Happy Valentine’s Day!
February 14, 2009
Cool Robot Lamp
February 1, 2009
This sweet little guy is from the 1960’s. I’m dying to get my hands on one of these!
More Great Tin Robots of the Space Age
January 31, 2009
I found these amazing old tin robots on the Alphadrome Robot and Space Toy Database. These old robots are incredible!
Atom Robot - Yoshiya 1964
Target Robot - Masudaya 1965
Electronic Remote Control Robot - Matsudaya 1960's
Winky Robot - Yonezawa 1960's
Laser Robot - Daiya 1968
Blink-a-Gear Robot - Taiyo 1969
Sparkling Mike the Robot - SNK 1960's
Robo Movido a Pilhas - Argentina 1960's
Three versions of the Television Robot by Alps 1960's
Original tin win up paddle foot bullet style. Note wire key 1950's
Conehead Robot - Yonezawa 1950's - 1960's
Machine Robot aka "Turn Signal Robot" - Horikawa 1963
Space Conqueror 5 - Daiya 1962
Mr. Planet - Yonezawa 1969
Three versions of Mr. Mercury - Yonegawa early 1960's
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Swell Toys of the Space Age
Famous Robots from Popular Culture
Famous Robots from Popular Culture
January 2, 2009
Hel from Fritz Lang's Metropolis 1927
Robby The Robot - Here with Anne Francis - Forbidden Planet 1957
Rock Em' Sock Em' Robots
HAL from Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey - 1968
Rosie the Robot - The Jetsons 1962
C3PO & R2D2 from Star Wars
Robocop
Number 5 from Short Circut
Bender from television's "Futurama"
Wall-e
Swell Toys of the Space Age
December 17, 2008
The kids growing up in the 1950’s and 1960’s must have had a BLAST playing with these toys! Not only are the toys incredible; I love the packaging as well! I found these on EBay.
Friction powered Mobile Jet
Space Television toy - Awesome for documenting all those new planets and moons
Alien UFO
Space Tank
Mr. Machine - Ideal 1960
Buck Rogers jigsaw puzzle
Rolling Astronaut toy; I love the branding with NASA on this guy.
Awesome Space Gun!
Space Ranger - Real flying toy!
Christmas Fun With Electronic Robots
December 10, 2008
I found this “Popular Electronics” magazine from December 1958 on Paleo-Future (One of my favorite blogs). I love the cover and the merging of popular culture with Science Fiction. How great it must have been to find this magazine in the mailbox back in 1958.
"Popular Electronics" from December 1958
Speaking of Holiday robots…Here is the perfect gift I’d love to receive. All of these robots are hand crafted by the artist “Guy Robot“. He uses found objects, appliances, and electronics to create these one of a kind sculptures:
"Gyro"
"Cosmo"
"Ironman"
"Euclid"
Documentary
November 23, 2008
Sorry it has taken me this long to add a new post. Silent film director Fritz Lang was making a documentary about me this week and it took up most of my time. Check it out:
