Catalog: 1971 Asahi Toy Company

[ANZinSpace]

Here's an Asahi Catalogue from 1971.

 

 

This page has in the top left corner has a figure which maybe a robot as the box appears to have a space scene on it.

 

[Joe K.]

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Depicted:

A trio of plastic, battery operated space vehicles all utilizing the same drive platform: four star shaped wheels and a pair of tank treads. Photos and additional info can be found on Joe Morabito's Main Street Toys web site:

http://www.mainstreettoys.com/products/japan-battery-operated-space-rescue-tank-mib

http://www.mainstreettoys.com/products/asahi-star-space-tank-box-only

Here's a picture of the CaStar (Ca Star?) Space Rescue vehicle in it's window box:

Can't seem to find the names of the other two vehicles. Anyone?

The next catalog page appears to show the same three vehicles, but this time powered by some kind of hand crank remote control unit. Perhaps they are small hand-held generators producing enough voltage to move the toys along. All six of these toys are NEW to the Timeline.

The Space Ship XZ-7 and Space Ship XY-07 can both be found on the Database and both have been previously Timeline dated to 1968.

Finally, as ANZ points out, the last page shows a robot figure built out of a Lego-like system. Can anyone shed more light on this one? It, too, is NEW to the Timeline.

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