Yonezawa - Moon Explorer M-27

Moon Explorer M-27 made by Yonezawa in Japan for Cragstan 1963. Everybody nowadays thinks that aibo (sony) is a great walking "robot" and that`s correct, but Yonezawa was able to create a walking spacetoy in the early 1960`s and believe me or not, this spacetoy walks great. It has an ingenious internal mechanism that drives 4 legs with pods to give it a stable walk.

Walking on 4 legs with a revolving antenna, cameraman comming out of an access door, flashing lights and a beautifull lighted engine.... This is really a great spacetoy with outstanding lithography.  Its powered by a corded remote control that has the shape of a rocket. The remote has 2 buttons, white and red. Pressing the white button makes the M-27 to start walking and explore the "moonsurface". Pressing the red button makes the M-27 stop, a hatch/door opens and when fully opened, the cameraman/astronout comes out, shooting the "moonsurface". Then the door closes again and the M-27 heads out for new adventures.

Yonezawa Moon Explorer M-27 is in great, near mint condition with only very light playwear and has been hardly been played with. The antenna, astronaut, remote control and even the blue wire are original. The remote is complete, original and has no cracks, and was never repaired. The box with outstanding artwork is in excellent original condition with all the inserts and instructionflyer and shows only few minor puctures in the toplid. (Caution: Do NOT hold the door closed while pressing the red button). There is no rust, there are no dings and only a few small scuffs from playing. Moon Explorer works as if it was new.

Moon Explorer M-27 is Highly collectibel, scarce and very hard to find in original condition. 

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