Yonezawa Toys (Y) Tin Lithographed Friction Powered Coral & Silver Buick Sedan #10509 in Box *SOLD*

Vintage Yonezawa Toys (Y) Tin Lithographed Friction Powered Coral & Silver Buick Sedan #10509 in Box

This piece is a vintage friction powered Buick Sedan #10509  tin lithographed scale model vehicle in coral/black/silver and was manufactured by Yonezawa Toys of Tokyo, Japan.

This vehicle has rubber tires and when revved up it travels forward. The friction mechanism works as it should. The license plate reads “81043”. The interior is a lithographed design.

This Yonezawa friction powered Buick Sedan tin lithographed car is in excellent condition with minimal wear and scratches. The box is in good condition with both box ends ripped but still hanging on. There is no rust and the bottom is very clean. This car appears to have never been played with and possibly a dead stock item. This car measures approximately 8 ¾” L x 3 ½” W. We invite you to view the photos to further determine quality and condition.

A brief history of Yonezawa Toys Co. Ltd.  (Y) of Tokyo, Japan:

Yonezawa Toys (米澤玩具 Yonezawa Gangu) (known also as Yone or simply Y) was founded in the 1950’s in Tokyo. It was one of Japan’s largest and most prodigious post-war toy manufacturers and an early participant in the growing radio control market.

The company and focused on the production of thousands of different electrically operated and mechanical toys through the early 1970’s. Some were branded not as Yonezawa but as STS. It is unclear as to the origin of the STS label, but it is presumed to be that of an importer. Yonezawa briefly dabbled in radio control in the mid-1980’s with the introduction of the 1/10-scale Wave Hunter buggy, sold in North America as the Monogram Lightning.

Under Sega’s leadership, Yonezawa Toys was briefly known as Sega-Yonezawa until the Yonezawa branding was dropped entirely in April 1998. Once Sega Sammy Holdings was formed, Sega Toys was reorganized under Sega’s entertainment contents business.

Since the early 2000’s, Sega Toys markets itself distinctively from the Sega brand, with some occasional collaboration between the two. An example of their collaboration is Sega and Sega Toys producing the UFO Catcher prize games jointly, where Sega manufactures the arcade equipment, while Sega Toys produces the prizes. (From Wikipedia)