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I collect toy robots.
- 11-Oct-2021
Iām so known to my pals as the ārobot guyā that when people imagine they see robots in the world they send me photos. And with @procreate I can make that robot visible! See magic everywhere you go! Thanks @leahblooms for the excuse to #robotober! #robotdrawing - 07-Oct-2021
New Bot Day! Awika! was designed by Chico Bicalho for Kikkerland and was released in 2004. His walking power comes from a constant force spring that is tightened. He also makes sparks! I believe @chrisgreazel & family also gave me this one. - 04-Oct-2021
New Bot Day! Welome āGR-2ā aka Torazon who is an antagonist in the Giant Robo manga and tv series (in the USA: Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot). On top of his head? Electric Head Boomerang. Everyone needs one of those. Have a great week! - 30-Sep-2021
New Bot Day! āLe Pinchā are wind-up robots by Kikkerland that Iāve had for a number of years, Iām pretty sure it was my pal Chris and his kids Diana & Zac who gave these two to me. If Iām misremembering Iām sorry! Theyāre cute and charming and can walk on their yellow or green feet. I look forward to when I can see all my friends in person again! - 28-Sep-2021
New Bot Day! BMO is a multipurpose robotic game system originating in Cartoon Networkās āAdventure Timeā (2010). Adventure Time is a multilayered epic and āBeemoā is a prime mover in the tales of Finn & Jake. Even though I have not delved into the whole show, I had to add charmer BMO! āBe more!ā - 20-Sep-2021
New Bot Day! ASP-704 was a 1997 digital insertion intoāStar Wars Episode IV: A New Hope.ā Heās one of many additions many regard as unnecessary. Star Wars was rich with texture and realistically dirty already in 1977. Iām happy to have lived into an era where vivid Star Wars stories are being told again. Welcome ASP-704! You are superfluous but all Star Wars droids are dear to my heart. - 13-Sep-2021
New Bot Day! Sparks is from 2010ās Toy Story 3 and voiced by Jan Rabson, who also appeared on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson! Sparks was initially a goon for Lotsoā Hugginā Bear but reformed in the end. Heās here with my last and current notebook. Have a great week! - 07-Sep-2021
New Bot Day! Elektro is my first bot from the 1930s. āElektro the Moto-Manā was 7 feet tall and could walk and talk, differentiate colors, and āsmokeā cigarettes. He appeared at the 1939 Worldās Fair in New York. This is a giveaway pin from the fair, to my knowledge no actual toys were made of this bot. Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company was by then a 50 year old industrial concern. They were there showing off several technologies, among them the new tech of television. Surprisingly, Elektro was not their first promotional robot: that was 1928’s āHerbert Televox.ā āRobot as sales and public relations toolā is yet another use of the idea of ārobot.ā It seems to me we put a face and body on technologies to make them more palatable, more understandable, less threatening. - 04-Sep-2021
I did not buy Marvelous Mike but I wanted to. Mike is another reason my robot rules exist. This is the budget rule. Oceanside, yesterday. - 01-Sep-2021
New Bot Day! Vegan Bot is a beautiful product of @chompton_ stoodios and Iām pleased as punch to have this artful robotic vinyl creation join my collection! - 20-Aug-2021
New Bot Day! Perserverence is a semiautonomous robotic rover! Launched by NASA July 2020; landed February 2021. āPercyā is a scientific explorer, testing the environment of Mars, seeking evidence of formerĀ microbial life, collecting rock and soil samples, and testing oxygenĀ production to prep for potential future crewed missions. Go Percy Go! - 16-Aug-2021
New Bot Day! Hello Bertie is a customized āWorld War Robotā bot designed by illustrator/creator Ashley Wood. Itās beautifully customized by Jason Chalker @manlyart ! This was a lovely surprise gift from @hellokellykuhl! - 10-Aug-2021
New Bot Day! ASIMO (Advanced Step in Innovative Mobility) is a real robot built by Honda in 2000. Honda continued building ASIMO bots (the name inspired by Isaac Asimov) until 2018. My robot collection is fanciful, but robotics is real. Factual and fictional robots inspire me to ponder our past and our possible futures. - 02-Aug-2021
New Bot Day! Are droids free? D-Oās story in 2019’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker forces us to ponder. D-O escapes service with a murderous Sith and joins the Rebel Alliance and is happy! Itās a better lot in life, but is the little robot free? What is freedom? Interrogating the ethics of a story is worthwhile. - 26-Jul-2021
New Bot Day! Chromedome was built by Shredder to defeat the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. From 1987 tv, heās a powerful robot ninja and a boss to human ninjas. He was pulverized by the Turtles but his remains were not recovered. Will he return? I donāt know, but Iām gonna enjoy this cafe au lait in the meantime. - 23-Jul-2021
New Bot Day! Happy Mini Tin Robot by Schylling was presented to me last week by my nephews and he fits in great with my bot collection. Here heās hanging out with toy animal molds I scavenged from the sand at the beach! - 29-Jun-2021
New Bot Day! SpotBotā¢ comes from around 1988 and was made by Tomy, Japanese maker of many cool toys. He has a battery, and when turned on spins around and “barks” cutely. A robot to brighten your desk! - 15-Jun-2021
This is the other quarter of the toy bot collection. - 15-Jun-2021
This is 3/4ths of the current toy bot collection. - 14-Jun-2021
New Bot Day! Marvin (the paranoid android) first appeared on radio in 1978 in the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and in books, tv, and film. This iteration is from 2005. Itās a solid design, but my favorite is the 1981 television version. Marvin is super-intelligent, with āa brain the size of the planetā but is nevertheless depressed. #h2g2 #marvintheparanoidandroid - 07-Jun-2021
New Bot Day! Rock āEm Sock āEm Robots was developed by Marvin Glass and Associates in the 1960s. Originally the toy was meant to represent human boxers, but the death in the ring of of Davey Moore in 1963 the project was scrapped. But the toy was fun. The company āde-humanizedā the figures. They were robots that fall apart, not a person that falls over. They have science fictional backstories: āRed Rockerā from Soltarus II fights āBlue Bomber, pride of Umgluck.ā I wonder when we started using robots to stand in to let us enjoy entertaining violence? Endless streams of battle droids are shot, dismembered, and crushed in Star Wars movies and animation, to comical effect. Contrast that with the moving death of K-2SO in Rogue One. We are selective about which robots we choose to think of as worthy of dignity. Empathy turns out to be a creative choice not just for the creator but for the viewer. Itās worth interrogating our hearts when we cheer and laugh about violence being done to others. Sometimes, itās just a toy. Sometimes, not. - 01-Jun-2021
New Bot Day! Daimos is from 1978 anime éå°ćć¤ć¢ć¹ (āFighting General Daimosā); 3rd of Toei āRobot Romance Trilogy.ā Voltes V & Combattler V came first. It transforms into a giant road vehicle in āTranzerā mode! Daimos knows karate and defends Earth from alien invaders! - 24-May-2021
New Bot Day! Pneuman is from the Tom Strong Universe. He was created by Tomās father Sinclair Strong and was originally steam-powered. I like his natty tuxedo-style paint job. He a servant and personal robot to Tom and was created by Alan Moore in 1999 for the comics! - 18-May-2021
New Bot Day! Blinks is from the Bucky OāHare comics universe in 1984. Heās an AFC (Android First Class) and helps Bucky fight the Toad Empire. āCalamity & Woe!ā