ROBOT AKA DIRECTIONAL ROBOT - VERSIONS COMPARED - YONEZAWA

1957 tin battery skirted robot with light up beacon on head. When robot bumps into object head turns in new direction robot turns around and goes off away from object. Blue version on the right and on left the rarer version with green color body. The green also different as follows: the tabs in lower part of the skirt are spaced further apart, the raised embossed pattern feature next to each shoulder has been deleted. The underside is painted same color as body (green) rather than black.

Both versions have the same action - battery powered by two D cells. The bulb under the plastic dome can easily be replaced by lifting beacon mounting plate which gives access to bulb. Japan tin plate skirt.