with a gentle nudge. After that the robot walks forward, the door opens and it displays a color video. The battery box is clean. The switch is on when pushed to the left. See Sotheby's 1996 Matt Wyse auction catalog.