Alps

Alps toys history

The distinctive logo of this Japanese company makes its toys easy to identify. ALPS made battery-operated mechanical toys (like robots, cars, musical chimps, clowns, wind-up animals, etc.) and the company produced some of the better quality Japanese toys throughout the post-war years.

Click here for Alps: robots, cars or wind-ups

Many of its toys had multiple actions, for example, a convertible car would not only move forward and back, but the top would also roll down and go back up. This ingenuity ensured the toys' popularity, and for a time, they were in great demand.

However, despite their success, ALPS abandoned toy making some time in the early 1970s to become a manufacturer of consumer and industrial electronics. The company remains in the electronics business today.

Famous Alps toys are: Television Spaceman Robot, Picnic Monkey, Shoe Shine Bear, Batmobile, Drumming Bear.