About Me
- Hugh Walter
- I’m a 60-year-old Aspergic gardening CAD-Monkey. Sardonic, cynical and with the political leanings of a social reformer, I’m also a toy and model figure collector, particularly interested in the history of plastics and plastic toys. Other interests are history, current affairs, modern art, and architecture, gardening and natural history. I love plain chocolate, fireworks and trees, but I don’t hug them, I do hug kittens. I hate ignorance, when it can be avoided, so I hate the 'educational' establishment and pity the millions they’ve failed with teaching-to-test and rote 'learning' and I hate the short-sighted stupidity of the entire ruling/industrial elite, with their planet destroying fascism and added “buy-one-get-one-free”. Likewise, I also have no time for fools and little time for the false crap we're all supposed to pretend we haven't noticed, or the games we're supposed to play. I will 'bite the hand that feeds', to remind it why it feeds.
Showing posts with label Asakusa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Asakusa. Show all posts
Monday, 27 July 2015
A1 - A-One Ltd. - Asakusa Gangu Ningyo - Asakusa Showa - Asakusa Toy Ltd. - Asakasa Toy Company - Asakusa Toys & Dolls Co., Ltd. - Asakasu - ATD
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan
1950's-1960's
Company or series of companies making tin-plate toys, often for other marks, and [/or] dolls. Plastic was increasingly used, and rubber was employed for tyres and such-like. Battery-powered features included moving parts, driving vehicles and light-up components.
Listings vary between '...usa' and '...asu' spelling, may be two separate companies or marks? Asakusa is the commoner spelling. Kevin Dockerill further identifies two companies, both in Tokyo, I suspect they are different generations of the same company, but there may be three hiding in this listing! Asakusa is a district in the old town (or 'Low Town') in Tokyo, so more than one toy company might well have adopted the moniker for/as part of their branding.
Marks:
- A1 (within a cartoon face with crown)
- ATD (in a circle)
Known Products
Art NO. A-14289 - London Double Decker Bus
- Astro Boy Atom Tetsuwan DX Parade Vehicle (battery operated, tin-plate and plastic)
- Auto Carrier (car transporter, tin-plate with plastic glazing and rubber wheels)
- Buick Police Car (battery operated, tin-plate and plastic)
- Corvair-95 Minivan (battery operated, tin-plate and plastic)
- Electric Train
- Flying Astro Boy (clockwork, tin plate with celluloid or rubber head)
- Service Truck (pick-up, tin-plate, plastic glazing)
- Space Radar Pilot (battery operated, tin-plate trolley with plastic astronaut, fires discs, 1960's, made for/sold by Asahi Trading)
- Space TV Pilot (battery operated, tin-plate trolley with plastic astronaut, 1960's)
- Thunder Robot (battery-powered, tin plate and plastic, approximately1957)
Links
Kevin Dockerill's A1 Mark
Kevin Dockerill's ATD Mark
What This Entry Needs
Further product listings
Company details and/or splitting
Doll information
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