Mechanical Walking Spaceman

    Mechanical
      Walking
     Spaceman

Mechanical Walking Spaceman
is a classic tin robot manufactured by Yoshiya of Japan sometime in the period from 1960-65. Spaceman is lithographed in metallic blue and colorfully detailed, with flat arms, red feet, start/stop lever at front, and a clockwork internal mechanism. The robot is 7 1/2" high. Spaceman was acquired from the collection of Matt Wyse

Click on the picture at the left for a larger view in JPEG format.

Other views of Mechanical Walking Spaceman include:

back view
3/4 view

From the collection of Philip Rubin.
All photographs of Mechanical Walking Spaceman
are by William Sacco, ©1996,
all rights reserved.

{Added on Dec. 1, 1996}