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Want to own Robby the Robot? You can!

The robot prop from the classic 1956 science fiction film Forbidden Planet, Robby the Robot, is going up for auction on November 21.

The robot was purchased by its present owner in 1979, and has been sitting in his home since then.

In related auction news, one of eighty medals carried on the Apollo 17 mission is also going up for auction.

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On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.

 
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.


The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
 

"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News

3 comments

  • Edward

    The article mentions that Robby the Robot (the actor) played in many television shows, after being introduced in the movie “Forbidden Planet.” Thus, for their $100,000 they got quite a bit of work out of the old man, or prop, or whatever. See his filmography, below:
    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1119475/?ref_=ttfc_fc_cl_t17

  • wayne

    Edward- thank you for those factoids.

    On the 50th anniversary Forbidden Planet DVD set, they include the “The Invisible Boy” appearance of Robby, and “The Thin Man” TV show episode, “Robot Client.”

    Reference the Apollo 17 medallion– in the same auction there are a number of other great space items available, including Item #9160 – “Apollo 11 Crew-Signed Flown Flag Presentation,” with a pre-auction estimate of $50K.

    https://www.rrauction.com/

  • ken anthony

    Like many Hollywood stars, Robbie needed better representation! He did well as an action hero, but never got the romantic lead.

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