Shanelunas Collection

[shaneluna123]

Ive been collecting for 10 years now but only seriously for two.

This is my new cabinet with my consolidated collection of robots and old childhood toys.

Very busy I know, but soon I,m replacing the steel shelves with fitted glass, cool !.

I just bought an Alps television robot and a Horikawa space capsule which look great.

I also found, in my junkshop travels, a plastic Robbie and friends

from the " Forbidden planet" , so I made a diarama with them.

*see pictures below*

Thanx for looking.

Shane

[dratomic]

Cool. I like how your Cylon is just sort of chillin'... :)

[shaneluna123]

Its been some time since i posted any updates about my collection. I bought two glass display cabinets

from Ikea. and have removed all the modern robots from my collection

( That is robots post 1990 ) still like my repros though.

Since the last pics were taken I've added many new robots including...

A 2nd edition mr mercury with the blue arms, works like a dream.

A 3rd edition mr mercury with the gold body. Works like a dream.

A first edition television spaceman with the tin antenae . ( but a busted plasic head...must replace ! .)

A second edition television spaceman with plastic antenae, ( walks almost too well, wont stay upright.)

An original high wheel robot.

A repro high wheel robot

An original masudaya R-35 with tin remote and green eyes.

A Harry the hysterical robot with japanese box. ( great art )

A U.S.A.F Gemini X-5 non fall rocket, ( minus the orbiting pilot. )

A NASA space capsual.

An Apollo space capsual

A shylling robot from zathura

A robo tracktor from namura ( Missing original treads )

And a few vintage tin bugs which I'm currently into.

I'm begining to worry for my sanity because I am so

OBSESSED WITH ROBOT and SPACE TOYS !!!!.

Started polishing them with a car polish called AUTOGLYM,

( by appontment to her majesty the Queen. ) so my robots are

getting the royal treatment LOL.

And creating a data base of info on and for my collection.

Just got Illustrator so it might eventualy look good enough to print up.

Anyway thats all folks. ( for now )

PICS to follow.

[Blechroboter]

I'm begining to worry for my sanity because I am so OBSESSED WITH ROBOT and SPACE TOYS !!!!.

Don´t worry! The complete board is full of people with the same problem :lol: .

Zathura Robot is quite new, but fits very well in vintage robot toy collection. Let´s see your pics.

[astrogonza]

Welcome to the group Shaneluna

your collection is nice, I am glad to see new members in this Wonderful ' gang '

keep collecting what you like and do not forget to post your pictures

you are not the only one OBSESSED with robots, WE are a lot !

[shaneluna123]

Here are some PICS of my current collection.

Missing a few that are on thier way to my robo hareem from around the globe.

Its often difficult collecting in Australia as there arnt many old robot toys around,

I think either they werent imported or if so only in small quantities or maybe Aussie

kids didnt look after their toy ( I didn't.... LOL.. )

The other problem is the big cost of shipping to OZ when buying on ebay.

But I guess we all get that to some degree.

I have become a wizz at getting the old buggers to work. Thats one of the things

I love about these toys is they are so Lo-Tech, its often a loose wire, stiff gears or

in a recent case a busted axel gear, I had an EXACT replacement and after many years

of non use the wonder of seeing these clockwork marvels come back to life is a feeling

I share with Doc frankinstein. So bloody exciting !! Often because they werent used for

many years the mechanisms are in the best working order once they wirr to life again.

I use a wooden clay scultures knife to carefuly lift tabs, the wood is very soft and wont

damage litho or paint. Im extreemly careful when doing this as to me they should not be

tampered with unless totaly nessesary.

Mostly a good battery, grease and a bit of a jiggle with a wire loop on the gears will

help a lot,

I guess they sit in boxes or on display and dont get played with so they seize up.

I cant help feeling saddened by a non working toy thats just there for its looks, I guess

this is the conundrum of the collector, do we just put them in a cryogenic chamber with

intact patina of age, dust and rust . or do we restore and play god with life.. Ha.

I think for me its halfway. keep it in original condition, clean it , make it work again,

stop the rust in its tracks and play with it .. it is a toy afterall.

I wont repaint them ever !!!!.. what a crime that is.

The worst thing is this box issue, I love em and hate em. it seems to me I have too

many boxes all nice but falling appart. crumbly old cardboard. mmm.

Now I try to avoid them, they are hard to store and display as they take up so much room.

I tend to like whats in them better than the box so I wrap the boxes and carefuly store them

out of the way.

Here is my collection.

Thanx for listening.

[shaneluna123]

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Hey brian, sorry about that.

All pics are now more veiwable I hope.

[Roboto]

I love your Marx Elec-Robot. I like the finish on them very nice. :)