| These are the days of | | | | tin cube with movable appendages bolted on. |
| remote-controlled-state-of-the-art toys. | | | | The attraction came from the painted features |
| This case is especially true with toy robots. | | | | of the tin toy. Wound up springs and some |
| The Robosapien is a good example of how | | | | simple gearing gave other tin toy robots |
| complex toy robots have become. The | | | | limited mobility. You just needed to wind up |
| Robosapien can walk, talk, navigate obstacles | | | | the toy and set it on the ground. The tin |
| and pick up objects all at the touch of a | | | | robot would walk in a straight line most of |
| button or even by voice commands. It runs on | | | | the time. It did not matter that most robots |
| batteries and has potential for a lot of fun. | | | | tend to veer a little to one side because |
| A long time ago, toy robots were made of | | | | suddenly, you are the master of a little tin |
| tin. Complexity was way simpler but the fun | | | | Frankenstein monster! |
| factor is still the same. After all, a toy | | | | |
| needs to provide you with hours of fun - be | | | | Manufacturers became more and more creative |
| it a tin toy or an electronic toy. | | | | over time. As a result, more nifty features |
| | | | were added onto tin toy robots. There were |
| Tin toy robots were generally built with | | | | robots that would walk after being wound up |
| squarish parts. They normally come with a | | | | and then pause for a short while to emit |
| square tin head with some robotic feature or | | | | sparks from their mouths. Some tin toy |
| another. The robot bodies were also square | | | | robots had multi-colored gears mounted on the |
| or rectangular. I guess this is because mass | | | | front panel of their tin bodies that would |
| producing square shaped tin parts were | | | | rotate while the tin robot was in motion. |
| simpler and helped keep the cost down. As | | | | |
| production methods improved, tin toy robots | | | | Tin toy robots could also take a fair amount |
| of various shapes and sizes started to hit | | | | of abuse. Rough play will result in |
| the shelves. Rounded shapes started to | | | | scratches and dents but the tin bodies offer |
| become common and more complex functions for | | | | a decent enough protection for the tin robots |
| a tin toy became the norm. | | | | to keep on functioning. Nowadays, tin toy |
| | | | robots are a collector's item and can fetch a |
| The simplest tin toy robots were basically a | | | | good price on the tin toy collector's market. |