SUPER ASTRONAUT, RED FLY EYE - HORIKAWA - JAPAN

In fact a robot. Brown tin battery operated Rotate-O-Matic, guns in chest. Japanese box.

This robot has a large plastic head with the distinctive metal red fly eye visor fixed by 2 screws. Round tin ears, tin arms thick hand, tin feet, plastic battery box, gun panel is the same one used on the Super Astronaut


It seems that there may have been four versions.

1st The all tin with classic tin head and flat battery cover

2nd Possibly the all tin version with split head and stamping on battery door (it seem that these two elements are connected)

3rd A tin version with plastic head and tin visor aka big head, there is stamping on battery door

4th Plastic head, feet, arms and flat battery door

So many head versions look strange and it's not clear how the big head fits in the time of production, but it’s not far from the split head.

The big red fly eye is more often found on the small AM than on the Super Astronaut, perhaps just using up components.