Group of Electronic Robots comprising: (1) D.Y. Toy (China) Hi-Q Inteli-Bot with line detecting sensor. Grey plastic with amber eyes. Height approximately 5"/13cm. Mint in Excellent probably unopened window box. (2) Tomy (Malaysia) Dingbot. Height 4"/10cm. Clean battery compartment. Good. (3) a similar Hong Kong made Robot. Good. (4) Quest (China) Dot Bot in silver plastic. Height 5"/13cm. Good Plus to Excellent. (5) CGL George Computerised Robot. Height 6.5"/16.5cm. Good. (6) Tiger (China) Bot-Ster. Blue plastic with red detail and separate "battery" accessory. Height 5.25/13.5cm. Good. (6) £20-£30
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Kamco (China) Saturn Robot. Black plastic with red hands and feet. TV screen on chest and chromed detailing to head. Battery compartment clean. Includes 4 x red and white rockets sealed in original pack and stick-on paper control panel. Height 11.5"/29cm. Mint in Good Plus to Excellent lift off lid illustrated card box with internal packing. Together with Russian Plastic Clockwork Robot. Red with yellow feet. Includes key. mechanism working when tested. Height 8.5"/21.5cm. Near Mint in Excellent illustrated box; and Chinese "Terminator" type clockwork silver tinplate robot with black tinprinted detailing and plastic head and feet. With key. Clockwork mechanism working when tested. Height 9"/23cm. Mint in Excellent lift off lid illustrated card box. (3) £20-£30
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Space Walk Man (China) Group of 4 Tinplate Battery Operated Robots, each in a different colour. Comprising purple robot with blue feet, silver robot with blue feet, red robot with blue feet and blue robot with red feet. Battery compartments clean. Height 12"/31cm. All Near Mint to Mint in Excellent lift off lid illustrated card boxes with internal packing. (4) £30-£50
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Sharper Image (China) Robot Cub Remote Controlled Talking Robot. Battery operated silver plastic robot with remote control unit. Appears to never have been removed from its box. Clear plastic dome with "eyes". Height approximately 9.5"/24cm. Mint in Excellent window box. £15-£30
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Radica (China) Pino Interactive Robot. Battery operated plastic robot. White with black joints and green and silver detailing. Includes a copy of operating instructions. Height 14"/35.5cm. Excellent. Together with Pinto Too, a smaller, 8.5"/21.5cm version of the same robot. Near Mint in Good Plus display box with instructions. (2) £30-£40
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A large group of Burger King and McDonalds Clockwork Toy Robots. Comprising: 11 x red and silver Burger King issues, 10 x silver with red arms Burger King issues, 11 x blue and silver with gold head Burger King issues and 3 x silver and green McDonald's issues. All Good Plus to Excellent. (35) £15-£30
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Group of small Plastic and Tinplate Robots comprising: (1) 4 x Plastic friction drive examples, possibly Hong Kong made. Height 2.5"/6.5cm. (2) a Burger King pushalong cat-like robot in blue and brown plastic with moving arms and feet. Height 2.5"/6.5cm. (3) a Tomy clockwork gold and black plastic example with a red dome. Mechanism working when tested. Height 1.75"/4.5cm. (4) 2 x Soma (China) battery operated robots: one clear blue plastic, the other clear pink. Height 4"/10cm. (5) a Chinese clockwork silver plastic robot. Fixed key mechanism working when tested. Height 5"/13cm. (6) a Chinese brown plastic "fruit machine" robot with a rotating hat impressed "Goldrush". Height 5.75"/14.5cm. (7) 2 x Chinese clockwork silver tinplate robots with tinprinted detail. Includes keys and boxes. Mechanisms working when tested. Height 3.5"/9cm. Condition varies between Good Plus to Mint. Boxes Good. (12) £15-£30
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Rocket USA (made in China) R1 Robot 1 Battery Operated Tinplate Robots x 2. One example is bare metal, the other finished in blue and red with detailed tinprinting, Height 12.75"/32.5cm. Both are Mint in Excellent illustrated card boxes with internal packing. (2) £40-£60
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Rocket USA (made in China) R1 Robot 1 Battery Operated Tinplate Robot. Bare metal example. Height 12.75"/32.5cm. Mint in Excellent illustrated card box with internal packing. £20-£30
