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    This document discusses post-war Japanese tin toys known as "buriki". It introduces how tin toys emerged in 1950s Japan as toys made of tinplate depicting robots, vehicles and space themes. It outlines the history of buriki, including how post-World War II economic restoration and Japan's rights to mass produce tin toys led to the production of toys like Robot Lilliput. The document also discusses packaging design, technology innovations using clockwork gears and battery motors, major toy companies, museums dedicated to collecting buriki, and how modern buriki feature Western licenses and online markets while preserving history.

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    This document discusses post-war Japanese tin toys known as "buriki". It introduces how tin toys emerged in 1950s Japan as toys made of tinplate depicting robots, vehicles and space themes. It outlines the history of buriki, including how post-World War II economic restoration and Japan's rights to mass produce tin toys led to the production of toys like Robot Lilliput. The document also discusses packaging design, technology innovations using clockwork gears and battery motors, major toy companies, museums dedicated to collecting buriki, and how modern buriki feature Western licenses and online markets while preserving history.

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    Buriki Presentation

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    This document discusses post-war Japanese tin toys known as "buriki". It introduces how tin toys emerged in 1950s Japan as toys made of tinplate depicting robots, vehicles and space themes. It outlines the history of buriki, including how post-World War II economic restoration and Japan's rights to mass produce tin toys led to the production of toys like Robot Lilliput. The document also discusses packaging design, technology innovations using clockwork gears and battery motors, major toy companies, museums dedicated to collecting buriki, and how modern buriki feature Western licenses and online markets while preserving history.

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    ブ

    リ
    キ BURIKI: POST-WAR
    1X21DF01
    PUTRA JAPANESE TIN TOYS
    POINTS OF DISCUSSION
    1.Introduction to Post War Japanese Tin Toys
    2.History of Post War Japanese Tin Toys
    3.Collecting Post War Japanese Tin Toys
    4.Conclusion
    INTRODUCTION
    • Japanese Tin Toys
    emerged in the 1950s
    • Made of Tinplate (hence:
    “buriki”)
    blik (Dutch)
    ➔ ブリキ（日本語）
    • Robots, Vehicles, Space
    Toys, Popular Character
    HISTORY (BACKGROUND)
    • Post World War II
    Economic Restoration
    • Japan had the rights to
    mass produce tin toys
    • Robot Lilliput was one
    of the first to be
    produced.
    • Glimpse of a new age
    (Space, Robots, etc.)
    HISTORY (OVERSEAS)

    JAPAN RELEASE ➔ AMERICAN RELEASE


    HISTORY (SOCIAL & TECH)
    Wind Up
    Robot by • Packaging Design was
    Yoshiya
    a sign of the times.
    • First instances of
    revolutionizing

    Battery technology.
    Operated
    • Clockwork Wind up
    Robot by
    Horikawa Gears ➔ Battery
    Operated Motors
    HISTORY (COMPANIES)
    COLLECTING BURIKI

    Teruhisa Kitahara
    (the Founder)

    YOKOHAMA MUSEUM OF TIN TOYS

    ブリキのおもちゃ博物館
    MODERN COLLECTING

    TIN TOYS HAVE MODERNIZED IN TERMS OF:


    BRANDING (WESTERN LICENCES) AND THE MARKET (ONLINE)
    HISTORICAL MEANING
    • Japanese Tin Toys are overlooked
    • First instances of technological
    revolution (battery utilization)
    • Symbol of Transition
    Wartime ➔ Modern Technological Age
    • The first “JAPANESE ROBOTS” to be
    exported and known worldwide
    • Ingenuity to Revolutionize
    • Preserve these modern artifacts
    REFERENCES
    • https://www.collectorsweekly.com/articles/attack-of-the-vintage-toy-
    robots-justin-pinchot-on-japans-coolest-postwar-export/
    • https://www.fantastik.es/en/a-brief-tin-toy-history/
    • http://yabai.com/p/4088
    • http://www.unmissablejapan.com/etcetera/tin-toys
    • https://alphadrome.net/data/displayimage.php?album=1&pid=605#top_di
    splay_media
    • http://www.toysclub.co.jp/muse/tintoy.html
    • https://order.mandarake.co.jp/
    • https://jp.mercari.com/
    • https://page.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/
    ブ
    リ
    キ THANK YOU FOR LISTENING!
    1X21DF01
    ありがとうございます。
    PUTRA

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