Vintage Japanese Space Toys
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ASTRO BOY - ATD - JAPANAtom Boy, wind up, ATD (ATD made in japan on belt), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY - BANDA - JAPANAtom Boy, Battery op remote, Bandai (made in japan on leg) head light up tin with plastic head, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY - BANDAI - JAPANAtom Boy, wind up, Bandai (made in japan on leg) tin with plastic head, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY - BANDAI - JAPANAtom Boy, Battery operated (in legs), Bandai (This one has been reproduced by Osaka Tin Toy logo Osaka on belt) tin with plastic head, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY - BANDAI - JAPANAtom Boy, battery operated with remote fly on a wire, back and head light up, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY - BANDAI - JAPANWheeled Atom Boy friction toy, Bandai. Flying posture. Red spark windows in the feet. Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY - TADA - JAPANAtom Boy, friction action with wheels in the chest. Tin body, vinyl head. Tada logo on box and Atom Boy’s chest (1963), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY BAGATELLE PACHINKO STYLE - MAKER? - JAPANTin and plastic bagatelle with graphical background. Shoots a large number of balls. Bell targets. Two versions shown. Atom Boy Pinball Machine Pachinko 1964 Box? Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY BANK - TADA - JAPANLight blue cylindrical tinplate cylinder with vinyl Atom Boy head under a lid on the top. When a coin is inserted in the money bank the head pops up. Atom Boy Bank, Tada, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY BASKETBALL GAME - TOMY - JAPANPlastic Atom Boy Game, Tomy Box? Plastic balls are directed at a basket target. Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY BOAT - TADA - JAPAN. Simplle red, white and blue lithographed tinplate boat. Action? Box? Atom Boy Boat, Tada Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY BUS - MIURA - JAPANA brightly lithographed single deck Atom Boy Bus, Friction action. Miura, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY CANDY TRUCK - YONEZAWA - JAPANWhite, red and blue tinplate Atom Boy Candy Truck. Friction action. Yonezawa (1963), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY CAR - MASUDAYA - JAPANWhite, red and blue futuristic space car with vinyl Atom Boy head behind a tin windshield. Friction action. Masudaya, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom. Modern Toys.
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ASTRO BOY CAR - TADA - JAPANRed, white and yellow open top car with white sides. Vinyl head on tin shoulders. Atom Boy Car, Friction action. Tada. Box? Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY CAR FORD GYRON - SKK BANDAI - JAPAN. Red, white and blue futuristic design car. The roof lifts to reveal Atom Boy and the professor. Battery operated remote control with steering action. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY CINE COLT - KOSEISHA - JAPAN Blue plastic pistol with flashlight action. Battery powered, projects pictures from a filmstrip. Atom Boy Cine-Colt, Soseisha, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY CORVETTE - BANDAI SKK - JAPANMetallic blue open top Atom Boy Corvette with Atom Boy at the wheel. Atom Boy's head lights up Battery operated Remote (There are 3 versions of the remote) Bandai (SKK), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY FIRE CAR - YONEZAWA - JAPANRed lithographed tinplate fire engine with movable ladder. No driver but Atom Boy and Uran sit on either side. This version has a blue roof to the cab and does not have the fire hose reel.
Friction action. Yonezawa, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY FIRE CAR - YONEZAWA - JAPANRed lithographed tinplate fire engine with movable ladder. No driver but Atom Boy and Uran sit on either side. This version has a red roof to the cab and has a tinplate fire hose reel attached behind the cab.
Friction action. Yonezawa, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY FLYING SAUCER - TADA - JAPAN. Red and silver lithographed tin Atom Boy Saucer. Vinyl head. Friction action. Tada, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY FLYING SAUCER FLEET - TADA - JAPANA linked set of four flying saucers. The lead saucer has a vinyl head and pulls the others along. This is a reworking of the TPS Satellite Fleet. Atom Boy Saucers, Tada, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY GUN - MAKER? - JAPANConventional black tin revolver with silver and red details. Pop gun shoots corks. Astro Boy graphic on the handle. Maker? Box?
