6 Jan
2007
6 Jan
'07
9:22 p.m.
At 11:01 PM 1/6/2007, you wrote:
I've been a member of the B9 Robot Builders Club
since I started working on my own replica, years back. I'm less than half way through
construction, though, being easily distracted by classic computer projects. :-)
Back in late 1998, my buddy Sheldon Leemon (author of "Mapping the C-64")
won the grand prize in an online sweepstakes. The prize was a full-size
promotional version of the robot from the remake of "Lost in Space".
It had been touring the USA and Japan. Doesn't look quite the same:
http://www.robotoys.com/lis99.jpg
600 pounds, New Line Cinema valued it at $4,500. We debated what we
might do with it, never coming to any good conclusions. I was tempted
to store it in my barn. He never picked it up. It sat in a shipping
yard for months. I think it eventually started running up charges and
was sent back in mid-1999. I wonder where it went!
- John
