Xtrem Bots Robbie Robot (380831), White, Blue, XT380831

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Zaxxon 1982 gamers had never seen anything like Sega/Gremlin’s Zaxxon. Players had flown spaceships into strafing raids and interstellar dogfights before,… Robby the Robot was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2004. [1] Original "Robby" suit [ edit ]Kreiter, Ted. "Revisiting The Master Of Science Fiction." The Saturday Evening Post, Volume 276, Issue 6, p. 38. ISSN 0048-9239. If a kid wanted to pretend he was doing maintenance on Robert, all he had to do was open the bot’s chest panel and take out the set of handy tools contained inside. Thus, you became both a robot owner and a super-smart robot technician. Night Stalker video game (1982) – featured in the print advertising for the Mattel video game for the IBM and Mac [14] There were many wind-up robots that just walked around, but there were also some really nifty robot toys that offer plenty of sci-fi excitement. Enter one Robert The Robot . . . Phantom Empire (1988); third screen appearance with the Project U.F.O. 'Cyclops' head and other modifications

In every way, Fred Barton’s Limited Editions of “Robby” are far superior in look than the original. In the retooling process, any flaws in the robots body were removed, without compromising that special look the robot is famous for. “Robby” is now fabricated out of sturdy Fiberglas and weighs over 100 pounds. No thermoformed plastic (which will warp over time) was used in the making of the robot. The body was produced by an exclusive industrial fabricating house, whose Fiber-glassing standards and finish workmanship are substantially higher than those employed by the typical Hollywood Prop-shop. Robbie has 50 programmable actions, 16 robotic sounds, features 20 LED facial expressions, and is controlled and programmed by the included remote controller. (No screens!) Robby is around 12 inches tall and is finely detailed for less than twenty dollars (more on that)!! Charmin Television commercial (1981) – as an assistant to Mr. Whipple, named Squeezak, repeating the phrase "Don't squeeze Charmin".Robby was constructed using a range of materials including metal, plastic, rubber, glass, and Plexiglas. The plastic parts were a pioneering example of the use of the then novel technology of vacuum-forming heated plastic over wooden molds. These parts were made from an early form of ABS plastic with the brand name " Royalite", a material mainly used at the time for making suitcases. The finished Robby stands just over 7-foot (2.1m) tall and was fabricated in three detachable sections: the legs and lower torso, the barrel-like chest section (which included the arms), and the highly detailed head piece. Robby the Robot is a fictional character and science fiction icon who first appeared in the 1956 film Forbidden Planet. [1] He made a number of subsequent appearances in science fiction films and television programs, which has given him the distinction as "the hardest working robot in Hollywood". [2] Precursors of the name [ edit ] The tall paraboloidal plexiglass dome that covered the head housed the detailed mechanisms representing Robby's electronic brain. These included a "pilot light" at the very top, an intricate apparatus terminating in three white wire-frame spheres that rotate in planetary fashion (representing his gyroscopic stabilizers), a pair of reciprocating arms in the shape of an inverted "V", multiple flashing lights, and an elaborate horizontal array of moving levers resembling saxophone keys. Conical protuberances attached to each side of the head carry two small forward-facing blinking lights (his eyes) and two rotating chromed rings, one mounted vertically and the other horizontally, which represent Robby's audio detectors (his ears). The bottom front section of the head is a curved grille consisting of parallel rows of thin blue neon tubes, which light up in voice synchronization when Robby speaks. This neon grille also enabled the operator to both see out and to breathe. The joint between the head and chest section was fitted with a custom-made bearing that allowed the head to rotate in either direction. Major Matt Mason "Mattel’s Man in Space!" Space exploration was the dream of many a young mind in the late 1960s, and Major… The Gale Storm Show (1958) – season 3 episode "Robot from Inner Space", first aired December 13, 1958