Pre-1970

12 SPACE FOODS GALAXY MONSTER SPACEMAN TOY ASTRONAUT BOTTLE COIN BANKS 1950'S	-	$100.00 $175.00	35m
VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT FROM JAPAN........DOOR PARTS ONLY	-	$24.99 $29.99	39m
VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT *** LEFT ARM ONLY EXCELLENT CONDITION	-	$24.99 $29.99	57m
SUPER MARS KING ROBOT	-	$50.00	1h 11m
VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT ** GUN PARTS ONLY * FROM JAPAN	-	$24.99 $29.99	1h 21m
VINTAGE HORIKAWA ROBOT *** BOTTOM HALF BOTH FEET FROM JAPAN	-	$29.99 $34.00	1h 28m
Vintage Japan Toy Happy Harry Laughing Robot by Waco & Straco	2	$20.49	1h 42m
VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT * PARTS WITH LIGHT ONLY *	-	$24.99 $29.99	1h 53m
Swivel-o-Matic ASTRONAUT w orig box excellent condition made in japan NO RESERVE	12	$132.49	1h 57m
VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT * RIGHT ARM ONLY* FROM JAPAN	-	$24.99 $29.99	2h 2m
VINTAGE FANCY AOKI TOY AOKI SHOKAI JAPAN WIND UP ROBOT MIB	5	$69.53	2h 36m
Daiya Cragstan Astronaut Tin Toy Robot BLUE Japan Vintage Old Parts 1960s	10	$100.99	2h 50m
1950s LINE MAR JAPAN BATTERY OP REMOTE CONTROL ROBOT IN THE BOX	9	$227.00	3h 6m
VeryRare HORIKAWA ROBOT BLACK FIGHTER JAPAN tin 1970s	-	$340.00	3h 12m
NEW ZEROID MOTOR OLD STOCK BATTERY TESTED RUNS PERFECT	-	$17.00 $20.00	4h 3m
HUGE VINTAGE REMCO RUDY THE ROBOT *NICE*	-	$170.00	4h 38m
VINTAGE IDEAL TOYS ROBERT THE ROBOT *EXCELLENT & W BOX & INSTRUCTIONS*	-	$240.00	5h 2m
Zombielicious Robot Vintage Tin Toy Mr. Cwanxton Art	-	$250.00	5h 32m
ATOMIC ROBOT MAN TIN WIND UP TOY PRE WAR 1940s JAPAN	-	$950.00	6h 30m
Motorized Robby Robot Space Sled custom by Grandpa Robot Works 1 of 10 RARE !!!	-	$999.99 $1,129.99	11h 27m
Vintage Battery Operated VIDEO ROBOT - MADE IN JAPAN 1960s Works Perfect Exc Cd.	-	$230.00	11h 29m
Horikawa SH - Space Explorer Robot with Original Box	-	$199.00	12h 47m
SY Marked 50s Japanese Mechanical SPACEMAN ASTONAUT Tin Toy	6	$57.99	13h 45m
Collector's Schylling Large Tin Robot Lilliput MS 393! Great Collector's Item!	-	$14.44	13h 46m
EARS FOR MR MERCURY ( SOLD BY PAIRS )	-	$40.00	13h 47m
Original SH Horikawa B O Tin Piston Space Robot from Japan - circa 1970	-	$130.00	13h 56m
DOOR ROBOT 2 RUBBER HANDS	-	$35.00	13h 57m
ANTENNA FOR YOUR MECHANICAL TV SPACEMAN Alps	-	$40.00	14h 2m
DOOR ROBOT METAL EARS ( SOLD BY PAIRS )	-	$25.00	14h 4m
Vintage Made in Japan Mechanical Sparking Robot Tin Toy	-	$399.99	15h 27m

