Just found this vintage tin Space Trooper yesterday in a random hole-in-the-wall Midwest antique store.
Sure it has some rust and is missing the gun and box, but still totally awesome!
Made by Haji in Japan, circa 1956.
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| Author: | wing_clipper [ Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Haji Space Trooper - Super Score! |
Just found this vintage tin Space Trooper yesterday in a random hole-in-the-wall Midwest antique store. Sure it has some rust and is missing the gun and box, but still totally awesome! Made by Haji in Japan, circa 1956.
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| Author: | plastichunter [ Sat Jan 09, 2010 8:36 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Haji Space Trooper - Super Score! |
Oh man that's just gorgeous! What a great find. |
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| Author: | vintagevinyl [ Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Haji Space Trooper - Super Score! |
what an awesome find ! glad to see some old tin showing up here. |
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| Author: | Greasebat [ Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Haji Space Trooper - Super Score! |
wow. The rust makes him look even cooler |
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| Author: | Autopsy [ Sun Jan 10, 2010 10:38 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Haji Space Trooper - Super Score! |
Congrats on the score - that is a great find for great price |
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| Author: | wing_clipper [ Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:04 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Haji Space Trooper - Super Score! |
thanks guys! i'm super excited about this score, especially finding it in such a random place and for such a steal its funny, i'm not a tin toy collector by any means but i have always been intrigued by pics of old tin robots and the like... but they go for crazy bucks which pretty much keeps me away. when i saw this in the antique store i knew it looked super familiar, either way i had to have it.. too rad to pass up. sure enough i checked when i got home and there was one that sold in the morphy auction recently (in much better condition). i had actually saved the auction picture to my computer just because it looked cool, now i have the actual toy a month later! |
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| Author: | Leecifer [ Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Haji Space Trooper - Super Score! |
That's just so damn cool! Yeah I gotta' go w/ rust = cooler. Somewhere online is Glenn Barr's collection of tin toys you might get a Kick out of. |
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| Author: | TULKU [ Mon Jan 11, 2010 1:45 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Haji Space Trooper - Super Score! |
Now thats a classy piece  WOW! Thanks for sharing it.
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