Robby the Robot in Japan
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That Robby is at the Nakano Broadway when you walk into Mandarake (a great toy store). I'm more interested in the jumbo Ultraman and Ultra Seven next to him. He is a beautiful Robby though, he lights up and everything.
bigcow
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You can look at this links :Robot Plans & More - Gunrunner
Robby the Robot Page 1
http://www.the-robotman.com/
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Robby the Robot Page 1
http://www.the-robotman.com/
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Welcome to the board Yamman! 
I enhanced your photo to bring out the detail.
I enhanced your photo to bring out the detail.
yamman
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Hi
Wooo! Sorry for my no reply.
I couldn't find my first post and thought I had mistaken something..... please forgive me!
Now,I enjoyed all sites that you told me. And yes it is put in the display case of Mandarake Antique toy shop in Japan.
Thank you for all information.
I want to know that who made this replica Robby. A Japanese Robby fan said that this Robby was made by Greg Jein. I don't know which point is the evidence of his conclusion.
Regards,
yamman satoshi
Wooo! Sorry for my no reply.
I couldn't find my first post and thought I had mistaken something..... please forgive me!
Now,I enjoyed all sites that you told me. And yes it is put in the display case of Mandarake Antique toy shop in Japan.
Thank you for all information.
I want to know that who made this replica Robby. A Japanese Robby fan said that this Robby was made by Greg Jein. I don't know which point is the evidence of his conclusion.
Regards,
yamman satoshi
Sadly Robby is some what beat up, he is missing the radar rings off his head and the fins off the right ear and it looks like he is missing one of the two off his left ear.
There were a few hand made Robbys in LA back in the 60s, 70s and 80s, but both Bill Malone and others, ( I knew of three in the 80s..)and I beleive Bill did sell his own made Robby once he got the real Robby.
As far as I know Greg Gein never made a Robby, he did made a couple of B9s, the Lost in Space Robots.
Rich
There were a few hand made Robbys in LA back in the 60s, 70s and 80s, but both Bill Malone and others, ( I knew of three in the 80s..)and I beleive Bill did sell his own made Robby once he got the real Robby.
As far as I know Greg Gein never made a Robby, he did made a couple of B9s, the Lost in Space Robots.
Rich
The Prime (or Convoy) is just one made for a whole display from back in the day. They made Megatron, Bumblebee, Soundwave, Starscream, Grimlock and Cliffjumper.
Bizarro Lois
Sr Member
I always wondered what happened to the real one. I know that someone saved him and he was on display, but I thought it had been closed. Are you able to tell how this person got the real thing?
Yeah, its a Greg Jein.
Made it around 1990, I think. When I worked for him, we had to make sure nothing flew around and hit the plexi dome. Hence the cover. Greg said that a guy in Japan had paid for it, but was still trying to work out the shipping. It stayed at the shop for a while.
At Christmas we decorated him with a Santa hat (amongst other things) and in the summer he got a sombrero.
Judging from the generic Bajoran freighter model I was finishing off for ST: DS9 (on the red crate in the second photo), I'd say this was sometime in 1992-ish.
Gene
yamman
New Member
Woooow!
Thank you great information and photos!!
I know 4 replica Robbys in Japan. A man (famous collector) who made the dome still owns it.
My friend (Robby fan) said some of these were looks made from same mold. Did Mr.Greg make more numbers??
I know Mr Bill Malone's Robby. I know his project on net but I hadn't looked pictures of detail. I wonder that where were these Robbys in Japan come from??? Altair IV??-))
I think, if it is good replica, I will restore it....... This Robby is so poor now.
Robby was designed by Mr.Kinosita. He is a Japanese descent and I love his works.
Best Regards,
yamman satoshi
Thank you great information and photos!!
I know 4 replica Robbys in Japan. A man (famous collector) who made the dome still owns it.
My friend (Robby fan) said some of these were looks made from same mold. Did Mr.Greg make more numbers??
I know Mr Bill Malone's Robby. I know his project on net but I hadn't looked pictures of detail. I wonder that where were these Robbys in Japan come from??? Altair IV??
-))I think, if it is good replica, I will restore it....... This Robby is so poor now.
Robby was designed by Mr.Kinosita. He is a Japanese descent and I love his works.
Best Regards,
yamman satoshi
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Well I was wrong...
And I stand corrected, this happen after ST4/5/6 and I was not in touch with him, although now I undersand a xmas card I got from Greg with a nude girl hanging onto a Robby, I thinght it was just Bills Robby.
You learn something new everyday, if your lucky.
Rich
And I stand corrected, this happen after ST4/5/6 and I was not in touch with him, although now I undersand a xmas card I got from Greg with a nude girl hanging onto a Robby, I thinght it was just Bills Robby.
You learn something new everyday, if your lucky.
Rich
Not sure how many Greg made. I don't know the origins of the one in his shop, actually. It was there when I was working for him. It may have been there a year or so prior to me starting. (I visited his shop on Trek related business, but I can't remember if I saw it.)
I worked on his B-9 restoration, but never touched the Robby. It was already done.
Don't know how accurate it is, because I'm not a Robby expert. But I'll tell you this - if I had a chance to get it and restore it, I would.
Gene
I worked on his B-9 restoration, but never touched the Robby. It was already done.
Don't know how accurate it is, because I'm not a Robby expert. But I'll tell you this - if I had a chance to get it and restore it, I would.
Gene
I worked with Greg on Star Trek 5/6 and if he had been there I would have seen him.
I did get to see a couple of his storage lockers and saw his B9 stunt body and had some pictures of me standing in the B9 Feet and threading a Miniature of the Chariot…
But I saw no Robby at those times…Darn…
Rich
I did get to see a couple of his storage lockers and saw his B9 stunt body and had some pictures of me standing in the B9 Feet and threading a Miniature of the Chariot…
But I saw no Robby at those times…Darn…
Rich
It had been acquired at the big MGM auction (around '71, was it?) by some folks putting together a museum. During its years on display, Bill Malone was allowed to take photos and measurements for his own scratchbuilt Robby, and eventually he was entrusted with maintaining the real one for the museum. (Malone's Robby was the one that appeared in various 70s TV shows, like Ark II, Columbo, Mork and Mindy and a Charmin commercial.)
After the museum closed down, Malone was able to buy it from them. Accompanying him on his trip to pick it up was Bob Burns, who discovered the 1933 King Kong armature was still there, and therein lies another story...
