Lot # 22 - Rare Vintage Ichida Answer Machine Robot - Early 1960s

Opening Bid : $ 5.00
Pickup Instructions: Local pickups will be on SATURDAY, September 28th, from 9am - 2pm. Address for local pickups will be added electronically on your invoice the morning of pickups. For planning purposes, the location is on Kent’s West Hill near Sunnycrest Elementary School.
Start Date/Time: 16-Sep-2024 7:00:00 AM
End Date/Time: 23-Sep-2024 6:21:00 PM
Current bid:

$51.00

Highest bidder:

Booyaa684

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Description :

Vintage Answer Machine Robot in brilliant color and good shape for his age; circa 1963 from Ichida of Japan. Green body, yellow base, brown face, and a rainbow of other colors on this tin litho beauty. We are not sure exactly how he works – we put 3 “D” batteries in him and checked the levers on his chest – the “C” lever makes a sound & very slowly spins the pinwheel on the top of the head, the “T” lever lights up the chest cavity & lifts a little curtainlike shade to show numbers behind, the “+ & -“ make sounds and light up the respective + or – red eye on the head. The number keys depress, but we couldn’t figure out how to do calculations or if it even still calculates. (We leave that for the new owner to figure out.) Wear to the robot is minimal given its age – some scuffing on the outside surface of the shoulders & back of the head are the most noticeable. See photos for details.

Also included are two original scratchpads emblazoned “answer game” and the original box which is in poor shape.


Dimensions : 16 in H

Auction History

Highest bidder is Booyaa684

Date Bid User
19-Sep-2024 4:24:41 AM $51.00 Booyaa684
19-Sep-2024 4:24:35 AM $46.00 Jevan
19-Sep-2024 4:24:34 AM $45.00 Booyaa684
18-Sep-2024 10:10:31 AM $37.00 Jevan
17-Sep-2024 10:23:52 AM $21.00 Booyaa684
16-Sep-2024 8:55:00 AM $17.00 GDOGG1138
16-Sep-2024 8:55:00 AM $16.00 Sublime
16-Sep-2024 7:30:55 AM $5.00 GDOGG1138

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