Cragstan

Cragstan robots & toys

Cragston was a toy marketing and distribution firm based in the USA. Cragstan imported post-war Japanese battery-operated and mechanical toys. The company's main focues was on toys with multiple actions, for example robots, and made sure the Cragstan name and logo appeared on their packaging in which they were sold. These were highly deorated boxes.

Origin of name

It is said that the firm's name was derived from a combination of the owners' names. They continued to operate through the mid -1960s.

The toys manufactured by this company are more sophisticated and detailed than the battery-operated toys made by other companies. A combination of factors--the more complicated actions of the toys, the attention to costuming detail, and the fine lithography on the toys and boxes-help set this company apart from the rest.