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More Plastic Kit History The first plastic models were manufactured in the 1950s by the British firms Frog and Airfix. American manufacturers such as Revell, AMT, and Monogram gained ascendancy in the 1960s as French Heller SA in Europe. Since the 1970s, Japanese firms such as Hasegawa and Tamiya have dominated the field and represent the highest level of technology. Brands from Russia, Central Europe, China, and Korea have also become prominent recently. Many smaller companies have also produced plastic models. While injection molding is the predominant manufacturing process for plastic models, the high costs of equipment and making molds make it unsuitable for lower yield production. Thus, models of minor and obscure subjects are often manufactured using alternative processes. Vacuum forming is popular for aircraft models, though assembly is more difficult than for injection molded kits. Resin casting, popular with smaller manufacturers, particularly Aftermarket firms (but also producers of full kits) yields a greater degree of detail molded in situ, but as the moulds used do not last as long, the price of such kits is considerably higher. In recent times, the latest releases from major manufacturers offer unprecedented detail that is a match for the finest resin kits, often including high quality mixed media (photo etched brass, turned aluminum) parts. How to Build Plastic Models Most plastic models are injection molded in polystyrene, and the parts are glued together with plastic solvent. While often omitted by novice modelers, specially formulated paint is applied to assembled models. Complex markings such as aircraft insignia are typically provided with kits as slide-on decals. A recent trend has been to offer kits where the parts snap together, with no glue needed, and with a paint scheme reapplied to some or all of the parts. Plastic ship model kits typically provide thread in several sizes and colors for the rigging. Model Scales Almost all plastic models are designed in a well established scale. Each type of subject has one or more common scales, though they differ from one to the other. The general aim is to allow the finished model to be of a reasonable size, while maintaining consistency across models for collections. The following are the most common scales for popular subjects Aircraft 1/24, 1/32, 1/48, 1/72, and 1/144, with 1/48 and 1/72 being the most popular Military Vehicles 1/35, 1/48 ,1/72, 1/76 Automobiles 1/12,1/16,1/18,1/20,1/24,1/25,1/32,1/35,1/43 Ships 1/96, 1/350, 1/450, 1/700, and other odd scales In reality, models do not always conform to their nominal scale; there are 1/25 scale automobile models which are larger than some 1/24 scale models, for instance. For example, the engine in the recent reissue of the AMT Ala Kart show truck is significantly smaller than the engine in the original issue. AMT employees from the 1960s note that, at that time, all AMT kits were packaged into boxes of a standardized size, to simplify shipping and the overriding requirement of designing any kit was that it had to fit into that precise size of box, not matter how large or small the original vehicle.

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Pre-1970

12 SPACE FOODS GALAXY MONSTER SPACEMAN TOY ASTRONAUT BOTTLE COIN BANKS 1950'S

VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT FROM JAPAN........DOOR PARTS ONLY

VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT *** LEFT ARM ONLY EXCELLENT CONDITION

SUPER MARS KING ROBOT

VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT ** GUN PARTS ONLY * FROM JAPAN

VINTAGE HORIKAWA ROBOT *** BOTTOM HALF BOTH FEET FROM JAPAN

Vintage Japan Toy Happy Harry Laughing Robot by Waco & Straco

VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT * PARTS WITH LIGHT ONLY *

Swivel-o-Matic ASTRONAUT w orig box excellent condition made in japan NO RESERVE

VINTAGE HORIKAWA TIN ROBOT * RIGHT ARM ONLY* FROM JAPAN

VINTAGE FANCY AOKI TOY AOKI SHOKAI JAPAN WIND UP ROBOT MIB

Daiya Cragstan Astronaut Tin Toy Robot BLUE Japan Vintage Old Parts 1960s

1950s LINE MAR JAPAN BATTERY OP REMOTE CONTROL ROBOT IN THE BOX

VeryRare HORIKAWA ROBOT BLACK FIGHTER JAPAN tin 1970s

NEW ZEROID MOTOR OLD STOCK BATTERY TESTED RUNS PERFECT

HUGE VINTAGE REMCO RUDY THE ROBOT NICE

VINTAGE IDEAL TOYS ROBERT THE ROBOT EXCELLENT & W BOX & INSTRUCTIONS

Zombielicious Robot Vintage Tin Toy Mr. Cwanxton Art

ATOMIC ROBOT MAN TIN WIND UP TOY PRE WAR 1940s JAPAN

Motorized Robby Robot Space Sled custom by Grandpa Robot Works 1 of 10 RARE !!!

Vintage Battery Operated VIDEO ROBOT - MADE IN JAPAN 1960s Works Perfect Exc Cd.

Horikawa SH - Space Explorer Robot with Original Box

SY Marked 50s Japanese Mechanical SPACEMAN ASTONAUT Tin Toy

Collector's Schylling Large Tin Robot Lilliput MS 393! Great Collector's Item!

EARS FOR MR MERCURY ( SOLD BY PAIRS )

Original SH Horikawa B O Tin Piston Space Robot from Japan - circa 1970

DOOR ROBOT 2 RUBBER HANDS

ANTENNA FOR YOUR MECHANICAL TV SPACEMAN Alps

DOOR ROBOT METAL EARS ( SOLD BY PAIRS )

Vintage Made in Japan Mechanical Sparking Robot Tin Toy

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