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Battery-Operated Toys

Most of the battery-operated toys sought by collectors were made in Japan from 1946 to 1960. The Japanese faced a shortage of materials at the end of World War II. Makers even searched dumps for tin cans discarded by the occupying United States Army to recycle into toys.

Battery-Operated Toys

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