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Trick toy: Evan Kaminsky, 3, has mastered GoBots, toy robots that change into cars, trucks motorcycles, planes and spaceships when unfolded
Trick toy: Evan Kaminsky, 3, has mastered GoBots, toy robots that change into cars, trucks motorcycles, planes and spaceships when unfolded

Trick toy: Evan Kaminsky, 3, has mastered GoBots, toy robots that change into cars, trucks motorcycles, planes and spaceships when unfolded

Date10/1/1984
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Original Toronto Star caption: Trick toy: Evan Kaminsky; 3; has mastered GoBots; toy robots that change into cars; trucks motorcycles; planes and spaceships when unfolded.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0018145F
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