Japanese Tin Toy Robots (250+ Items) – Makers Dates / Scarce Illustrated Book

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ROBOTS – TIN TOY DREAMS – T. KITAHARA COLLECTION
by Teruhisa Kitahara, Chronicle  Books, CA, 1983/1985.
Pictured and described are robot toys made by Ichico, Yonezawa, Alps, Marumiya, Taiyo, Yoshino Toy, SY Toys, Horikawa, Nomura, Louis Marx, Daiya, Masudaya, Aoshin, Mitsuhashi, Usagiya, Swallow Toys, and more. Picture captions include name, dates, dimensions and makers when known.
”The mechanical wizardry of Japanese toy makers is presented in this remarkable collector’s album,
ROBOTS – TIN TOY DREAMS – T. KITAHARA COLLECTION
. Assembled from the incredible 10,000-toy collection of Teruhisa Kitahara, this whimsical volume features more than 250 full-color photographs of the most marvelous creations of madcap Space Age gadgetry, from early Buck Rogers-type rocketships to spacemen, monster-robots, and mechanized space vehicles. Along with many of the tin toy robots are examples of the wonderfully illustrated boxes in which the toys were originally packaged and full-color reproductions of the famous robot-monster movie posters that inspired many of the toy creations.  Spaceships and other space vehicles are also featured.   [This scarce out-of-print book] is a nostalgic look at the most colorful toys of the recent past and, quite possibly, a fanciful look into the future.”
7.25” x 10.1” softback in very good condition. 111 pages.
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