{"product_id":"bandai-flying-astro-boy-battery-operated-tin-plate-toy-with-remote-tube-1960s-as-found-and-untested-0756","title":"Bandai Flying Astro Boy Battery Operated Tin Plate Toy With Remote Tube, 1960s, As Found And Untested","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"jp-product\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-lede\"\u003eAn early Bandai Astro Boy in tin plate, modelled in flight with fists forward, with the illustrated battery tube that powered it by wire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe Piece\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAtom 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is offered exactly as found. The mechanism has not been tested and should be regarded as not working; cords and fittings are as shown.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAtom Takes Off\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAstro 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/showa-tin-plate-and-soft-vinyl-toys-guide\"\u003eOur guide to Showa tin plate and soft vinyl toys\u003c\/a\u003e explains how such toys were made, and more Tezuka pieces wait on \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/japanese-anime-art-merchandise-collectibles\"\u003ethe anime and character shelf\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDetails\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"jp-details\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaker:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bandai\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterial:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lithographed tin plate with plastic and vinyl parts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePower:\u003c\/strong\u003e Battery, by wired tube\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEra:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1960s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMade in:\u003c\/strong\u003e Japan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCharacter:\u003c\/strong\u003e Astro Boy, Osamu Tezuka, 1952\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSizes are measured by hand; please allow a small margin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eCondition\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUntested and offered as not working.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWear, soiling and losses consistent with age; every part present is shown.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEvery photograph is part of the description.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition grade \u003cstrong\u003eD (as found)\u003c\/strong\u003e on the Japanese scale; see \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/japanese-condition-ranks-explained\"\u003eJapanese condition ranks, explained\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAuthenticity \u0026amp; Care\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthenticity guaranteed. Examined and photographed in Japan before dispatch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eDelivery from Japan\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePacked 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 \u003ca href=\"\/policies\/refund-policy\"\u003epublished policy\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-closing\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eConsidered offers are welcome through Send an Offer, and each one is reviewed personally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"jp-cta\" data-world=\"Japan Luxury Archive\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"jp-cta-eyebrow\"\u003eConcierge\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLooking for a particular maker, character or edition? 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