GOLDEN GEAR ROBOT - HORIKAWA - JAPAN

Gold painted tin battery operated robot with four gears behind clear chest. Yellow lighting dome and red plastic eyes. A variation of the Gear Robot with Visible Gears Mechanism. This robot has a metal visor (hard to see from straight on).
9 inch 4 gear 23cm

Appears in the Cullum and Boren catalog for 1965. A museum example has been identified with a 1964 production date. The first sale was a year later