Bandai Flying Astro Boy Battery Operated Tin Plate Toy With Remote Tube, 1960s, As Found And Untested
Bandai Flying Astro Boy Battery Operated Tin Plate Toy With Remote Tube, 1960s, As Found And Untested
Condition report
As Found
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- As Found
A boy robot, mid flight
For the tin toy collector who accepts honest age in exchange for rarity.
Best for: Tin plate and Tezuka collections
Condition notes
Untested and offered as not working. Wear, soiling and losses consistent with age; every part present is shown.
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An early Bandai Astro Boy in tin plate, modelled in flight with fists forward, with the illustrated battery tube that powered it by wire.
The Piece
Atom lies prone as though crossing the sky, with the pointed black hair, green belt and red boots lithographed on the metal and a pair of red jet outlets at the feet. A thin green cable links the body to a blue cylinder printed with his portrait.
It is offered exactly as found. The mechanism has not been tested and should be regarded as not working; cords and fittings are as shown.
Atom Takes Off
Astro Boy, Mighty Atom in Japan, first appeared in 1951 as a side character in Osamu Tezuka's Ambassador Atom and was given his own series in April 1952 in Kobunsha's Shonen, where it ran until March 1968. Tezuka Productions describes the 1963 television version as the first commercial animation made by Tezuka's Mushi Production and the first Japanese television animation series, broadcast weekly in thirty minute episodes.
The series opened on Fuji TV on New Year's Day 1963 and ran to 193 episodes, ending on New Year's Eve 1966; at its height it was watched by 40 per cent of Japanese viewers with a television, and 104 episodes were adapted into English for American broadcast between 1963 and 1965. This Bandai Atom, wired to its illustrated battery tube, comes from that first television age. Our guide to Showa tin plate and soft vinyl toys explains how such toys were made, and more Tezuka pieces wait on the anime and character shelf.
Details
- Maker: Bandai
- Material: Lithographed tin plate with plastic and vinyl parts
- Power: Battery, by wired tube
- Era: 1960s
- Made in: Japan
- Character: Astro Boy, Osamu Tezuka, 1952
Sizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.
Condition
- Untested and offered as not working.
- Wear, soiling and losses consistent with age; every part present is shown.
- Every photograph is part of the description.
Condition grade D (as found) on the Japanese scale; see Japanese condition ranks, explained.
Authenticity & Care
Authenticity guaranteed. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.
Delivery from Japan
Packed by hand in Japan with rigid protection and shipped insured and tracked by EMS or an equivalent express service. Import duties and taxes, where applicable, are payable on arrival. Every sale is final; please ask anything you wish to know before you buy, and see our published policy.
Further reading: Read our guide Astro Boy and Osamu Tezuka: A Collector's Guide to the Mighty Atom.
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