I had found one of those at a yardsale when i was about 10 (1978) i paid 25 cents for it..nothing worked except the legs the tv didnt work and ive always wondered what could be seen on the tv screen..at 10 i was hoping for Batman or McHales Navy reruns..yeah i wasnt too bright as a 10yr old..those robots are cool!
The classic colors of the Horikawa TV robots are blue with a yellow antenna for the lunar rover, dark brown with a red antenna for the Apollo mission, and the variants with lid and beautiful lithograph with blue and red details on the black and silver chest. In fact, I also have a silver one without a cover and with a red antenna. They are beautiful. In the case of those that do not have a cover, its characteristic purring sound is something that gives a lot of life to the operation of the robot. Japanese designers thought about all those details that as a child and adult make us excited. It took me a long time to get your antennas and it's worth it because they look beautiful when complete. Greetings dear John!!
Yes once every 30 years is not quite enough, but then you do not want to run them too much as the lights will burn out and you then have a new problem.
@@Robothut Yeah I understand. The lights last pretty much forever as long as you don't run them for a long period of time. I still have the original bulb in my Remco Lost In Space Robot.
@@outsider238 The remco B9 has a thermal flashing lamp from the factory, it will last 10 times longer than a non flashing light, but once it burns out you will never find another 3 volt screw base flashing lamp to replace it. Normal 2.4 volt lamps that are used in the vintage toys are rated at 1 hour. Back then batteries were carbon and did not last very long, and there power went down real fast so the lamps almost never saw the full 3 volts of the two batteries. It would take a dozen of the old carbon batteries to run a light for 1 hour. So they figured the toys would be broken way before the lights would burn out.
@@Robothut Oh! Very interesting! Well I hope that bulb never burns out! Yeah I used to hate batteries when we were younger. They never lasted long and my parents didn't want to buy replacements.
It's interesting how many slight variations they made of that robot. Nearly everything stayed identical except the chest. I had one with guns in its chest (which you showed previously). But otherwise it looked exactly the same.
I had something similar as a kid and always wondered about the realistic human face looking out from behind the visor in the head. Do you think that style was supposed to be some sort of mechanized space suit with a human operator inside, rather than a robot? The man’s face art confused me as a child because I always thought of these as being robots.
Yes the ones with a human face are sold as astronauts, so it supposed to be a person inside a mechanical space suit. Not really 100% robot, so I have collected far less of them since I am a robot nut. I have even been known to give away some of them from time to time. Yes I am crazy.
That is interesting - a robot toy design being adapted as a mechanical suit. To me Robby the Robot always looked very much inspired by antique mechanical atmospheric deep sea diving suits. I saw one of these deep sea diving suits (from the 1930s) up close when I was a little kid and my child mind immediately recognized it as “a robot”.
Normally the motor just needs a little help as the brushes get gummed up or the pinion gear , if it plastic has split. So if you here the motor running and nothing is happening you have a cracked pinion gear, If the motor is not running at all but you think you have power "maybe the light is ON" then just reach up inside threw the leg openings and with a long stiff wire try rotating a few gears, the motor may start running with out opening the robot.
Here are some links to videos I did that might help find out what robot you had. ruclips.net/video/wRHrX2tlc9w/видео.html ruclips.net/video/7_rGQp2YN9c/видео.html ruclips.net/video/CdmTu56IQ80/видео.html ruclips.net/video/_36bklJ4z3w/видео.html ruclips.net/video/v3EWQGLJgs4/видео.html ruclips.net/video/fA9b_WEKlek/видео.html ruclips.net/video/BERbkapJD-U/видео.html ruclips.net/video/FzgxSr2ifJ8/видео.html
I had found one of those at a yardsale when i was about 10 (1978) i paid 25 cents for it..nothing worked except the legs the tv didnt work and ive always wondered what could be seen on the tv screen..at 10 i was hoping for Batman or McHales Navy reruns..yeah i wasnt too bright as a 10yr old..those robots are cool!
I had the black one with flip down door
The blue panel on the door versions reminds me of an old jukebox menu board. Extra nostalgia points.
Your right. Never thought of that before.
