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The history of wind-up toys goes back for hundreds of years. Karel Grod, A German inventor named Karel Grod, was responsible for some of the early wind-up toys. Grod invented a mechanical eagle and a metal fly both of which could really fly and return to the spot they were launched from. They were very complex devices. The great Leonardo da Vinci made a wind-up lion for Louis XII in Italy. Wind-up toys in these early times were extremely complex in design and were made for royalty as a rule. René Descartes invented a life size wind-up human figure which was very realistic.
These elaborate wind-up inventions were much too costly for general distribution. However by the 1800s wind-up toys were being made very cheaply and in large numbers.
The first mass produced tin windup toys were made in the 1880s. From then till the 1950s manufacturers created many intricately designed wind-up toys. Then in the 1960s miniature electric motors powered by long lasting alkaline batteries took over the market and wind-up toys gradually dwindled over the next 20 years or so.
In 1977 Japanese company toy maker Tomy introduced plastic to the market with the classic walking Rascal Robot. Tomy developed the ability to produce precision plastic gear boxes of very small size to work with a clockwork motor.
Windup toys are made for children at present, and most of them are of simple design.
Windup cars, robots, spaceships, tractors, trains, cartoon characters and a variety of others are made by thousands on assembly lines. Many of these toys are of remarkable design but the day of fantastic wind-up creations is past.
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