GREAT MARS KING, SWIVEL-O-MATIC ASTRONAUT, JAPANESE ROBOT VERSION - HORIKAWA - JAPAN

Tin battery operated robot with an Attacking Martian head. Rotates. Red and silver fly eye versions are known. This is the "covered gun" or "gun lip" variation of the Swivel-o-matic: a metal flap on the chest covers the top of the gun plate and hinges back when the guns fire. The dials at the robot's waist have clear plastic covers. Japanese box. 1967 The robot's name is "Kasei Daio" which translates as Great Mars King.

Notice that the silver version on the left has large hands. The black, red fly-eye version has the earlier small hands.

There is no record of this robot in an English box.