Description: Collector Bookstore 724 Delaware Street Leavenworth, KS 66048 Collector Bookstore is a leading specialty retailer of price guides and reference books to inform and educate collectors and professionals in the antiques and collectors markets. Our customers include individual collectors, dealers, appraisers, auctioneers & other industry professionals. You won't receive heavily thumbed shelf copies from us! We buy most titles directly from the publisher and individual authors. Authors are encouraged to submit their reference titles for our consideration. SO-SCH-2005-0764322745-WH3 Toy Robots from Japan: Techno Fantasies by Alan Bunkum ISBN:9780764322747 Book Title:Toy Robots from Japan: Techno Fantasies Author:Alan Bunkum Binding:Hard Cover Copyright:2005 Pages:128 Size:8.5 x 11 in. This fascinating book charts toy robot design of the last half of the 20th century and explores Japanese aesthetics in tinplate toys, especially robots. Over 200 photographs and original conceptual drawings illustrate this captivating history, from the wind-up walking mechanism of the "Diamond Planet Robot" to the sophisticated "Answer Game Machine," the first robot computer capable of doing mathematical problems. Tomy, Horikawa, Waco, and Sony are just a few of the manufacturers whose robotic designs are featured here. The captions provide much relevant information, including date, size, manufacturer, and current values. This important book is of compelling interest to historians, collectors, designers, and students of Japanese studies and popular culture in the golden age of toy production. 220 color photos (SO Schiffer Categorical generated 2024-11-04) ab021b8033e9ca36b0b90115a14c744a
Price: 39.95 USD
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publication Year: 2005
Topic: Toys
Book Title: Toy Robots from Japan: Techno Fantasies
Author: Alan Bunkum
Type: Reference Book
Theme: Robot
Type of Item: Book
Intended Audience: Adults
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Features: Illustrated
Ex Libris: No
Book Series: None
Genre: Antiquarian & Collectible
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