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A wind-up car, a rocket with a printed cockpit, and a battery-powered robot can all start with the same thin sheet of metal. Look for the keys, wheels, and printed details that tell you how each toy was meant to move. The photographs cover early German clockwork toys, American space-age designs, and Japanese tin robots.

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K.T. Robot Lilliput N.P. 5357
K.T. Robot Lilliput N.P. 5357: The square head and round gauges are among the easiest details to spot on this early…
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Nomura Mechanized Robot
Nomura Mechanized Robot: Nomura’s 1957 Japanese tin robot takes its shape from Robby in Forbidden Planet. Under the clear…
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Marx Buck Rogers Rocket Police Patrol
Marx Buck Rogers Rocket Police Patrol: A tiny figure sits behind the cockpit opening of this American Marx wind-up rocket…
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Schuco Examico 4001
Schuco Examico 4001: The key protrudes from the back of this German Schuco Examico 4001, made around 1948. Schuco gave the…
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Distler Electromatic 7500 Porsche 356
Distler Electromatic 7500 Porsche 356: A curved windshield and red wheel rims stand out on this pale blue tin Porsche 356…
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Marusan Kosuge Cadillac
Marusan Kosuge Cadillac: The chrome-colored grille and long body make the Cadillac recognizable in miniature. Kosuge made…
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Lehmann Oho
Lehmann Oho: The uniformed driver sits high behind the upright wheel of Lehmann’s green Oho. Made in Germany, the tinplate…
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Märklin 1021 RNN Clockwork Locomotive
Märklin 1021 RNN Clockwork Locomotive: Märklin made this clockwork locomotive and tender in Göppingen, Germany, around…
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Marx Merry Makers Mouse Band
Marx Merry Makers Mouse Band: Louis Marx & Co. made this American tin band around 1930. A single wind-up mechanism sends…
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Masudaya Radicon Robot
Masudaya Radicon Robot: Made in Japan in the late 1950s, Masudaya’s Radicon paired a battery-powered tin robot with a…
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Masudaya Target Robot 3357
Masudaya Target Robot 3357: A red bull’s-eye sits in the middle of this Japanese Masudaya robot’s purple tin chest. A hit…
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Masudaya Non Stop Robot
Masudaya Non Stop Robot: Printed circuitry fills the chest panels of Masudaya’s Japanese Non Stop Robot, better known to…
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Masudaya Giant Sonic Robot
Masudaya Giant Sonic Robot: Red and blue panels give this battery-operated Japanese tin robot a different face from…
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Masudaya Machine Man
Masudaya Machine Man: Machine Man is the red member of Masudaya’s Japanese Gang of Five. This example stands next to its…
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Masudaya X-07 Space Surveillant
Masudaya X-07 Space Surveillant: A pilot is visible beneath the clear bubble on Masudaya’s teardrop-shaped X-07. The…
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Yoshiya Space Ray Gun
Yoshiya Space Ray Gun: Yoshiya made this Japanese toy around 1960. Its long tinplate body gives the printed graphics room…
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Taiyo Space Pilot X Ray Gun
Taiyo Space Pilot X Ray Gun: The red cone and ribbed gold-colored body give this Japanese Taiyo toy its space-age outline…
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Horikawa New Fighting Robot
Horikawa New Fighting Robot: Horikawa made this Japanese tin robot in the late 1960s. The back view shows the yellow dome…
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Yonezawa Ribbonhead Robot
Yonezawa Ribbonhead Robot: Yonezawa made this Japanese clockwork robot in the early 1960s. The metal stem protruding behind…

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