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Rocket USA (made in China) R1 Robot 1 Battery Operated Tinplate Robot. Bare metal example. Height 12.75"/32.5cm. Mint in Excellent illustrated card box with internal packing. £20-£30
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Kamco (China) Saturn Robots (x2). Battery operated black plastic with red hands and feet. TV screen on chest and chromed detailing to head. Battery compartment clean. Each includes 4 x red and white rockets sealed in original packs. Height 11.5"/29cm. Mint in Good Plus lift off lid illustrated card boxes with internal packing. £20-£30
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Group of small Japanese Robots. Comprising: (1) Yone Hopping Robot. Fixed key clockwork tinplate example in working order when tested. Height 4"/10cm. Good Plus. (2) Bandai "Digy" Robot in red and blue plastic with chromed and clear plastic head. Height 5.25"/13.5cm. Mint in Excellent illustrated card box with internal packing. (3) KY (Japan) tinplate and plastic base. Rotating chromed scanner. Working when tested. Height 3.25"/8.5cm. Mint in Excellent lift off lid illustrated card box. (4) Masudaya miniature Robby the Robot x 2. Clockwork dark grey plastic issue. Fixed key mechanism working when tested. Height 4.25"/11cm. Mint in Excellent illustrated card boxes. (5) Yone Tintoy Robot. Blue tinplate clockwork example with red feet. Working when tested. Height 3"/8cm. Mint in Excellent illustrated lift off lid card box. Also included is Robot-7 (Taiwan). Silver tinplate clockwork robot, working when tested. Height 4"/10cm. Mint in Good Plus illustrated card box. (7) £20-£30
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Ditto (UK) Pottery Robot ornaments (x2). Comprising a blue example with red hands and feet and yellow face. Height 8.5"/21.5cm; and a grey example with chromed detailing. Height 7.5"/19cm. Together with a pottery robot Christmas Tree ornament. Height 4"/10cm. Condition is Good Plus to Excellent. (3) £5-£15
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Azrak-Hamway (made in Hong Kong) B9 "Lost in Space" Robot. Official Twentieth Century Fox 1977 issue. Grey plastic with black legs and arms. Chromed and green clear plastic top. Battery compartment clean. Height 10"/25cm. Good Plus in Good to Fair illustrated card window box (some wear to edges and reference to Twentieth Century Fox and distributors has been partly obliterated with a black marker pen). £20-£40
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Trendmasters (China) Pair of "Lost in Space" B9 Robots. Silver and grey plastic with battery operated speech and pull-back rolling action. Height 10"/25cm. Near Mint in Excellent display boxes. Together with a further unboxed Excellent example. (3) £20-£40
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Rocket USA (made in China). Pair of Futurama Bender Robots . Tinplate clockwork examples, one in grey, the other is bright metal. With Keys. Mechanisms working when tested. Height 8"/20cm. Mint in Excellent illustrated card boxes. (2) £20-£40
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Denys Fisher (Hong Kong) Dr. Who Giant Robot. Scarce grey plastic example from circa 1976. Height 9.5"/24cm. 5mm hairline crack to band on top of head, generally Good Plus to Excellent. £50-£70
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Nikko (China) "Clinch" Robot. Yellow plastic battery operated radio controlled robot with silver and black "power arms". Includes transmitter unit and instruction leaflet. Battery compartment clean. Height 6"/15cm. Excellent Plus. Together with a Chinese "Talk-a-Tron" red plastic remote controlled battery operated robot. Battery compartment clean. Height 11.5"/29cm. Good Plus; and a silver plastic battery operated Space Gun. Battery compartment clean. Length 8"/20cm. Excellent. (3) £20-£40
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Design Future (Hong Kong) "Compurobot II" Grey and black plastic battery operated robot with programmable remote control unit. Includes parts of original box and descriptions of functions. Battery compartment clean. Height 9"/23cm. Good Plus with instruction manual. Together with Radio Shack (Korea) "Robie" Talking Robot. Radio controlled battery operated silver plastic robot with blue arms. Includes transmitter. Battery compartment clean. Height 9"/23cm. Good Plus. (2) £15-£30
