Lido - Robot "B"
These three subjects are styrene space figures made by Lido in the early 1950s. There were eight different robots and aliens in this series. They were sold in groups and were also available in large playsets, notably tied into the Captain Video television show. As a kid, I had some of these 2¼” figures, but not all of them. Some of my originals survived and I managed to get several others off eBay back in 2008, but I’m still missing one of them. These eight figures, plus a separate set of four humanoid spacemen (I don’t have any of those guys), were scaled down and offered as premiums in Post Raisin Bran, during the early ‘50s. I’ve managed to get all twelve of these mini versions, again with the help of eBay, although some of the figures are later test shots, not original production pieces.
Robot “B” – The original bolt heads on the feet were inconsistent, so I replaced them. Otherwise, changes were just removal of the molded-on base and parting line. I added height to the board game piece devise so its top wouldn’t be at the same level as the robot’s arm. The textured terrain is a piece of sheet styrene that was vacuum formed over coarse sandpaper!
Lido - Robot "B"
These three subjects are styrene space figures made by Lido in the early 1950s. There were eight different robots and aliens in this series. They were sold in groups and were also available in large playsets, notably tied into the Captain Video television show. As a kid, I had some of these 2¼” figures, but not all of them. Some of my originals survived and I managed to get several others off eBay back in 2008, but I’m still missing one of them. These eight figures, plus a separate set of four humanoid spacemen (I don’t have any of those guys), were scaled down and offered as premiums in Post Raisin Bran, during the early ‘50s. I’ve managed to get all twelve of these mini versions, again with the help of eBay, although some of the figures are later test shots, not original production pieces.
Robot “B” – The original bolt heads on the feet were inconsistent, so I replaced them. Otherwise, changes were just removal of the molded-on base and parting line. I added height to the board game piece devise so its top wouldn’t be at the same level as the robot’s arm. The textured terrain is a piece of sheet styrene that was vacuum formed over coarse sandpaper!