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This ICON title will be of special interest to anyone fascinated by early space travel and technology, those who simply want to wax nostalgic about a bygone era of their youth, and of course to collectors and fans of 50s and 60s tin toys. The roots of today's toys can be seen in these... read more

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As a child in the mid-1950s and early 1960s, I would make believe I was a robot or an astronaut, in a world of booming, clanking machines and rockets.

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