SHARPSHOOTER / BLACKFIGHTER ROBOT - HORIKAWA - JAPAN
Black plastic battery operated robot. Power source: 2 "C" cell batteries.
Actions: Walks forward as chest doors open and lighted guns fire. Doors close and robot continues to walk forward. MADE IN JAPAN is embossed on the plastic battery cover. Robot is all plastic except for the soles of its feet which are tin. SH 8.5"
There are two versions:-
Japanese box (left) which has the additional wording BLACKFIGHTER
English box (right) which has the wording SHARPSHOOTER ROBOT
New in 1980 SH catalog art 5052
The Sharpshooter Robot shares many common body parts with Horikawa's Sky Robot which accounts for the seemingly unnecessary "flip top" head and exposed front wheels