Horikawa Piston Robot print

Horikawa Piston Robot printA vintage S. H Horikawa Piston Robot from the 1970s, complete with original box. He has a walking action and the pistons in the chest go up and down. He is powered by 2 x C batteries (big round ones!). The robot is in mint and working condition (likely never played with), and the box is also in very good condition with only minor signs of age and use (and the original owner's name on a sticky label). This is the original Japanese version, marked with

but spares can often be found online

The Quorn Specialities Company of Leicester was named after The Quorn fox hunt and was established in the early 1900s

The model has some minor signs of age and use

000 & a Porsche 911 Carrera Cabriolet

with 8 brass colour perforated palm leaves attached to the stem

heavy piece

he produced a range of pieces including Donald Duck

A vintage S

Quite a lot of these roundels were scrapped when they were removed during reconstruction and/or extension works

H Horikawa Piston Robot from the 1970s

The Wembley Park underground station first opened in 1893/94 to serve the 'pleasure grounds' that had been created in the area

Faceted on all sides