NANDO - OPSET - ITALY

A bare galvanised metal pneumatic tin robot. Italian. A surprisingly small robot (13cm) with a relatively simple construction. The pneumatic bulb allows the robot to walk and the head to turn. The face is a simple stamped design of eyes, nose and mouth with detailing provided by a decal. It has hoops for ears, a grill effect on the chest and a retractable antenna. "il Robot a Telecomandato" ("the remote control robot")

The box has the wording "A. Ste. 58" which possibly indicates a date of 1958.

Head variations have been identified: a full decal (eyes, nose, mouth) and a simpler decal, eyes only. A red metal head version (the side panels of the head) has also been found