Robot
1970-1975 (manufactured)
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Clockwork toy robot made from silver-grey, black and silver plastic. The body and head are roughly cube-shaped. The face is silver, with circular grey eyes, a pointed triangular nose and elliptical mouth. The two arms can be posed. There is a silver panel on the chest with a moulded image of a stylised atom, and on the robot's back is a ribbed silver panel which may represent ventilation. The robot's internal mechanism is wound from a hole in its proper right side. Its legs move fowards and back and it is propelled on four small, ridged wheels. The winding key is missing.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Injection-moulded plastic; metal |
| Brief description | Robot, clockwork; silver-grey & black plastic & metal; Telsalda, Hong Kong, early 1970s? |
| Physical description | Clockwork toy robot made from silver-grey, black and silver plastic. The body and head are roughly cube-shaped. The face is silver, with circular grey eyes, a pointed triangular nose and elliptical mouth. The two arms can be posed. There is a silver panel on the chest with a moulded image of a stylised atom, and on the robot's back is a ribbed silver panel which may represent ventilation. The robot's internal mechanism is wound from a hole in its proper right side. Its legs move fowards and back and it is propelled on four small, ridged wheels. The winding key is missing. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Object history | Part of the Edward Castle collection. |
| Production | This robot is based on the earlier Venus robot, manufactured by Yoshiya of Japan. The 'atomic' design of the chest panel was tin in the original. The toy was also slightly redesigned later and sold as the Super Robot. |
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| Accession number | B.233-2016 |
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| Record created | November 7, 2016 |
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