GUEST: I found these toys at an aunt's house, put it away in storage for about 30 years, not really thinking it would be an important till I watched you. I've been watching ROADSHOW for quite some time. And I know you're the expert on toys. The best in the world, I think.
APPRAISER: Oh, well, I...
GUEST: So...
APPRAISER: I thank you very much. (chuckles) Well, I love these toys, and it looks like we have a real space extravaganza here. Space toys started coming in popularity in the late '50s, early '60s. The best ones were made in Japan.
GUEST: Mm-hmm.
APPRAISER: These were made by a company called TN, and this was made by a company called Showa. Two basic categories: space astronauts and space robots.
GUEST: Hm.
APPRAISER: And you have two of each. That's pretty nice.
GUEST: How about that?
APPRAISER: So you found these in your aunt's house.
GUEST: Yes.
APPRAISER: And other people were there first, right?
GUEST: Basically. They took what they wanted as important-- this was...
APPRAISER: And left you this junk.
GUEST: Well, this was under a bunch of junk.
APPRAISER: Okay.
GUEST: And I uncovered it, kind of, you know.
APPRAISER: Of course, I'm sure, if you watch the ROADSHOW, you know that we love them in the boxes.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: And we love them when they haven't been played with. So we got a lot of love here. What you have here is this spaceman. They're very desirable and very collectible, especially when they're in this kind of condition. And then the other major category are the robots. This robot, we call him Robbie the Robot.
GUEST: Oh, yeah.
APPRAISER: Because he was based on the character in Forbidden Planet. But he's never called that on the box, because maybe they'd have to pay a licensing fee.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: By the way, one thing that makes these very valuable is, these little rubber hands are easily broken and lost.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: This one, as you know, has a problem. It's missing its faceplate here.
GUEST: The switch on there, right.
APPRAISER: Now, because these are so valuable, there are people who make the replacement parts, so that would be available.
GUEST: Oh, wow.
APPRAISER: So, generally speaking, when you find these in the box, they've been selling at auction for $2,000 to $3,000 apiece.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: Each one of these.
GUEST: Wow.
APPRAISER: But few of them that have sold for that are in these kinds of conditions. So I think that's a very conservative estimate for the values of these at auction. This one would probably be $1,000 to $2,000, because somebody could repair that.
GUEST: Okay.
APPRAISER: So, you have some...
GUEST: I have dinner.
APPRAISER: You have dinner. You can go, I think you can have a few dinners.
GUEST: Okay.
