GOLDEN ROTO-ROBOT - HORIKAWA - JAPAN

Tin body rotates continually 360 degrees while lighted guns shoot with firing noise while walking forward. Very delicate toy as tin appears unusually thin as compared to most other robots, tops of legs where walking mechanisms attach are easily broken. Fly eye.

This is more than a simple color variation of the regular Roto Robot. The litho detailing on the front is significantly different. There are no known litho variations: the bow tie is invariably the striped version with a red line around it.

The box art is virtually identical to the 1969 Roto Robot with just the addition of the word Golden. The Golden Roto Robot first appeared in the Simpsons Sears Christmas 1970 Wish Book. It is reasonable to conclude that the golden version followed the ordinary version. 22cm