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 Model:
Alps Auto-Doggie (red)
Power:
Battery
Length:
13.5
inches
Description:
The
large "Auto-Doggie" Ford Mustang features
"mystery action" and a fluffy dog in the passenger
side that barks and bounces as the car travels around
the floor. The cars came in two colors, both represented
here.
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 Model:
Alps
Auto-Doggie (cream)
Power:
Battery
Length:
13.5 inches
Description:
The
large "Auto-Doggie" Ford Mustang features
"mystery action" and a fluffy dog in the passenger
side that barks and bounces as the car travels around
the floor. The cars came in two colors, both represented
here.
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Founded
1948 in Tokyo, Alps Toy is best known by their logo with a
mountain in it. They were one of the earliest makers of tin
toys and were a top tier builder of both battery and mechanical
toys throughout the postwar period. Alps appears to have abandoned
toy making in the early 1970s during a transition to consumer
and industrial electronics, which they continue to manufacture
to this day. Their tin toy Mustangs are some of the most unique
and sought after, routinely fetching hundreds of dollars for
pieces in good condition.
