Forbidden Planet Robby the Robot™ Life-Size Replica Statue

[jeffbert]

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Product Description:
The Special Edition of "Robby the Robot," manufactured by Fred Barton Productions, Inc. of Los Angeles, California, and licensed through Turner Entertainment, a Time/Warner Co, is a seven-foot tall, animated robot statue, as seen in "Forbidden Planet”.
Your Robby includes:

100% fiberglass body retooled from the original robot.
7’ Tall 1:1 Scale
Professional Showroom Finish.
Break Resistant PETG Dome.
Manually Poseable Head
Hand machined aluminum, brass, and acrylic detail.
Posed Planetary Gyro’s.
Fixed Display Sax Valves with Reciprocating Arms.
Motorized Rotating Scanners.
Heart Box with fixed Piano Keys, Star Light and Quad Light.
Electronics Package.
Lights in head and body flash.
16-Bit Quality Audio with Neon Synchronization.
Remote Control Show Activation.
Signed by the artist - Fred Barton
Made in the USA

ANOTHER 2 OR 3 PARAGRAPHS follow; all that, for a mere $18,000, which includes a shipping charge of nearly $1k!

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My birthday was last week, hint, hint!

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

That would make one hell of a Cosplay costume!
(BTW, I finally found the episode where you got your avatar from)

[Tetsuwan Atom]

I actually picked up this tin figure in a random store a while ago
this is the original tin figure that was produced in Japan for America in the 1950/1960's this couldn't be called ''Robby the robot'' so they called it Planet Robot.
The store had no idea what they actually had because it was 20 euro's a steal usally you woudn't find things like this in The Netherlands but i was lucky i guess.

[cybotron]

"I Have come for you"

[Tetsuwan Penguin]

Oh BTW, both Robbie and Astro were inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2004.

http://www.robothalloffame.org/inductees.html
Also the same man, Robert Kinoshita, that designed Robbie also designed the robot from lost in space. I think he is of Japanese decent. I think he is still living at age 100.

[jeffbert]

(BTW, I finally found the episode where you got your avatar from)

You know too much! :d evil:

Tetsuwan Atom: Have you priced that model lately?

Tetsuwan Penguin: There is an image on the forum somewhere about a MAN FROM UNCLE film that used Robby's dome as part of a larger machine.

[Tetsuwan Atom]

Tetsuwan Atom: Have you priced that model lately?

I'm a bit puzzled what you mean by the word ''priced'' since it could have several meanings.
If you mean if i have it appraised how much its worth, i haven't done so yet.
That might be a good idea but since it isn't gonna make me a millionaire i wasn't planning to sell it.

[jeffbert]

Yes, the current value; it might be interesting to know, even if you have no intention to sell it.