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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

Marx Electric Robot and Son

Electric Robot and Son, MARX toys, USA,
1955

It took me a number of years, but I finally got to pair these two...

Another classic US-design. This robot is a pure example of the atomic 50'ies - with a grin that is either laughing at you or trying to teach kids to brush their teeth ! (hey, I ate too much oily candy and now my mouth is looking like a radiator !)

Finish it up with a Morse Code chart on the back of his head (yes, robots of that time did not speak in Bits and Bytes, but in Morse - through a buzzer system...) and a son that is very often missing in action, and you have the all mighty skirted Mr. Electric Robot.

Together with Robert - they are some of Marx's best.

Glass eyes... there goes toy
safety in the fifties !
A diaper on a robot ? 
Oil leaks ?








Sunday, May 29, 2022

Blue Bots

Walk Robot (ref. 2006),
Hong Kong, 1980's ?

Batery Operated
Play Bot, Hong Kong, 1980's ?

Sunday, May 15, 2022

Where's the Mayo ? where's the Andalouse ? I suddenly have a craving for Fries...

Thats what these versions of iconic Star Wars Characters do to me... but hey, I'm from Belgium !

Spudtrooper, Hasbro
2010, China


Artoo Potatoo with Princess Tater
Hasbro, 2002, China

May the Sauce be with You, always !
 

Sunday, May 8, 2022

Tin futuristic airplane

World Jet Airlines, Crown (?), Hong Kong, 1970's
 
This plane was a gift from a fellow Portuguese toy collector (thanks Paulo !) and has the same "rainbow" function as the aircar from Japan you can see here.


Cute litlle toy, half plastic, half tin. Friction powered. Now I'll just ask if some airline companies could take this paintscheme... it certainly would make life at the airports much more cheerful !

Sunday, May 1, 2022