Robotorama » Classic Robots http://www.robotorama.com Robots for Work and Play Sat, 23 May 2009 01:03:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Rare Mechanized Robby the Robot Unearthed http://www.robotorama.com/archives/2009/04/30/rare-mechanized-robby-the-robot-unearthed/ http://www.robotorama.com/archives/2009/04/30/rare-mechanized-robby-the-robot-unearthed/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:05:37 +0000 B.Greenway http://www.robotorama.com/?p=47 mechanized-robby-robotWe ran across an original mechanized Robby the Robot circa 1959 on eBay, the mechanized Robby was manufactured by the T.N. toy company of Japan and has been a long sought item among vintage toy robot collectors.

The seller describes the item as the most popular toy robot ever produced and it comes in its original box. The price you ask? A measly $3500… this just goes to show you how serious some collectors are about their toy robots.

]]> http://www.robotorama.com/archives/2009/04/30/rare-mechanized-robby-the-robot-unearthed/feed/ 0 Separated at birth? http://www.robotorama.com/archives/2005/06/03/separated-at-birth/ http://www.robotorama.com/archives/2005/06/03/separated-at-birth/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2005 10:10:37 +0000 B.Greenway http://www.robotorama.com/archives/2005/06/03/separated-at-birth/ toyotwik.jpg While reading up on Toyota’s entry into the world of robotics, I couldn’t help but think that Toyota’s bot looked a lot like Twiki from Buck Rogers.

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