Can I ask to identify this toy company trademark? Arrived in a Alps box? Thanks!

[tinluver2]

[Joe K.]

I haven't been able to find it, yet.

What toy is that?

[tinluver2]

9 hours ago, Joe K. said:

I haven't been able to find it, yet.

What toy is that?

Not a space toy Joe. Thanks for looking.  Seems like a Jeopardy Special.

[Joe K.]

Here's the same logo

on a similar tin motorcycle toy. This site

http://vintagewindupgames.com/rare_vintage_trick_jumping_circus_clown_tin_windup_motorcycle_toy_japan_sato.php

attributes the maker to SATO.  However, other Sato logos I've found in other books do not look like the ones on these cycles.

I need to do a little more digging . . .

 

[tinluver2]

Hey Joe, thanks for the info.I have got some opinions that this logo is Sato as is the more familiar logo posted. Both found in boxes made by Alps, as the companies were close knit. Still never found a place that named this logo as Sato as historical fact.

I guess its time to just enjoy the toys:) I leave the rest to you our resident "Research King"

 Thanks again and Happy New Year!  Les

[Joe K.]

Here is, what appears to be, an identical "clown" motorcycle

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Sato-Toys-Tin-Clown-Acrobat-Bike/174128990462?hash=item288ae588fe:g:yiUAAOSw54Nd-W77

with the known SATO logo

compared to the "mystery" logo

Could both manufacturers have supplied these toys to Alps, the distributor?

And the question still remains, what is the name of the "mystery" logo manufacturer?

 

 

[tinluver2]

That pic is a great reference.  The sun logo is what is usually found on most of the cycles that are found in the Alps box. Maybe just survival if the fittest and Sato eventually took over that company. I did not know Alps was a distributor and not toy maker??

Thanks (if I have that right)

[tinluver2]

Hey Joe, I have been shown that this cycle has Alps marked on one side and Sato on the other side.?:)

[Joe K.]

As does this one:

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/Motorcycle-Police-Friction-Toy-ALPS-Japan-Tin-Litho-Toy-/233374967625?hash=item36563b6749%3Ag%3AnEoAAOSwdzxdrGCU&nma=true&si=v9m9znqphYNdIsyAZXBgNFFTBNQ%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

So, this firmly establishes the connection between SATO and ALPS.

Now what about the "mystery" logo? Did Sato change their logo along the way? Or, did Alps change their supplier?

More digging, huh?