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ASTRO BOY GUN - TADA - JAPANConventional black and silver tin revolver. Letter D and Astro Boy graphics on the handle. Tada. Box?
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ASTRO BOY JEEP - BANDAI - JAPANMetallic blue tinplate jeep with Astro Boy graphics. Battery operated remote control with steering action. Atom Boy Jeep. Bandai, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY MACHINE GUN - TADA - JAPANMetallic silver tinplate machine gun with wood effect stock. Atom Boy graphics on the stock. Action? Tada. Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY MERCEDES BENZ 300 SL - BANDAI SKK - JAPANBlue and white gull wing Mercedes Benz 300 Sl. Battery operated remote control CAR with steering action (3 versions of the remote) Bandai (SKK), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY MIGHTY ATOM MAIL SERVICE TRUCK - ATD - JAPANRed and blue tinplate Atom Boy Mail Service Truck, Friction action. ATD, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY ON MOTORCYCLE - ASAKUSA - JAPAN. Atom Boy riding a brown tinplate motorbike maked Mighty Atom on the fuel tank. Friction action. Asakusa (Box?), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY ON MOTORCYCLE - ATD - JAPANTinplate Atom Boy riding a red motorbike. Friction action. ATD, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY ON TRICYCLE - MIURA - JAPANVinyl Atom Boy riding a red tinplate tricycle. Bell at back. Wind Up, Miura, Japan. A variation of a very common tricycle toy. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY POLICE CAR - TADA - JAPANBlue and white open top tinplate Atom Boy Police Car. Friction action. Marked P.D. Tada (Box?), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY POP POP BOAT - TT TAKATOKU - JAPANRed, white and blue lithographed tinplate pop pop (toc toc) boat. Candle powered action: the removable tinplate Atom Boy holds a flame that provides primitive steam power for the boat. 6" TT, (Takatoku), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY RACING CAR 8 – MAKER? - JAPANRed and silver racing car with vinyl Atom Boy head. Friction action. Maker? Box? Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY SANDPAIL - TT TAKATOKU & TADA - JAPANLithographed tinplate Atom Boy sandpails. Bucket. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY SPACE MACHINE GUN BATTERY OPERATED - TADA - JAPANMetallic blue tinplate space machine gun with brown wood effect stock. Atom Boy graphics on the stock. Battery operated with flashing lights and noise. Tada. Box? Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY SPEEDBOAT - TADA - JAPANRed, white and blue lithographed tinplate boat. Crank action. Vinyl head. 10" 25cm Tada, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY SPEEDBOAT - TADA - JAPANRed, white and blue lithographed tinplate boat. Crank action. Size 7" Lithographed cockpit detail with image of Atom Boy. Tada, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY SUPER DELUXE RIFLE – TADA – JAPANConventional black metal rifle with white plastic stock. Pop gun action shoots corks at Astro Boy villain figures. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy Or Mighty Atom.
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ASTRO BOY SUPER TANK - TADA - JAPANA conventionally shaped green military tank with a vinyl Atom Boy head in the turret. Marked Astro Boy on the side of the turret. Friction action.
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ASTRO BOY SWIMMING - TADA /AOKI - JAPANAtom Boy swimming. Vinyl rotating arms. Wind up action. Tada logo on toy and box and Aoki logo on box. Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY TANK - KA - JAPANBlue lithographed tinplate tank with body of Atom Boy printed on top. Vinyl head. Friction action. Atom Boy Tank, Friction action. Decent box image, anyone? Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY TELEPHONE - MIURA - JAPANOld style green tinplate telephone set with ringer handle on the side. Lithographed Atom Boy plate on the front. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom.
