Large Celluloid Mickey Mouse Boxers Wind-Up Fighting Toy 1930s Japan ULTRA RARE!

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THE ITEM DESCRIPTION:
I believe this to be one of only 2 examples in a collection in the USA. This is a very rare 1930s Japan celluloid mechanical toy featuring 2 Mickey Mouse figures facing off against each other & both wearing boxing gloves. The Mickey figures are unique to this toy & large. The figures are 6” tall & the height of the toy including the platform is 7 1/2”. One Mickey wears red shorts & the other green. The arms swing freely. Each has 1 foot on the platform & 1 foot raised off the platform which gives the figures a dynamic pose. If both feet were down the pose would be static & unnatural when the toy is in motion. The metal platform & mechanism is well known but generally in a smaller size.
When wound the fighters move towards each other & then spring back & away with the arms swinging at all times. They never meet & their gloves never touch. Mechanism works well. Both figures show play wear with multiple dents in various places. Highlighting the dents: Green shorts Mickey has a horizontal crease on the side of his snout; small hard to see dent on black chest; 2 small dents on 1 orange glove & multiple small dents on the pale green shorts. Red shorts Mickey has 2 dents(1 on each side) on white face near the black hairline as it curves down to the eyes; 2 small hard to see dents on black chest; dent on back of shoe on upraised foot & multiple small dents on the red shorts. There is a small crack in the celluloid on the front of the shorts. Both figures have a raised celluloid, long curling tail that is part of the body. The black tail starts near the bottom of the shorts & travels down a leg & finally curls back at the top of a shoe. Each is marked Made in Japan on the shorts where the tail begins & there are 2 symbols which might be a trademark. I am familiar with a large number of the best Disney celluloid collections & only one other had this toy in it. It has rarely been for sale. I have considered letting one of the experts have a go at fixing the dents but never sent it out. I have enjoyed it for 10 years “as is”.
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