chapter 9
Owners Grew Up
People Waiting on Benches ★ Toy Gas Pumps & Traffic Signs ★ Robots ★ Toy Soldiers & Toy Tanks ★ Caps and Cap Guns ★ Penny Arcade Pinup Cards ★ Character Spoons
Key-wind Zoomer Robot, walks and pivots, 1950s. Painted steel, made by Noruma, 8 1/2" high. Japan
Owners Grew Up remarks on the prizes of childhood that were relinquished by most people for the trappings of adulthood. The inner child survived in very few (ex: caps & cap guns, penny arcade pinup cards, character spoons, robots, toy soldiers & tanks, toy gas pumps & traffic signs, people waiting on benches for electric trains to arrive).