The classic colors of the Horikawa TV robots are blue with a yellow antenna for the lunar rover, dark brown with a red antenna for the Apollo mission, and the variants with lid and beautiful lithograph with blue and red details on the black and silver chest. In fact, I also have a silver one without a cover and with a red antenna. They are beautiful. In the case of those that do not have a cover, its characteristic purring sound is something that gives a lot of life to the operation of the robot. Japanese designers thought about all those details that as a child and adult make us excited. It took me a long time to get your antennas and it's worth it because they look beautiful when complete. Greetings dear John!!
These are great! I particularly like the ones with the opening door. Guess you'll have to play with these more often to keep them running properly!
Yes once every 30 years is not quite enough, but then you do not want to run them too much as the lights will burn out and you then have a new problem.
@@Robothut Yeah I understand. The lights last pretty much forever as long as you don't run them for a long period of time. I still have the original bulb in my Remco Lost In Space Robot.
@@outsider238 The remco B9 has a thermal flashing lamp from the factory, it will last 10 times longer than a non flashing light, but once it burns out you will never find another 3 volt screw base flashing lamp to replace it. Normal 2.4 volt lamps that are used in the vintage toys are rated at 1 hour. Back then batteries were carbon and did not last very long, and there power went down real fast so the lamps almost never saw the full 3 volts of the two batteries. It would take a dozen of the old carbon batteries to run a light for 1 hour. So they figured the toys would be broken way before the lights would burn out.
@@Robothut Oh! Very interesting! Well I hope that bulb never burns out! Yeah I used to hate batteries when we were younger. They never lasted long and my parents didn't want to buy replacements.
Every child was excited about outer space back in the 60s.
My dad took me to Nasa in the late 60s seen the rockets 🚀 and the splash down modular so your right 😁
Some still are.
@@Robothut for sure especially now
@@Robothut
My modest collection! 🤖
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It's interesting how many slight variations they made of that robot. Nearly everything stayed identical except the chest. I had one with guns in its chest (which you showed previously). But otherwise it looked exactly the same.
I do try to show some of the less seen bots, but these classic designs never get old.
Yeah, I can remember a lot of the toys back in the '70s was about outer space and the Vietnam war.
All far nicer than the 70's plastic HK knockoffs.
Have one , would love another they are so cool ! Never seen the hatch one s
You can never have to many of a classic like these.
@@Robothut you bet
very interesting noisy robot toy, I used to have one without tv made in china
I had something similar as a kid and always wondered about the realistic human face looking out from behind the visor in the head. Do you think that style was supposed to be some sort of mechanized space suit with a human operator inside, rather than a robot? The man’s face art confused me as a child because I always thought of these as being robots.
Yes the ones with a human face are sold as astronauts, so it supposed to be a person inside a mechanical space suit. Not really 100% robot, so I have collected far less of them since I am a robot nut. I have even been known to give away some of them from time to time. Yes I am crazy.
That is interesting - a robot toy design being adapted as a mechanical suit. To me Robby the Robot always looked very much inspired by antique mechanical atmospheric deep sea diving suits. I saw one of these deep sea diving suits (from the 1930s) up close when I was a little kid and my child mind immediately recognized it as “a robot”.
Te felisito genio coleccionista el mejor de todos grasias🏆🇦🇷
Thank you.
Hey friend. Do you know anything about repairing these? I have a space explorer that needs a new motor.
Normally the motor just needs a little help as the brushes get gummed up or the pinion gear , if it plastic has split. So if you here the motor running and nothing is happening you have a cracked pinion gear, If the motor is not running at all but you think you have power "maybe the light is ON" then just reach up inside threw the leg openings and with a long stiff wire try rotating a few gears, the motor may start running with out opening the robot.
@@Robothut thank you.
I have since determined the motor burned out. I think I found a replacement on eBay. Hoping to repair next week
❤qe recuerdos anonadado estoy 😮😅
Good times from the past can not be beat.
And to think nowdays where theres no mall even left kids aint got no clue hahahahahahahaha
Mine had doors open with guns. Where I can I get one
Here are some links to videos I did that might help find out what robot you had.
ruclips.net/video/wRHrX2tlc9w/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/7_rGQp2YN9c/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/CdmTu56IQ80/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/_36bklJ4z3w/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/v3EWQGLJgs4/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/fA9b_WEKlek/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/BERbkapJD-U/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/FzgxSr2ifJ8/видео.html