Retro Wind-Up Tin Robot, Boxy Style

A classic boxy robot in the style of mid-century wind-up tin toys. The square head has two springy antennae with ball tips, big round goggle eyes, a grille mouth and bolt-on ears. The box body has a recessed chest panel with two dials and vent slots, rivets at the corners, tube arms with little claw hands, ribbed legs and chunky block feet. A large figure-eight wind-up key sticks out of the side. Tin robots like this were hugely popular from the 1950s onwards, when space-age optimism and scienc…

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