HAPPY HARRY THE HYSTERICAL ROBOT - YONEZAWA WACO - JAPAN

A version of the Waco brand Laughing Robot made for F J Strauss trading as Straco. Made in Japan. All plastic battery operated bump and go action. Head goes up and down mouth opens to reveal lit teeth and makes hysterical laughing sound. A Japanese box version exists that establishes Yonezawa as the manufacturer,

There are two known versions. One has a separate door in the back which holds a battery for the talking mechanism. The other version has no such door and uses the batter power from the base. Presumably the separate batter version provided a more reliable talking action.

On sale in December 1969.

Featured in the 1971 Milway Catalog and the F.J. Strauss catalog for the same year. It also features in the 1971 Haji catalog.