Name: X70 (Tulip Head).
Origin: Japan.
Date: 1960-1965 .
Manufacturer: Nomura (T.N.).
Type: Battery Operated.
Action: Walks forwards, stops, 3 head petals open to reveal camera with alien landscape scene, revolves, petals close, walks forwards.
Details: My local antique and curiosities shop promised me this piece - I had to wait two years! Complete with tatty box, this piece is about 70% operational. Some plastic gears, two of which have split, so the camera no longer revolves.

Click here for detail of head, chest and camera.