Morbius Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Merry Christmas to me from Laurie and Kelly. I have the blue version but have never seen this white one in nearly 40 years of collecting so it's very nice to add this especially boxed, thank you Morbius family! Has anyone seen this one before? No maker on box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roboto Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 What a great Rare present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 post pictures of the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 No maker on box, nothing noted on bottom. No maker on robot. Box is quite fragile, it's no wonder I didn't save the box I had in '81 when I purchased the blue one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 John, I believe you have the blue one in your pics of the 'hut'. Does yours still walk and 'talk'? I recall when I purchased the first one new from store he walked very strong and the strip of metal that makes the squeal sound from his mouth was strong as well. Now they're old they are very weak on both counts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robothut Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Yes I have the blue one , just wanted to see if the boxes were different in any way. thanks for posting the variation ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fineas J. Whoopie Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 The opening mouth feature is unusual but in retrospect it's sort of surprising it wasn't used on more robots. Congrats Morbius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altaira Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I really like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 Thanks Don. The Alphadromers are the few who understand what attracts us to these things. This item was a suggestion from e-bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 That's a nice robot Morbius! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Great robot Mile, wish I'd get hints like that from eBay! After looking at the pics again it appears his feet are on backwards...but they're correct to the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Here are the feet of both versions. Really different step-over design. Thanks for mentioning the feet, never thought about really looking at them that carefully. Noticing stuff like this keeps us on our toes here, thanks for the investigative thought Tinman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennetzel Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 What a cool robot. I'm jealous LOL. Love the box pics too. Thanks for posting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morbius Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 You're welcome Ken. I just watched this robot through the 9 days of the auction and didn't bid, the shipping alone was $50 and figured it would go up high so why bother anyway. That shipping amount and possible duty charges kept me away. Up until the last few minutes of the auction there was very little action on it so I figured I'd throw a (somewhat crazy) number out there on a whim at literally the last minute and was barely countered by anyone so it went surprisingly cheap. A few weeks later, an item I wanted was up on e-bay by the same seller. That one I thought would go cheap and it went for nearly $500. You never know how it'll end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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