Smoking Space Man Yonezawa Japan

smoking space man Yonezawa Undoubtedly the robot most copied by the Chinese and available in many colors which did not exist somking spaceman was first published by linemar between the time when yonezawa resumed production the robots were not marked on the back .Smoking spaceman is "THE  ROBOT" silver metal color
designed by Rikizo Miyazawa founder of marumiya is the perfect robot for its time :he could walk swinging its arms ,the entire operation executed in sequences When he stops his eyes glow and he smokes (en incandescent wire touches a sponge full of oil
Sears ,western auto Wards along with many departments commercialised this "must have  for 1960"  it was marketed under linemar and yonezawa brands .
provenance
kunhert collection germany(label under the foot
 an original box yonezawais available for 550€ it is a rare version difficult to find one corner is missing ad there are several cracks oe piece missing on a side .the geeral effet is very n.ice though
battery compartments are super clean the dome is yellowed but has the advantage of being original