Toy Robots from Japan: Techno Fantasies: Techno Fantasies by Bunkum, Alan

Toy Robots from Japan: Techno Fantasies: Techno Fantasies (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780764322747)

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Format: Hardcover
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$39.95
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Toy Robots from Japan: Techno Fantasies: Techno Fantasies by Bunkum, Alan

Toy Robots from Japan: Techno Fantasies: Techno Fantasies

$39.95
Toy Robots from Japan: Techno Fantasies: Techno Fantasies by Bunkum, Alan

Toy Robots from Japan: Techno Fantasies: Techno Fantasies

$39.95
Format: Hardcover
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This fascinating book charts toy robot design of the last half of the 20th century and explores Japanese aesthetics in tinplate toys, especially robots. Over 200 photographs and original conceptual drawings illustrate this captivating history, from the wind-up walking mechanism of the "Diamond Planet Robot" to the sophisticated "Answer Game Machine," the first robot computer capable of doing mathematical problems. Tomy, Horikawa, Waco, and Sony are just a few of the manufacturers whose robotic designs are featured here. The captions provide much relevant information, including date, size, manufacturer, and current values. This important book is of compelling interest to historians, collectors, designers, and students of Japanese studies and popular culture in the golden age of toy production.

Author: Alan Bunkum
ISBN-10: 0764322745
ISBN-13: 9780764322747
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Language: English
Published: 06/22/2005
Pages: 128
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.40lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.70d
By Alan Bunkum
By Alan Bunkum
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Alan Bunkum is an artist, lecturer, and of Head of Fine Art at Loughborough University, UK. His fascination in toys began while studying at the Slade School of Fine Art in London in the 1970s, when he discovered robot prints and sculptures by Eduardo Paolozzi. He possesses one of the largest collections of toy robots in the UK.

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