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Collection of Robot and Sci-fi related Books and Auction Catalogues. Comprising: (1) "Future Toys" by Antoni Emchowicz and Paul Nunneley (New Cavendish). (2) "Robot" by Jan Pienkowski. (3) "Robots Tin Toy Dreams" by T. Kiyahara. (4) "Yesterday of Toys" by T. Kiytahara. (5) "Robots" by Dan Simmons. (6) "Vintage Toys: Robots and Space Toys" by J. Bunte. (7) "Robot" by Silvio Fuso and Sandro Mescola (Italian text) x11. (8) "Star Trek" Action Toy Book. (9) Christies and Sotheby's Auction Catalogues x 3. Condition varies from Good Plus to Excellent. (21) £40-£80
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Archibald Russel. Nicely constructed fully rigged waterline model of a 4 masted barque in a glass case with a wooden base. The Archibald Russel was one of the last great tall ships to be built in Britain. Built in 1905 of steel construction by Scotts of Greenock, she was scrapped in 1949 and broken up by King & Co of Gateshead. Length of glass case 25"/63.5cm. Excellent for display. Also included in this lot is a book "The Four Masted Barque" by Edward Bowness (Percival Marshall 1955) which includes photographs and plans of the "Archibald Russel" together with background information and model making instructions. (2) £25-£40
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"S.S. John Brown". Plastic model of a Liberty Ship in glass case with wooden base. The prototype took part in the Anzio Landings and was part of the invasion force of Southern France in August 1944. She is now a museum ship in Baltimore Harbour. Length of glass case 16.5"/42cm. Excellent for display. £15-£30
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Billing Boats (Denmark) "Roar Ege" Viking Ship. Superbly constructed wooden model in a glass case with a wooden stand. The original dates from about 1000 AD and was found at Roskilde, Denmark. Salvaged in 1962, she is on display at the Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde. Length of base 30"/76cm. Excellent for display. £25-£40
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Large Wooden Pond Yacht "Clarrica". White painted hull with black keel and varnished wood deck with brass fittings. The hull is 35.5"/90cm long with a beam of 9"/23cm. Depth from deck to base of keel is 10"/26cm. Height from deck to top of mast is 49.5"/126cm. Some iron staining to edges of sails otherwise Good Plus on a wooden display stand. £40-£60
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Kovap (Czech Republic) Hearse 1924. Push-along black tinplate hearse with silver tinprinted detail and black coffin. Length 7"/11cm. Near Mint in Good Plus illustrated card box. £5-£15
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Mettoy (UK) Large Imperial Airways Air Liner. Silver tinplate aircraft with red detailing. "G-A MTY" to wings and side of fuselage, "Imperial" to cockpit sides. Tinplate balloon wheels. Twin engines with 3-bladed tinplate propellers. Fixed key clockwork motor working when tested. Wing span 20"/51cm. Extensive surface pitting to silver finish. Fair but nevertheless a rare and unusual example. £30-£50
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Chinese Novelty Toys (x3). Comprising: (1) Tinplate Climbing Monkey with red jacket and fez, orange waistcoat and green trousers. Same action as Lehmann's "Tom". Length 8.5"/21.5cm. Near Mint in Good illustrated card box (slight crushing). (2) Shylling "Antique" Golf Game. Spring activated tinplate putting game. Length 7"/18cm. Near Mint in a Good illustrated card box (stain to base). (3) Whale Eating Fish. Red and gold tinplate whale which swallows a blue fish attached to a cord. Length 6.5"/16.5cm. Near Mint in Good Plus illustrated card box. Together with a Pink Friction Drive Tinplate American Style Convertible with bright metal detailing and a white interior. Length 10"/26cm. Tarnishing to bright metal parts but generally Good. (4) £15-£30
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CKO Kellerman (Germany) V.W. Estate No.426. Blue tinplate friction drive model with detailed cream interior and bright metal trim. Length 5"/13cm. Together with a friction drive tinplate Beetle in red with bright metal trim (maker unconfirmed). Length 5"/13cm and a Yonezawa (Japan) MG Sports Car. Tinprinted in red with some tarnishing to bright metal trim of V.W. Estate, otherwise condition is Good Plus to Excellent. (3) £15-£30
