'Yone' produced 'Walking Guardsman', English Palace Guard #2224 Japan 1960’s. In working order and a very cool collectable tinplate classic 1960's mechanical wind up toy.

YONEYA TOYS CO. / SY TOYS CO. / 'YONE'

Company Name/s: S.Y. Toys Co. Ltd. / Yoneya Toys Co., Ltd.

Guard Man - W/U. Mego Man style robot.

Name Derivation / Meaning: Yoneya is a Japanese family / surname.

Location/s: No. 4-7.2-Chome, Misuji, Taito Ku, Tokyo, Japan. Ku, Tokyo, Japan.

Dates: Founded in 1950. Dissolved - not known. 

Notes: Early catalogues and brochures give the anglicised name of this company as S.Y. Toys Co. Ltd. At some point in the 1960's this appears to have changed to Yoneya Toys Co., Ltd. This may have occurred at the same time as the trademark changed. You will commonly find the company referred to as Yone in references. As far as we know this abbreviation was only ever used on the later trademark and never as part of a company name. Yoneya is often confused with the Yonezawa toy company because of the similar sounding names. You may also find toys from other companies that use a Y within their trademark i.e. Sanko (Y within a circle), Yoshi (Y within a diamond) mislabelled as Yone (Yoneya).

Guard Man - W/U. Mego Man style robot.

Includes national NZ postage.