Catalog: 1970 Horikawa***

[Joe K.]

See:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/Robot-space-toy-Horika...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

And, specifically, the cover:

 

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Also see:

 

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This New Space Station can be found in Kitahara's Robots - Tin Toy Dreams, page 72, item #157. Nice photo of the box, too. This sighting is new to the Timeline.

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A subsequent Penney's catalog sighting moves this New Space Station back to 1969. See here:

 

http://danefield.com/alpha/forums/1969-Spa...n-Ho-t7339.html

 

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Also see:

 

http://i8.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/83/20/895a_1.JPG

 

Depicted:

Space Explorer - Already Timeline dated to 1970 as sighted ina Lewis Galoob Toy Catalog. Note that the Horikawa catalog lists it as "NEW".

Radar Scope Space Scout - Previously sighted in a 1971-72 Victory Merchandise Co. Catalog. This Horikawa catalog sighting moves the date back one year. At first, I wasn't sure if this was a RSSS. The arms in the catalog photo don't match those in other photos. I finally did find an exact match in Toyoji Takayama's The Tin Toy Museum - Part 3, item #233.

Gear Robot - Previously sighted in a 1971 Horikawa Catalog, this now moves back a year. Note that in this 1970 catalog it, too, is listed as "NEW". See Future Toys, page 34, item #17.

Roto-Robot - Previously Timeline dated to 1969.

Fighting Spaceman - Previously Timeline dated to 1968.

Rotate-O-Matic Super Astronaut - This one moves back a year, also, having been seen in a Horikawa Toy '71 Catalog. See Morita, page 89.

 

See:

 

http://i22.ebayimg.com/01/i/000/83/20/8992_1.JPG

 

Depicted:

Engine Robot - Marked "NEW" in this 1970 catalog, it moves the Timeline date back one year, having been sighted in a 1971 Horikawa catalog. See Future Toys, page 34, item #20.

Mr. Zerox - Marked "NEW" as well. Mr. Z also grows a year older, having been sighted in the same 1971 Horikawa catalog.

Attacking Martian - Previously Timeline dated to 1966.

The other two space toys (rocket and capsule) I could not find an exact match for in any of my other printed references. Perhaps another Alphadromer can pin them down.

[Fineas J. Whoopie]

See:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Robot-space-toy-Horika...1QQcmdZViewItem

And, specifically, the cover:

Also see:

This New Space Station can be found in Kitahara's Robots - Tin Toy Dreams, page 72, item #157. Nice photo of the box, too. This sighting is new to the Timeline.

Also see:

Depicted:

Space Explorer - Already Timeline dated to 1970 as sighted ina Lewis Galoob Toy Catalog. Note that the Horikawa catalog lists it as "NEW".

Radar Scope Space Scout - Previously sighted in a 1971-72 Victory Merchandise Co. Catalog. This Horikawa catalog sighting moves the date back one year. At first, I wasn't sure if this was a RSSS. The arms in the catalog photo don't match those in other photos. I finally did find an exact match in Toyoji Takayama's The Tin Toy Museum - Part 3, item #233.

Gear Robot - Previously sighted in a 1971 Horikawa Catalog, this now moves back a year. Note that in this 1970 catalog it, too, is listed as "NEW". See Future Toys, page 34, item #17.

Roto-Robot - Previously Timeline dated to 1969.

Fighting Spaceman - Previously Timeline dated to 1968.

Rotate-O-Matic Super Astronaut - This one moves back a year, also, having been seen in a Horikawa Toy '71 Catalog. See Morita, page 89.

See:

Depicted:

Engine Robot - Marked "NEW" in this 1970 catalog, it moves the Timeline date back one year, having been sighted in a 1971 Horikawa catalog. See Future Toys, page 34, item #20.

Mr. Zerox - Marked "NEW" as well. Mr. Z also grows a year older, having been sighted in the same 1971 Horikawa catalog.

Attacking Martian - Previously Timeline dated to 1966.

The other two space toys (rocket and capsule) I could not find an exact match for in any of my other printed references. Perhaps another Alphadromer can pin them down.