fuck bitch i hate you for that!
One of these days, he will be mine...
INVASION OF THE ROBOTS!
8/26/04 Attacking Martians!
"Attacking Martian" & ""Rotate-O-Matic" are names often associated with probably one of the most successful if not the most popular line of robots ever. Although they vary in design and material (tin eventually giving way to plastic) their actions remain the same. Here I present to you one of the most famous versions of this classic.
Rotate-O-Matic Super Astronaut, Horikawa 1967
Technically an "astronaut" to serious collectors, this is the classic robot of many childhood memories. It probably features the most dramatic action of all robots. It walks for a bit, then stops. It's front door panels swing open to reveal a pair of blazing illuminated machine guns as the whole upper torso rotates 360 degrees annilhilating everything it sees. It then closes it's doors and meanders on it's merry way until the next round.
fuck bitch i hate you for that!
One of these days, he will be mine...
Oh, I forgot to mention. Jor had a little childhood "trauma" with said toy where he couldn't figure out why a human was trapped inside the robot. I haunts him to this very day. And so I dedicate today's "Vintage Toy of the Day" to him! [img]graemlins/thumbs_up.gif[/img]
LMFAO! Everytime I see that bot I think of Jor instantly. He has looked at/for them everytime I have hung out with him at the Kane County toy shows. JUST BUY HIM ALREADY!!!!
...it is mildly disturbing. Particularly when you stop to consider its only his head in there, since there isn't room for his chest and the machine guns.
...really, there's something almost tragic about that poor astronaut...
...which brings us full circle to there being something fairly tragic about Fluffles. Just...in general.
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I'll fix it!
In this future, wormhole theories have given way to a whole new avenue of space science and astrophysics and really smart stuff that I know nothing about, but the trick is that they figured out how to create very specific subspace vortex portals that are stable and sustainable, thereby allowing this astronaut to "poke through" space and time so that only his noggin and hands (unseen, but they're there, trust me) enter into the battle suit, while the rest of his body remain safe and warm in a base on the other side of the galaxy. When the suit faces immenant destruction, all he must do is retreat his bean and bear claws, close the portal, and turn on the Golden Girls.
How does that make you feel? Tired? Well-endowed? Blessed? Triumphant? Redundant? Good.
Glad I could help. [img]graemlins/star.gif[/img]
<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Awesome!Originally posted by Andyman:
It walks for a bit, then stops. It's front door panels swing open to reveal a pair of blazing illuminated machine guns as the whole upper torso rotates 360 degrees annilhilating everything it sees. It then closes it's doors and meanders on it's merry way until the next round.
Sounds like a prime candidate for a modern re-working.
Custom robot figure? I can dig it.
Cool stuff, Andyman
Never saw that before-
I like the little head in there.............
You won't believe it, but I had one of those !!!!!!
I remember because the walking mechanism screw up and just stayed on the same spot [img]tongue.gif[/img]
I think they keep on making them up to the 70's
Sorry....I went home sick today and wasn't able to monitor the VTOTD thread. What follows is my response to everybody who replied to today's feature.
"woot"
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