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Triang (UK) Pressed Steel Jones KL44 Crane. Red and black base and black rubber wheels. Blue operating grab bucket. Length 21"/53cm. Play wear and paint chips to exposed edges. Generally Good. Together with a pressed steel Excavator impressed "M3MA" to base. Maker unconfirmed. Blue base, jib and bucket with orange cab. Length 20"/51cm. General play wear and some surface corrosion. Fair. (2) £15-£30
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Sutcliffe (UK) "Zip" Speedboat. Blue tinplate hull with white deck with gold band to rim,. Red plastic bung. Clear plastic windscreen. "Zip Super Charged" blue and red decal to deck and "Sutcliffe" decal near bow. With key. Clockwork mechanism working when tested. Length 9.5"/24cm. Minor wear to edges of deck decal and tiller catch, otherwise Near Mint in Good Plus plain card box (stamped "Sutcliffe Boats ZIP" to end flaps) with inner paper packing. A rare example. £60-£80
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Sutcliffe (UK) "Hawk" Clockwork Speedboat. Light green tinplate hull with white deck and green motor cover. Clear plastic windscreen and red plastic bung. includes key and plastic pennant in original paper bag. Motor working when tested. 12"/30.5cm long. Near Mint in Excellent illustrated card box with paper packing. £30-£50
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Sutcliffe (UK) "Nautilus" Tinplate Clockwork Submarine from Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea. Pale green with gold and red decals. Rubber bung with periscope. With key in original paper bag. Clockwork motor working when tested. Length 9.75"/25cm. Excellent to Near Mint in Good Plus lift off lid illustrated card box. £60-£80
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Sutcliffe (UK) "Sprite" Day Cruiser. Clockwork tinplate boat with green hull and cream deck and cabin. With key. Clockwork motor working when tested. Length 9"/23cm. Lacks bung otherwise Good Plus to Excellent in Good illustrated card box. £20-£40
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Sutcliffe (UK) "Victor" Motor Torpedo Boat. Tinplate clockwork boat with blue hull and white deck. Clear plastic bung. Includes mast and key. Clockwork motor working when tested. Small paint chips around key hole, otherwise Good Plus to Excellent in Good illustrated card box with inner paper packing. £30-£50
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Guiterman of London (Empire Made) Pleasure Cruiser. Battery operated plastic boat with white hull, blue deck and cream cabin roof. Chromed deck fittings. Includes pennant and mast. Battery contacts clean. Length 12"/30cm. Would benefit from a clean and lacks one cleat. Generally Good to Good Plus in Good to Fair illustrated card box. £15-£30
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Joustra (France) Peugeot 404 Taxi. Large scale tinplate battery powered model. Light duck egg blue body with plated trim. Plated wheel hubs with black tyres. Detailed tinprinted interior. Bulb on roof ("Taxi" sign missing) and meter attached to LH front wing. Lacks Taxi sign, some play wear and tarnishing to bright metal parts. Generally Good for display. £40-£60
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SH Toys (Japan) Attacking Martian. Tinplate battery operated robot in gold effect finish with red feet and green translucent insets to chest. Battery compartment clean. Height 11"/28cm. Some light surface wear but generally Good Plus in a Fair to Good illustrated lift off lid card box with inner packing and Telsalda label attached to base of lid. A nice bright example. £120-£180
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Yonezawa (Japan) "Moon Explorer". Tinplate and plastic remote control space vehicle. Red and white with detailed tinprinting. Plastic astronaut in cockpit. Blue plastic rocket shaped remote control unit and battery holder (battery compartment clean). Complete with white plastic radar scanner. Length 8"/20cm. Good Plus in Poor lift off illustrated box (Good base with substantial remains of lid). £100-£150
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Space Walk Man (China). Silver tinplate battery operated robot with tinprinted details and blue feet. Some corrosion to battery compartment. Height 11.5"/29cm. Some light wear and battery cover catch missing. Good for display in Good Plus illustrated box. £5-£15
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Marx (UK) Mechanical Horse and Cart. Tinplate clockwork toy with brown and yellow horse, woodgrain effect cart and tinprinted driver. Fixed key piano wire clockwork motor working when tested. Length 9.5"/24cm. Some play wear and a small patch of surface rust on back of driver. Generally Good in Poor (remains of) illustrated box. £30-£40
