Looking at websites for 1950s movie robots is turning up a lot of them. I've seen this picture a lot, which is obviously #12, but I haven't found its name or origin yet.
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Ah. Number 7 is Chani from The Devil Girl From Mars.
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
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And number 5 is Robot John from Planeta Bur, apparently. Both it and Chani were very familiar to me, but they must be from movies watched late night in the dim recesses of my forgotten youth.
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
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Oh good. I'd found the movie title but couldn't zero in on the name.
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
And number 5 is Robot John from Planeta Bur, apparently. Both it and Chani were very familiar to me, but they must be from movies watched late night in the dim recesses of my forgotten youth.
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Yep, I got that one. Also 54, 55 and 68, plus found Mandroid's name for The Eliminators.
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Originally Posted by Tenzhi
Ah. Number 7 is Chani from The Devil Girl From Mars.
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139 is Sam the Robot from Sesame Street. I didn't even know they had robots on the Street.
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#5 almost looks like John the Robot from VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET, but it's not quite the same. Maybe they repurposed him from (or for) another movie. Found him here.
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Planeta Bur is the original Russian title. AKA Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet of Women, I believe. |
Originally Posted by Ironik
#5 almost looks like John the Robot from VOYAGE TO THE PREHISTORIC PLANET, but it's not quite the same. Maybe they repurposed him from (or for) another movie. Found him here.
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
160 is a MSE "mouse" droid from Star Wars
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Yup, got my numbers mixed up, I meant #44. DER!!!!
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I found 162. He is the Lego Duplo Figure, Little Robot
http://www.toysperiod.com/lego-set-r...y-and-friends/
Found him on accident actually.
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Granted, it's been 25 years or so since I saw that movie, but I seem to recall that the Mandroid was a Robocop-like thing, while that little floating robot was called something else.
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...found Mandroid's name for The Eliminators.
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I believe you're right. I think it was called S.P.O.T.
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Originally Posted by Olantern
Granted, it's been 25 years or so since I saw that movie, but I seem to recall that the Mandroid was a Robocop-like thing, while that little floating robot was called something else.
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Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
number 99 is the 'Cooker' robot from Wallace and Gromits grand day out.
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Little Robot is actually a British TV (stop-animated) series aimed at the younger side of the audience, the Duplo figures are the 'action figures' for that series.
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Originally Posted by Le Blanc
I found 162. He is the Lego Duplo Figure, Little Robot
http://www.toysperiod.com/lego-set-r...y-and-friends/ Found him on accident actually. |
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I thought it was weird, but that was the name with the photo.
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Originally Posted by Olantern
Granted, it's been 25 years or so since I saw that movie, but I seem to recall that the Mandroid was a Robocop-like thing, while that little floating robot was called something else.
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Heh, I just noticed Kamelion, from not-quite-as-old-timey-as-the-Quarks Doctor Who, at #86. It was relatively rare for him to actually look like that. 
171 would be Louie's foot from Silent Running
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He was called Analyzer in Space Battleship Yamato
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my girlfriend thinks #57 is a Cylon... ya know, before they went all skin toned and copying people.
After a quick google search, i think shes right.
Also #116 is the robot from the Droid phones, the smiley one you see all the time on commercials.
oh, and #130 is Serge from Caprica
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171 would be Louie's foot from Silent Running
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Originally Posted by Dr_Illuminatis
He was called Analyzer in Space Battleship Yamato
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Originally Posted by Arbegla
my girlfriend thinks #57 is a Cylon... ya know, before they went all skin toned and copying people.
After a quick google search, i think shes right. Also #116 is the robot from the Droid phones, the smiley one you see all the time on commercials. oh, and #130 is Serge from Caprica My girlfriend's making me edit this post every time she finds a new robot. I love her so much and all her nerdy-ness. |
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On a whim I looked up Quark just now and sure enough, there's Andy the robot at #41.
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Couple of notes:
1. The version of K9 shown at #128 is actually K9 Mark 2 from the recent K9 spinoff TV series, and never appeared on Doctor Who (though he is supposed to be the same character as the original DW K9 - he's "regenerated").
2. The robot at #81 is driving me crazy, because I'm sure I know it but I can't remember where from or what it's called.
3) Technically the droid at #45 is a "battle droid", not one meant for security. If you want to be really specific (and of course this is science fiction fandom so you do ), it's a Trade Federation B1 battle droid.
4) Similarly, just as a matter of labeling, #180's name is M-O.
5) To paraphrase Harlan Ellison, I have nits and I must pick.
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