NON-STOP (LAVENDER) ROBOT
Maker: Masudaya
The Non Stop Robot, more usually known as the Lavender Robot, is a very attractive piece: the body has, as the nickname suggests, a basic lavender colouring with copious inset panels carrying abstract machinery detailing. This machinery looks more like a modernist painting rather than something that might actually work. Masudaya have even gone to the trouble of cutting out sections of the shoulders and sides, and fastening the litho panels back in place. The action is nothing special, just a simple bump'n'go, but the sophisticated look of the robot more than compensates.