Robert was not the first toy robot of the post-WWII era. That honor, according to Collectors Weekly, goes to Lilliput, a Japanese robot made of tin. After the war, tin lithograph toys were a ...

The visuals also draw heavily and cleverly on music; break-dancing robots do “the robot. “Toy Story” was similarly about low-tech making way for high-tech, but the voice-work here is more ...

Most of his robots are animated. Some light up, others can move across the floor and one raises and shoots a Flash Gordon-like laser gun. Technically, they're tin toy robots, all manufactured in ...

The robot is approximately 12 inches tall and in excellent condition. What is its value? — BA, Cassville, MO A — Sotheby’s auctioned the “Tin Toy Robot Collection of Matt Wyse,” Sale ...

Kevin Hardy of Watson has collected 31 antique Japanese tin toy robots so far. He's found most of them on auction sites, and most of them were still packed in their original boxes. But there's ...