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Phoenix, Arizona
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I appreciate the Sphero version, yet, passed on it. I preferred the Hasbro version that was a little larger and came with its own dedicated remote control.
However, I would have to say my favorite toy version of all is this one from the Disney store. Yes, the body does not roll completely while the head stays in place - as it does in the movie (the head also does not fall off like the other two toys) - but, instead this Disney robot rolls along on a big wheel on its bottom. Beyond that this rendition of BB8 is the largest of the three. It is practically like a small bowling ball! There is no remote, instead you press on button hidden on the top of BB8's head. One mode will have it roll around all over the place while making its robot noises. In another mode, press the button and it stays in place while just the head moves back in forth, lighting up, and speaking its beeping sounds. The perfect desk toy!
... testing my new 24-70 lens.
Strobist: Completely e-TTL in the original Canon way: one 580 EX II as master on the cam, one 430 EX II as slave.
Two sheets of paper to shootthru and to bounce / fill.
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OWLbot and his two alien companions--The situation becomes stranger and more tense as the trio venture around the mysterious RED planet.
Original design-made from 100% recycled parts. OwlBOT stands only 1 1/2 inches tall.
In 2008 Strausstoys came out with this incredible, STEAM-DRIVEN robot. Among my non-robot collecting friends, this one is a big favorite. There are no batteries, wind-up, or friction driven motors here – instead it is powered by a tiny Wilesco steam engine. You fill the reserve tank up with distilled water, then ignite one of the Esbit “fuel tablets” on a metal tray and slide that – literally burning on fire – into the belly of the robot. Once the water heats up and produces steam – it causes the wheel on the robots back to begin to turn and propel the robot walking forward. You have to make sure the piston on the back is well-oiled, but I’ve got it working pretty darn well.
When I did this illustration I wanted to depict an alien invasion by attacking big pink brains - each with an eyeball. For fun I painted a 1960's "James Bond"-styled Sean Connery firing a laser rifle from behind a rock and put my Dad as the driver inside the robot. I used a mixed media combination of inks, colored pencil, acrylic paint & watercolors. I also set the type for the big box.
The smaller box was for the limited number of folks who first picked up the robot and were lucky enough to receive with it "bonus" missiles, called "Rocket 1000". These missiles clipped onto the robot's shoulders (you can see them on my photo of the robot itself). For the tiny box I wanted to somewhat emulate the look of vintage matchbook art. To do this I created a simple line drawing using black ink on both the red and white paper & then cut-out the shapes with scissors and glued it all together. Since they didn't know what they were going to call the missiles at the time, someone else set the type for the red box.
The robots liked it so much last year, I've taken an extended group back to Barley (Pendleside, Lancashire) May Bank Holiday Model Engineering Show again this year.
Robot exhibit - I built these controllers (transmitters) using Arduino UNOs for my enhanced Robie SR's when working in 2.4GHz wireless mode. The arcade style joysticks control movement whilst the numeric pads allow execution of stored command lists including speech.
The * (star) key puts the enhanced Robie into wireless control mode, and the # (hash) key puts the Robie into autonomous mode.
This robot was one of my first great toys as a very little boy. Since mine was long gone I wanted to get a working one as an adult. I ended up getting no less than 4 different ones on eBay, in varying states of disrepair, and taking the best parts from the four robots I put together this working model. In the end, I’m sure it would have been the same price if I had simply found a nice, mint one to pick up in the first place.
The antenna on this battery-operated robot functions as the on-and-off switch. Circa 1959.
Tin Tom Toy’s remarkable reproduction of the Nomura Radar Robot. This battery-operated robot features a forward walking motion, illuminated lightbulb eyeballs, and a blinking radar dish – all controlled by a very cool “robot-face” wired remote control.
YES-most of these BOTS are all based on people I know.....
TommyBOT-a little older and stuck in his ways, but still a very cool BOT. Extra lighting and optical lens attached to his head aid in vision and focus. One of MoleBOT's friends.
Materials used for TommyBOT include: Tape recorder parts, cell phone bits, fuse connector, springs, screws, tiny bulb, parts from old model car, bolts, nuts, safety pin, a fastener from a celing light fixture, and more.....
2 1/2 inches tall 100% recycled parts-