Robby the Robot

[ShadowCory]

Originally Posted by Revell-Fan

I love coincidences like that! You could transfer the electronics of the toy onto the paper one..!

I watched a video the other night of a guy who disassembled one to modify and paint it. The electromechanics in this thing is a little mind boggling. It plays sound clips, rotates the body, counter rotates the head, legs move back and forth, while the spinning gyros inside the top of the dome spin around in a circle. The mouth lights up in sync with the voice. There was some serious engineering put into this toy.

On the paper side of things, I'm cutting and assembling the body and chestplate.

[ShadowCory]

They say the devil is in the details. I have to agree, this sure gave me the devil

[modelnutz7]

Your description of the toy Robby' functions makes me want one more! Your chest detail is beautiful. I built a vac formed kit of Robby years ago and it was the hardest model i've ever built so i empathise with how difficult your build is.
Tom

[Captain]

Originally Posted by airdave

lol, no...sorry...I had a fellow on another forum comment on the Robby the Cubebot...
the suggestion was that he was incomplete without the girl.

So, I mocked up the image in Corel...

but I never created it for realz.

That pose never occurred in the film...just on one of the Forbidden Planet theater posters making Robby look more menacing than he was.

Would have been cool, though. Nice customization for the model builder based on your mock-up.

[Captain]

Originally Posted by ShadowCory

I just sent a similar size and weight package to Slovenia from Florida and it cost $26 US. So yeah, it would cost more than the robot! But, if someone is willing to Venmo, bank transfer, or purchase a US Amazon card for the cost, I'd go buy one and ship it to you. I was at Walmart this afternoon picking up my new glasses, and I went and fawned over the Iron giant figure. I'm holding off until payday for that one! So they have three each, I guess they are restocking regularly. No shortage yet, lol.



On the paper Robby front, I totally re made the feet and legs again. I was unhappy with my flaps arrangement. Much better now. Regular human beings should be able to assemble them now, lol.

I'm holding off on attaching them to the hips until I see how things balance out up top.

Looking good. You know when you're done with Robby, you're going to have to add his Jeep...LOL
Robbie the Robot Jeep Blueprints

[Revell-Fan]

Wow, I was looking for that! Thank you!

[Captain]

Cool. You're welcome.
You can try this link for a wealth of info
;
Robot Hut Museum

[ShadowCory]

Originally Posted by modelnutz7

Your description of the toy Robby' functions makes me want one more! Your chest detail is beautiful. I built a vac formed kit of Robby years ago and it was the hardest model i've ever built so i empathise with how difficult your build is.
Tom

That sounds cool! Where did you find that kit?

[ShadowCory]

Originally Posted by Captain

Cool. You're welcome.
You can try this link for a wealth of info
;
Robot Hut Museum

Thanks! I've been watching these videos and this guy is a prodigious robot maker! Lots of cool stuff and all of my favorite robots, plus many, many more. He has already done all the things I wanna do!

[Captain]

Originally Posted by ShadowCory

Thanks! I've been watching these videos and this guy is a prodigious robot maker! Lots of cool stuff and all of my favorite robots, plus many, many more. He has already done all the things I wanna do!

Have you checked out this link from the Robot Hut site? Fred Barton makes and sells full-scale movie robots/props. Some good info and pics too.
All Robots - Fred Barton Productions