Alps history
The distinctive logo of this Japanese company makes its toys easy to identify. ALPS made batterv-operated mechanical toys, and the company produced some of the better quality Japanese toys throughout the post-war years.
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.
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