ROBOT, DOMED EASEL BACK ROBOT - LINEMAR - JAPAN

Tinplate lithographed battery operated remote control robot. Advances with stepping motion. One of the "easel back" range with the supporting wire structure that allows the robot to raise each foot off the ground. Fragile clear goldfish bowl dome. The maker is probably Yonezawa; Linemar is the distributor. The remote holds a single D cell. Some domed versions have a round metal disc on top of the dome, but others do not.

Rivet detailing. Rectangular chest panel with lithographed machinery detailing. Distinctive knee pad detailing on the legs. Green single cell remote control box with one button. On sale September 1958.