MIGHTY 8 ROBOT aka KALEIDOSCOPE ROBOT - MASUDAYA - JAPAN

Tin battery operated robot with Magic Color. Advances with walking motion and moving arms as the color wheel in his chest turns. kaleidoscope. Dark grey and black versions.

There is a mask with cut out slots, large and smaller "Sparks". Behind that there is a wheel of translucent plastic with colored "sparks" and darkened sections. This wheel has the same pattern as the mask. the wheel turns round with a light behind it: Sometimes the wheel is in phase with the mask then you have bright, single colors. Some times it is out of phase and you have some spluttering of various colours.

The Mighty Robot appears in the 1963-1964 Masudaya catalog.

Masudaya may have been influenced by the Horikawa style of robot. This design may reflect the interests of the factory commissioned to make the robot.

Some version have a very basic brass ratchet strip attached to the soles of the feet to control the forward movement of the wheels