Red Baron - the robot

Another interesting robot design is this one... Red Baron. Not a cartoon, rather a "man in a suit" kind of show - it was quite popular in Japan at the time.

Red Baron, ASC, Japan,
1960's

ASC was one of the big tin-toy makers,
but had to switch to plastic later on...

A record cover of the show...

Mach Baron, Red Baron ?

I never knew if these half-robots / half-japanese superheroes were related in any way. These two are good examples of KAIJU, vinyl blown inexpensive toys that gave the Japanese kids the possibility to play with their favorite characters without having to ruin their parent's wallet for the expensive die-cast counterpart... Most KAIJU's are monster characters from one of the Ultraman, Spectreman, ... ("live sentai") shows, but sometimes a robot made the cut also. 

Mach Baron, Popy or Bullmark ?, Japan,
1970's

Red Baron, Popy or Bullmark ?, Japan,

1970's