ELECTRIC REMOTE CONTROL ROBOT, VERSION A - MASUDAYA FOR LINEMAR - JAPAN

Electric Remote Control Battery Operated Robot. A blue lithograhed robot with a cylindrical head on an ovtagonal body. The feet are fixed into a base plate. Cylindrical arms with red claw hands. Battery operated action: the robot can walk forward or backwards as arms swing and eyes light up. The square remote control unit with the bright litho cover is a major feature of this robot. Two slight variations of the remote control are known: one with a card inserts showing battery orientation; one with the batteries lithoed onto the tin lining.

Maked Robot (on chest), R-35 on back. Height: 7.5"
Remote control box: 3" x 4" x 1.5"
Timeline date: 1955. Advertised in newspapers in November 1955.
Power source: 2 "D" cell batteries

The photo above depicts the lighter blue color version with the lithographed tin remote control box which came in the larger size box (5" x 9.5" x 3.25"). Pin feet

VERSION A - Linemar logo on large box. Square tin remote control.