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Robot Beer Glass / Coffee Cup


Joe K.

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Might anyone know the origin of this robot mascot figure?

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The BIN listing describes it as "Vintage Retro ATOMIC Robot Beer Bar Glass/Westinghouse", but that doesn't pass a Google search test and the "W" is not the traditional Westinghouse logo.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Retro-ATOMIC-Robot-Beer-Bar-Glasses-Gold-Trim-Westinghouse/193050572411?hash=item2cf2b5f67b:g:W68AAOSw1YRcxhS3:sc:USPSPriority!17522!US!-1

The coffee cup appears to show the same character.

 

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Joe, the insignia on the frosted glass version almost resembles the old Volkswagen logo...but that wouldn’t make sense. Also, why is it holding a set of weight scales? I can’t see what is depicted on the scale clearly, but  on the left it seems to be a stack of coins, and the other one appears to have a pot marked “gold”. Perhaps the company produced monetary scales, or represents a bank?

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could be some Chinese company using a knock off logo.

I purchased I.C.'s from China from a company which had a GE look-a-like logo.

They do that.🐲

But it's weird the robot has a VW logo on first image.

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Very interesting. I'm dying to know the answer but I've hit my usual 12 minute google wall. Let me know if you guys figure it out.

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