HIGH-WHEEL ROBOT 4 GEAR VERSION - YOSHIYA - JAPAN

Name on box: High-Wheel Robot
Name on toy: none
Nickname: (4 Gear Variation)
Manufacturer: Yoshiya, Japan
Height: 10" (to top of antenna in "OFF" position), 11" (to top of antenna in "ON" position)
Timeline date: 1967 (Eaton's - Canada's Christmas Catalogue 1967)
Power source: Wind up motor
Actions: The antenna serves as the ON/OFF switch. When antenna is raised, robot walks forward with sparks in chest as the four gears turn. Lowering the antenna stops the action.
Additional info.: Lithographed on the lower portion of the "backpack" is the Yoshiya logo (the letters KO within a diamond shape) and MADE IN JAPAN. The tin legs and plastic hands are similar to those used on Planet Robot. The metal wind up key is permanently attached. There is also a 6 gear, wind up, black color variation of this robot produced by Yoshiya and released in 1964 (as sighted in a 1964 Marshall Field & Company Christmas Catalog) and a 6 gear, remote control, battery operated, blue color variation.
23cm FT#10