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ASTRO BOY TELEPHONE - YONEZAWA - JAPANPlastic Atom Boy figure standing on a cylidrical plastic telephone base; he holds a red handset. Dial on the front. Battery operated Yonezawa, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY TELEPHONE - YONEZAWA - JAPAN Old style telephone with a circular pink base and red handset. Vinyl Atom Boy face on the dial. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY TRACK TOY - TPS - JAPANLithographed tinplate track toy consisting of a tinplate wind up Atom Boy travelling around a tinplate track., wind up, TPS, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ASTRO BOY TRAIN (WHIRLING ASTROBOY) - KOKYU - JAPANThis tin lithographed toy depicts a scientific base with a tin train rotating on a central plate. Satellite dish and tunnel attached. Atom Boy rotates on a wire. (Whirling Astroboy), Wind Up, Kokyu, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom. Honeymoon Express style toy.
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ASTRO BOY TRAIN No 3 - NOMURA - JAPANBlue and white lithographed tinplate Atom Boy train, Friction action. Red domed spark window at the friont. Nomura, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ATOM BOY DOUBLE DECK BUS - ASAKUSA - JAPANA brightly lithographed blue double deck Atom Bus. Friction action. Asakusa (Box?), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ATOM JET CAR – BANDAI - JAPANBlue and yellow lithographed tinplate racing car with vinyl Atom Boy head behind a clear plastic windshield. Atom Boy Jet Car, Friction action. Bandai. Box? Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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ATOM TRAIN - MAKER? - BOX?Brightly colored red tinplate train with Astro Boy graphics. Friction action. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom.
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BOY SORAN SPACE TANK - MASUDAYA - JAPANRed lithographed tinplate tank with vinyl boy's head in the turret and a squirrel behind him. Friction action. 19 cm Box? 1965
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FLYING ASTRO BOY - ATD ASAKUSA - JAPANAtom Boy, flying wind up fixed by a wire. Celluloid probellor attached to the feet. ATD marking on feet, ATD logo on box and ATD logo and Asakusa logo on later production, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
Note: the English version of the box has the ASAKUSA maker's logo and has the typo "FLYING ASTORO BOY".
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FLYING TETSUJIN 28 – BANDAI - JAPAN A metallic blue lithographed tinplate Tetsujin robot. The robot has a complex pulley system attached to its back. The battery operated remote control robot attaches to a fixed wire and can be made to "fly" backward and forward with flashing lights in the clear red rocket backpace.
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FLYING TETSUJIN 28 – BANDAI - JAPAN A metallic blue lithographed tinplate flying Tetsujin robot. The friction action robot has wheels set into the chest. Clear red plastic rocket backpack.
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FLYING TETSUJIN 28 – NOMURA - JAPAN A metallic blue lithographed tinplate flying Tetsujin robot. This Tetsujin has a rather angular or boxy design. Battery operated remote control with wheels set underneath the body. The robot can be made to "fly" backward and forward with flashing lights in the clear red plastic rocket backpack.
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FLYING TETSUJIN28 ON TRACK - TPS - JAPANA small lithographed tinplate Tetsujin robot. The wind up robot rolls arounfd a figure of eight tinplate track with elaborate Tetsujin graphics. Toplay.
