I've always had a fascination with robots depicted inf films and on TV. As a kid, Robby the Robot was my favorite. He first starred in the movie Forbidden Planet, released in 1956. I also loved him as a guest star in the '60's TV series, Lost in Space, where he played against another iconic robot, B9. Robby has a ton of other credits in TV and movies. He will always be the best in my book, and it appears that at least one collector felt the same way, and was willing to put over $5M down to hang on to this Hollywood icon.
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Long before robots like R2-D2 or the Terminator hit the silver screen, a 1956 movie called Forbidden Planet featured a humanoid automaton that, in all likelihood, blew your grandparents’ minds. Robby the Robot might be primitive by today’s movie prop standards, but the three-piece costume is so iconic that it recently sold at a Bonhams auction in New York for a staggering $5,375,000.
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Tuesday, 02 April 2019 14:07
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I just have to admire DIY ingenuity when applied to everyday problems. Take the Turkish farmer in this article over on the Gizmodo site. This poor guy's everyday problem was bears tearing up his crops. What to do? Why, build a scary, noisy, and armed sentry robot of course! This thing is not really all that high tech - it just stumbles around mostly, but apparently bears don't like it. It also does not appear to discriminate what it is scaring (or stunning with electricity), so you may want to keep your distance. At least one problem is solved. Enjoy the video!
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