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Wagon Master
Modern Toys"Wagon Master" w/ 2 horses and driver
- Model
- 3345
- Type
- Carriages & Cycles
- Topic
- Far West
- Country of manufacture
- Japan
- Mechanism
- Battery
- Movement
- Horses "gallop", driver jumps from his seat, galloping sound
- Materials
- Tin, plastic & cloth
- Dimensions (LxWxH cm)
- 46x12x21
- Condition
- Good
- Manufactured
- 1964 – 1969
Research notes
patent no.68617, 48832; scarcity 6/10; for the Spanish market, is called "Caravana", with specific box and name on the canopy
Featured in
- Modern Toys from Japan — p. 180
How it works
The batteries in box (1) power the motor (2). Hammers (3) hit the drum (5) sequentially at a rythm similar to that of horses galloping. Simultaneously and at the same sequence, lever (6) opens/closes the drum’s lid (7), thus creating two distinct sounds. Lever (4) causes the cowboy driver to move his body up and down.
