Some of the toys moved when wound and had either a clockwork or a key wind mechanism. Toy collectors are careful to use the proper word — “clockwork” or “windup.” Clockwork toys have ...

The 7-inch-tall toy sold for $12,000, no doubt because it told part of the story of the famous theft. A tin toy and its original illustrated box made in 1911 sold recently at a Bertoia toy auction ...

As popular late 19th- and early 20th-century toys, living pictures once entertained children of all ages with a blend of fine art, craft, and mass-produced clockwork. This type of simple automata ...

The motor is attached to a large printed “winding key” that would be familiar to anyone who has used a clockwork toy or timepiece before. If the magnetic manner of activation is familiar ...

I tried to scale up a mechanical toy that can walk to see if it can be human sized. I decided to scale up a clockwork walking toy and see what happens. It took some dynamic velocity control and ...

This is a Vintage mini tin boat toy from 1940/1950 ... the disassembling I had to make new ones :) The spring of the clockwork mechanism had to be shortened, so the boat is faster, but the ...

Marklin rival Rock & Graner manufactured this 20-inch-long clockwork side-wheel boat with a substantial front bow. Tommy Jr. noted that of the 70 antique toy boats owned by his father, only two ...