SPACE ADVENTURE - YOSHIYA - JAPAN

Silver tinplate friction Robby. Black arms with red claw tin hands. Clear plastic dome revealing a spinner beneath. This is a version of the Space Trooper, distinctive because of its silver color. 6.5" 16cm
This is a rere robot that may have been a salesman's sample with a first design box. Certainly the name "Space Adventure" is unique. Crank operated robot travels forward as the antenna inside the dome turns. Wheels in the base allow the robot to move but they are not eccentric and do not give the robot the waddling walk of the regular Space Trooper. Date?