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Robot:Flipbot

TOMY1984

The Strong National Museum of Play

The Strong National Museum of Play
Rochester , United States

The popular Japanese toy manufacturing company TOMY was founded in 1924 as Tomiyama. It is widely known for its production of electronic toys and games, and in the 1980s, it produced a lineup of robots, one of which was Flipbot, a robot that could, by rotating its arms 360 degrees right itself if it has fallen forward or backward.

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  • Title: Robot:Flipbot
  • Creator: TOMY
  • Date Created: 1984
  • Location: Japan
  • Subject Keywords: robot
  • Type: Mechanical Toys, More Toys
  • Medium: cardboard, molded plastic, printed paper
  • Object ID: 112.6536
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