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Space Elephant

  |   robots
PRODUCER
Yoshiya
 
YEAR
1960
 
POWER
Clockwork
 
FUNCTIONS
Walking, moving trunk, ears and mouth, sparks
 
RELATED ROBOTS
Yoshiya Space Dog

Photo courtesy of toytent.com

In the realm of vintage space toys, you expect things like robots, rockets, lasers and perhaps even spacefaring dogs. However, among the lesser-known treasures of this era lies a peculiar creation: Yoshiya’s Space Elephant. Crafted in the early 1960s by KO Yoshiya in Japan, and powered by a clockwork mechanism, it moves with sparkling eyes to flapping ears, and a trunk that gracefully sways up and down.  Unlike its more widely recognized counterpart, the Space Dog, Space Elephant remains a rare find, seldom seen in open markets . At nine inches from trunk to tail, it stands out as unique and whimsical reflection of its time.