ALPS Tin Lithographed Batt. Op. Revolving Flashing Robot in Box *SOLD*

ALPS Tin Lithographed Batt. Op. Revolving Flashing Robot in Box

This is a battery-operated remote-controlled Revolving Flashing Robot by Alps. The head properly rotates and has a blinking action. Toy walks/saunters properly. Arms move properly when walking. Tough to find door present above the waist for maintaining the light bulb. The remote is clean with a battery inlay card. The box is in good used condition with an insert & one repair at its upper corner. The toy stands at 9.5″ tall. The robot has great and unusual action and is very challenging to find!

A brief history of ALPS/Alps Shoji Ltd. of Japan: 

ALPS made battery-operated mechanical toys (robots, cars, musical chimps, clowns, wind-up animals) and produced some of the better-quality Japanese toys throughout the post-war years. Alps Shoji Ltd. Tokyo, Japan was founded in 1948 and specialized in toy vehicles and novelties.