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GIGANTOR ROBOT, FLYING TETSUJIN 28 - NOMURA - JAPANMetallic blue in wind up flying Tetsujin T28. All metal. The schoolboy character Shotaro is set into his back. Green celluloid propeller at rear. Wind up action: the toy is suspended from a string and rotates. 10"
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JETTER MARS - POPY - JAPANJetter Mars, tin wind up. Popy (anime created by Tezuka in 1977 for Toei similar to Atom Boy), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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MIGHTY ATOM BUS - ATD - JAPANA brightly lithographed single deck Atom Boy Bus, Friction action. ATD (Box?), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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MIGHTY ATOM BUS - NOMURA - JAPANSalmon pink lithographed tinplate coach. Atom Boy Bus, Friction action. Nomura. Box? Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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MIGHTY ATOM DE LUXE PARADE CAR - ASAKUSA - JAPANTinplate open top sedan car with vinyl Atom Boy at the wheel and Uran in the back. Rabbit character passenger. Friction action. Several color versions known. Asakusa, Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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MIGHTY ATOM PATROL POLICE CAR - MAKER? - JAPANBlack and white tinplate Mighty Atom Patrol Police Car, Friction action. (Maker, Box?), Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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MIGHTY ATOM SUPER EXPRESS - MAKER? - JAPANRed and silver lithographed tinplate Atom Boy Train Mighty Express. 2331 Friction action. Maker? Box? Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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MIGHTY ATOM SUPER EXPRESS BUS - ATD - JAPANRed, silver and yellow lithographed tinplate Atom Boy Train Super Express. Friction action. ATD Box? Japan. Tetsuwan Atom aka Astroboy or Mighty Atom
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TETSUJIN 28 - NOMURA - JAPAN Brown lithographed tinplate walking Tetsujin robot. Wind up 1960 19.5 cm. Some examples look black.
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TETSUJIN 28 - NOMURA - JAPAN Black lithographed tinplate walking Tetsujin robot. Battery operated, remote. Flame foot yellow belt. 1961 2nd version 19.5 cm. Eyes light up. arms swing. roars and walks. The roaring noise is produced by a resonator inside. The rocket backpack contains a bellows mechanism that houses a tin cylinder. A tin arm pumps air.
This was also a low production prototype (25) offered as a prize in the magazine ”Shonen”
This toy was reportedly judged too expensive to produce.
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TETSUJIN 28 - NOMURA - JAPAN N°5 Metallic blue lithographed tinplate walking Tetsujin robot. Battery operated remote control 24cm 1965
This is essentially the same robot as N°3 but with an electric remote. Black elbows and the eye litho different. Same function as N°3: walk with sparks in the clear red plastic rocket backpack. (The picture here is based on the Osaka copy.)
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TETSUJIN 28 - NOMURA – JAPAN Silver grey metallic lithographed tinplate walking Tetsujin robot. Wind up action. 19 cm 1961
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TETSUJIN 28 AIRCRAFT CARRIER - ASC AOSHIN SHOTEN CO - JAPAN Brightly lithographed tinplate aircraft carrier with Tetsujin graphics. A plastic Tetsujin figure flies around on a wire as the ship is pushed. Friction action. Size 14" 1964
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TETSUJIN 28 BAGATELLE - TOMY - JAPAN Tin and plastic bagatelle. 1966
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TETSUJIN 28 BANK - MAKER? - JAPAN Red vinyl Tetsujin bank with lockable tinplate door in the base.
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TETSUJIN 28 BICYCLE LIGHT - MITSUBA - JAPAN Distorted plastic Tetsujin bicycle light. Switch on rear tanks. Marked Mitsuba.
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TETSUJIN 28 BOARD GAME - MAKER? - JAPANBoard game, 1964
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TETSUJIN 28 BOAT - YONEZAWA - JAPAN Brighly lithographed tinplate tugboat. Tetsujin graphics. Crank action: the crank is set into the funnel. Box? 1964
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TETSUJIN 28 BOAT 5 - MAKER? - JAPAN Blue lithographed speedboat with a red Tetsujin graphic on the top. Crank action. Box? 1964
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TETSUJIN 28 BOAT BANDAI - JAPAN Brightly lithographed red, white and blue tinplate boat. Tetsujin graphics. Crank action. The cabin raises to give access to the crank.
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TETSUJIN 28 BUS - ASAKUSA - JAPAN Blue and pink lithographed tinplate bus with large Tetsujin graphic on the roof. Friction action.
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TETSUJIN 28 BUS - MIURA - JAPAN Stubby pink lithographed tinplate bus with blue roof and base. Red Tetsujin graphics on the roof. Friction action.
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TETSUJIN 28 CAR - NOMURA - JAPAN Red tinplate automobile with yellow roof. Tetsujin graphic on the roof, hood and trunk. Friction action.
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