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A police officer on his motorcycle, lithographed in tin and powered by friction, still boxed and unused after sixty years. Push it along and it makes that wonderful engine sound.
Maker: Nomura
Materials: Tin (lithographed)
Dimensions: Motorcycle 8.75" long; box 9" long x 5.25" tall x 2" deep
Origin: Japan
Era: Vintage 1960s, New Old Stock in original box
Condition: Excellent; unused and never played with. There may be very minor waviness or small scratches from long-term storage, and boxes can vary slightly. Please review photos closely before purchasing, as all sales are final.
The friction motor gives the toy its engine noise when it is pushed along. This New Old Stock was found at the closed Nomura factory in Japan and has never left its box.
A wonderful gift for a toy collector, or for a very lucky child.
Toy Nomura, known by its TN trademark, was founded in Tokyo in 1923 and by the 1950s and 1960s was one of the largest toy makers in Japan, shipping tin toys to the American market through importers such as Cragstan. Japanese tin toy production peaked in the 1960s, then gave way to die-cast and plastic as labor costs rose. Nomura moved to die-cast in the 1970s and became part of Hasbro in the early 1990s. Pieces that survive new in the original box, as this one does, are the ones collectors look for.
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