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Welsotoys (UK) Walt Disney Action Target Set. Colourful tinplate shooting gallery with plastic Goofy, Pluto, Donald Duck and Mickey Mouse target figures and black plastic "Luger" style pop gun. Complete with 5 corks which fit into holes at back of gallery. Width 12"/30cm. Some rust patches to base and tarnishing to rear of gallery but generally Good for display in a Fair illustrated box (tape repair and lacks one end flap). Together with Peter Pan (UK) Space Target Tiddly Winks, circa 1955. Coloured plastic canister and cup in a printed target base with space scenes. Good Plus in a Good colourfully illustrated box. (2) £20-£30
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Kleeware (UK) Petrol Station with 4 Cars. Approximately OO scale. Plastic filling station with white roof and facia, blue opening lift -up doors for "Service Dept" and "Car Wash" (with ramp). Red plastic forecourt with pumps etc. Detailed interior with counter and till. Complete with bag containing 4 plastic cars in white, blue, gold and red. Width 8"/20cm. Would benefit from a light clean but generally Good Plus in a Poor to Fair illustrated card box (only one end flap). £20-£30
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Philipp Niedermeier PN300 Friction Drive Police Car. Blue and white tinplate Jaguar style car with tinprinted detail, aerial and red plastic "light" to bonnet. Steel wheels with rubber tyres. "PN-300" registration plates. Length 8.25"/21cm. Light play wear but generally Good Plus in a Good illustrated PN290 card box. £50-£70
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Technofix (Germany) Racing Motorcycle. Tinplate friction drive with tinprinted detail. Racing number 15 to sides. Length 7.25"/18.5cm. Some light surface rubs but generally Good Plus. £40-£60
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Triang (UK) Pressed Steel Tipper Truck. Green cab and chassis with red tipping body, Painted headlamps and radiator. Black rubber wheels. Length 12.75"/32.5cm. Some wear to black paint on radiator but generally Good to Good Plus. £15-£30
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Wells (UK) Broderick Crawford Highway Patrol Police Car. From the 1950's TV Series. Blue and white tinplate friction drive car with siren sound. "10.4.HP" numberplates. Tinprinted detail including Broderick Crawford image on windscreen and side windows. Length 11"/28cm. Some surface rust to base and lower part of LH car door and worming to tinprinting. Generally Good in Good illustrated card box. £50-£70
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Kleeware (UK) Painter's and Decorators Lorry. Unusual large scale plastic truck with green/grey cab and red body. Opening cab doors. Includes 6 fitted buckets (4 with watercolour blocks), extending yellow plastic ladders and an opening locker containing step ladders and a small paint brush. Length 12"/30.5cm. Would benefit from a light clean and stay on step ladders missing. Generally Good Plus in a Good illustrated card box. £30-£50
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Safar (Italy) Lancia 2 Door Saloon Car. Clockwork model with red alloy body and black tinplate base. Automatic steering and forward/reverse mechanism operated by interchangeable cams fitted to base. Includes key and 3 cams. Mechanism working when tested. Length 6.75"/17cm. A Good Plus to Excellent example of this unusual model. £60-£80
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Marx (USA) Tricky Taxi. Bright red and yellow clockwork car with mystery non-fall action. With key. Mechanism working when tested. Length 4.5"/11.5cm. Generally Excellent in a Good illustrated card box (end flap detached but present). £30-£40
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German Tinplate Penny Toy Train Set, probably by Kellermann. A rare and unusual early set comprising a green locomotive with black and yellow detailed tinprinting and 6 red tinplate wheels, "291" to cab and tender sides; 3 open trucks and 6 coaches. The locomotive is 3.5"/9cm long and each item of rolling stock 1.75"/4.5cm long. Condition is Excellent Plus to Near Mint in a Good but fragile lift off lid card box with illustrated label (2 lid corners split and part of lid edge missing). £150-£200
The David Saffery Collection Part 2
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