Joe K. Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 See: Alps Toys Catalogue 1984 Laughing Robot by Yonezawa. Shown is the black color variation. New to the Timeline. I can only assume that by 1984, Alps was acting as the importer/distributor of these toys, not their manufacturer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gernot Posted December 16, 2006 Share Posted December 16, 2006 Here are the ALPS 1984-Catalogue pictures.As far as I remember ALPS is or has been only a Wholesale company, not manufacturer. Even Mechanical Brain has not been produced by ALPS.I remember the toys well in the early 80s. I bought some of them directly in a department store in my hometown in my very early hunting yearsw of collectin.The price for the green MOnster Robot has been around 20 German Marks which was less or around 10 Dollars I guess.The green Monster/Dino Robot from Horikawa I got also in blue color with different box in the same shop, but there has been only one available compared to much more of the green versions. Some years later the green one was been copied from China (Made in Taiwan). Thank you Joe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe K. Posted July 17, 2014 Author Share Posted July 17, 2014 . This 1981 Yonezawa catalog moves the date back three years for the black Laughing Robot: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I definitely bought the blue/yellow laughing 'bot in the summer of 1981 for 12 bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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