Rare Aesop's Fable Paul Terry cartoon from Van Beuren. In the first half of this surreal and wildly imaginative cartoon Farmer Alfalfa is harassed by a pair of plucky chickens, and then mesmerized by a multi-talented dancing robot.
R-U-R from R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots) (1923)
Tin toy wind up robot from the 2005 movie Zathura. A few Zathera Robots have sold on eBay for $150.00. Other collector wind-up robots sell for thousands. Click on this small image, above, for the bargain $150 robot's video. TURN UP YOUR VOLUME to hear his motor! All that fun for the price of a trip to a pro ballpark! Then click on the other small image for more great robot vid. There are even more vids here if you scroll to the end.
False Maria from Metropolis (1927)
The Phantom Empire (1935)
Undersea Kingdom (1936)
The Phantom Creeps (1939). Stars Bela Lugosi. Screenplay by George Plympton.
Click to see the action...
Killer Robot from Mysterious Doctor Satan (1940).
Gort from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Click on small image above to see the trailer.
Same old Gort but getting closer...
Ro-Man from Robot Monster (1953)
Click to see Sultry Beauty in the clutches of a Half-Crazed Monster Robot
Target Earth (1954)
Tobor from Tobor the Great (1954)
Tobor again.
Chani from Devil Girl from Mars (1954)
Robby from Forbidden Planet (1956)
OMG, Robby!
Robot vs the Aztec Mummy (1958)
Click on this small image for a brilliant Hollywood depiction of an Aztec sacrifice from the sci-fi thriller Robot vs the Aztec Mummy!
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Robot resting after mummy mayhem.
Thinko from Sex Kittens Go To College (1960)
OK, you are just dying to know all about this one, so here goes...
Plot Summary
Collins College needs a new department head for their science department. Doctors Carter and Zorch consult Thinko, the campus computer (robot), and come up with Dr. Mathilda West, who has degrees in lots of things, but turns out to be disruptively attractive as well. Meanwhile two thugs search for Thinko who is muscling in on the race horse action. The captain of the football team is having trouble not passing out in front of the opposite sex, and Admiral McFortune, a benefactor of the college, becomes attracted to Dr. West, who has a past dangerously close to becoming public knowledge.......................................................................................................................................................................... Today's robots bravely carrying on in Thinko's stead.
Here are a few robot videos for you to enjoy. Just click on the small images.
More of these delightful wind-up robot videos are to be found at the incredible, delightful Spaceboystoys' Channel on You Tube. Cut and paste these links to see Spaceboystoy's wind-up robots for sale.
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What a heavy legacy Thinko has left for poor brave R2D2 and C3PO to carry...
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