Video of 1st radio control toy from 1950s


Frankie says: "Yesterday, flipping trought the new issue of the Japanese magazine RC Sports, I found the very first RC model produced in the world: Radicon Bus. This toy has been produced in Japan during the mid '50s and is the very first example of a radio controlled model!" Link

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