tin-plate with 'skirted' lower section, stamped JAPAN to base, the original controller present and with two antennae in green and blue, with original box

Footnote: Masudaya is the oldest toy manufacturer in Japan; in the late 1950s they introduced five large sized robots which have since become known among collectors as the 'Gang of Five'; the Radicon was the first to be launched and hence has been known as the 'Grandfather of Robot Toys'; commercially unsuccessful in their day, these robots have since gained cult status and represent the pinnacle of space and robot toy collecting.

the robot 38cm high

With a private family in the Edinburgh area for approximately fifty years