HUNDREDS of toy robots dating as far back as the early 1960s will go under the hammer at Chippenham Auction Rooms during an “unprecedented” sale.

The vintage toys, which include robots, space ships, weapons, board games and spin-offs, which is being sold by an anonymous collector on March 2, is expected fetch around £20,000-£30,000.

Richard Edmonds, principal auctioneer at Chippenham Auction Rooms, said: “This collection is unprecedented - I’ve not seen anything like it. As a leading toy auctioneer with over 20 years’ experience, we’ve been asked to sell toy robots before but not in this quantity or of this quality.

“We’re expecting a lot of interest from collectors and science fiction fans alike. These toys, particularly the ones from the 1960s, are very much in vogue at the moment.

“Because many of these toys from the ‘throw-away’ age of the 60s are plastic rather than metal, fewer have survived, which adds to their value.”

Public viewing times will be announced online.