Danger, danger, Will Robinson! You're about to go into serious credit-card debt, because you'll definitely want one of these. A company called B9Creations LLC is offering a "Full Size, Limited Edition, Fully Licensed Replicas of this amazing TV Icon!", said icon being the Robot B9 from the sixties' TV show, "Lost in Space." And it's yours for just $24,500.
The list of features on the company's site is exhaustive. Here are just a few: a "laser cut steel brain with polished stainless steel top cover and crown," a 240-watt stereo sound system, many animated parts (finger lights, torso rotation), a "discreet" remote control (he's not a true robot, folks -- sorry), and lots of articulation ("claws, rotate open and close in sync"). You can even pull out B9's power pack, and he'll shut down with an "aaaggghhh" sound, just the way he did on TV.
Sadly, the site reports that it can only build 30 to 50 of these guys a year, and right now, its reservation list is full. If you've got a spare 25K burning up your bank account, though, you can contact the company to see if anyone's dropped off the list.
Thanks to reader Dennis Wilbur for this tip!
Mixx It
Digg It
Stumble
More...
August 15, 2006 4:42 PM
Shame I don't have 25k to toss around, but oh wow-how cool would it be to have my own Robot in the foyer when people walk into the house?! I think this holds some special significance for a lot of people because Robot may very well be one of the first robots that people actually remember. Don't get me wrong, I never saw the original Lost in Space except for reruns on USA on mornings when I didn't have to go to school or summer days when I managed to drag myself out of bed to watch horrible late morning television, but I still remember Robot as being the first voice of machinery I really recognized. Well, him and Rosie, from The Jetsons. But that was horrible early-afternoon TV, a whole different world. I wonder, does he wag his arms about and shout "DANGER WILL ROBINSON, DANGER!?" Becuase then he'd be really worth it. :)
August 16, 2006 2:41 AM
Is the base motorized and remote-controlled? It'd better be for that price. Can the torso at least rotate by itself?
August 16, 2006 8:08 AM
There is a video on Youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VibCEXarHbg
November 5, 2006 8:41 PM
I like to order and like robot b9 if you have some in
stock please let me know,please send me a free booklet
of the items you have on sale from lost in space please my address:13307 122nd place south ozone park
ny 11420.
thank you for your time,
robert dunphy