Alps Shoji Co. Ltd
Trademark: Alps
Founded after WWII by a former employee of Kuramochi; In the 1950s and 1960s transitioned from clockwork mechanisms to miniature battery-operated electric motors; Alps Shoji often operated more as a distributor and design studio than a direct manufacturer. A vast majority of the toys were produced in small, specialized artisan workshops scattered across Tokyo
- Country
- Japan
- Address
- Tokyo
- Active
- 1948 – 1975
- Founder
- Katsutaro Kataoka
Types of toys made
Mechanical Animals with Human Actions, Robots and Space Toys, Luxury Cars and Vehicles, Clowns and Circus Characters
Toys by Alps Shoji Co. Ltd
"Winner of the West" Overland Stagecoach with Four Galloping Horses
Alps · 1955
Baby crawling
Alps · 1945
Ballon Blowing Teddy
Alps · 1955
Bubble Blowing Monkey
Alps · 1955
Bullfighter and bull
Alps · 1955
Coney Island Rocket Ride
Alps · 1960
Cowboy with Whirling Lasso
Alps · 1955
Cragstan Crap Shooting Monkey
Alps · 1960
Fire Bird III
Alps · 1962
Fishing Bear
Alps · 1955
Happy Life
Alps · 1945
High Jinks at the Circus Clown w/ his Performing Chimp
Alps · 1955
Jolly Fisherman
Alps · 1955
Little Shoemaker
Alps · 1955
Mechanical Television Spaceman
Alps · 1965
Monkey on a Picnic
Alps · 1955
Piasecki Army Mule
Alps · 1965
Playful Cat
Alps · 1949
Proud Peacock
Alps · 1955
Reading Bear CUBY
Alps · 1955
Reading SANTA
Alps · 1955
SAMBO The Minstrel Man
Alps · 1945
Smiling Sam the Carnival Man
Alps · 1955
Smoking and Shoe Shining Panda Bear
Alps · 1955
Space Rocket Saturn-X5
Alps · 1965
Telephone Bear
Alps · 1960
Television Spaceman
Alps · 1961
The Busy Housekeeper
Alps · 1955