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  Toy Robot Picture Reviews Gundam Japanese Power Rangers Robots- Robot Japan   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Robot 8-Chan and Popy GB -Robot 8 Chan and a few new pictures have been added to the Popy Toy section.
Godanner Twin Drive robot toy by Max Factory In the word of Randy Jackson "Dude we've got a HOT one tonight!" This SOC style robot is quite incredible and an addictive toy to play with.
Armored Valkyrie VF-1S and GPB-1S robot by Takatoku
www.robot-japan.com   (1549 words)

  
  Cylon Alliance - Tribute to Robot Monster
Everyone is happy, except Robot Monster, who bursts in and kidnaps Alice and takes her back to the cave, but not before also finding little Carla out in the open and squeezing the life out of her in a fierce space gorilla bear-hug.
Robot Monster turns on the video display and sees the Professor who says they agree to surrender and are ready to die.
Robot Monster is a legend among the B-movie brethren.
www.cylon.org /bmovies/ro-man-01.html   (1861 words)

  
 Peter Wood on Left on National Review Online
Robot Monster is a notorious 1953 example of incompetent moviemaking that, along with the more celebrated Plan Nine from Outer Space, has entered into popular mythology.
Robot Monster the movie may be bottom of the barrel for cheap special effects, script, acting, editing, and other such incidentals, but Ro-Man the character transcends his part.
Robots such as Tetsujun 28, Zoomer, X-9, and Thunder Robot seem forever trapped between their aspiration to human-likeness and mechanical stiffness.
www.nationalreview.com /comment/wood200501110730.asp   (1074 words)

  
 Robot Monster (1953) - The Bad Movie Report
It still should not be that hard to find a copy of Robot Monster; both the major chains stock it in their Cult or Drive-In Movies section.
I am the world's worst at spotting these things, but in Robot Monster they reach out of the screen and slap you across the face.
In the face of Robot Monster, we can only stand in awe, that for $20,000 this film was made, it was made in 3-D, and it was released to movie theaters.
www.stomptokyo.com /badmoviereport/reviews/R/roman.html   (864 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Robot Monster: DVD: George Nader,Gregory Moffett,Phil Tucker,Claudia Barrett,Selena Royle,John Mylong,Pamela ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Ro-Man, a sex-starved robot monster (dressed in gorilla suit and diving helmet), has destroyed all of humanity with the exception of a small band of survivors.
Written by Wyott Ordung (Target Earth) and directed by Phil Tucker, Robot Monster, intended to be a allegory of the post modern world of World War II, instead has become a cult classic of cosmic proportions in its' complete and utter badness...
Along the way, XJ-2 becomes consumed with robot lust for the pretty daughter of the scientist despite her lack of body hair, but whether this is the result of the overactive bubble machine at the Ro-man's headquarters is not clear.
www.amazon.ca /Robot-Monster-Phil-Tucker/dp/B00004Y7GR   (2408 words)

  
 Robot Monster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Robot Monster is a 1953 science fiction B-movie.
They note that in the case of this film, the director and producer honestly believed they were creating a terrifying tale of science fiction to entertain their audiences.
In this aspect, Robot Monster is likely to remain one of the cornerstones of the standard by which "bad movies" are measured.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Robot_Monster   (1066 words)

  
 Big Lizards:Movies:Der Krapp:Robot Monster I
Robot Monster, on the other hand, is a very speculative work of fiction.
It is possible that if you’ve seen Robot Monster only once, you may not have fully appreciated the exploits of Ro-Man. I trust that my observations will serve to illuminate the otherwise dark corner of your film viewing.
We got Ro-Man! The villain of the piece is still a robot, behaves and talks like a robot, but he looks like a fat and unkempt ape… except that he’s simian only up to his neck.
biglizards.net /FlixLizards/Fossils/DerKrapp/DerKrapp05-RobotMonster1.html   (1102 words)

  
 The Monster Robot Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
I'll be explaining the construction of the monster as if you the reader know nothing about electronics and don't know a positive from a negative.
My robot also uses wheel chair motors, which are very powerful and expensive and very much not necessary for this project.
You could make your robot look like R2D2 if you want, all you need is a good round trash can with a round top and some wood to make a bottom brace for the trash can to sit on at a backward tilted angle.
members.tripod.com /RoBoJRR/Frankenstein/monster.htm   (2643 words)

  
 dOc DVD Review: Robot Monster (1953)
Robot Monster begins with its opening credits superimposed overthe image of various comic book covers.
Robot Monster has been somewhat lost in the mists of cinematic time,except one point in the 80s it received a brief upgrade in cult status.
Monster opens with a family having a nice picnic in an unspecified, mountainous area.
www.digitallyobsessed.com /showreview.php3?ID=635   (906 words)

  
 Cool Cinema Trash.com: Robot Monster (1953)
Robot Monster (1953) is one of the few movies that can compete with Ed Wood's Plan Nine from Outer Space (1959) for the title of worst film ever made.
Robot Monster has been released on VHS and DVD by various companies over the years.
Robot Monster was once the butt of caustic jokes on MST3K, and it's easy to see why it was chosen.
www.coolcinematrash.com /movies/robotmonster.htm   (1738 words)

  
 Absolute Anime / Kirby: Right Back At Ya! / Domestic Servant Robot
Unknown to him, the robot was sent to steal money, tricking the King into fulfilling his financial obligation.
When the Waddle Dees returned, the robot transformed into a battle-designed robot and proceeded to beat up on the Waddle Dees until Kirby became Stone Kirby and jumped on the robot a few times.
After the Waddle Dees picked the robot apart with screwdrivers, one more jump from Kirby turned the robot into scrap metal, hopefully for good, and all of the Waddle Dees and Waddle Doo were hired back.
www.absoluteanime.com /kirby/domestic_servant_robot.htm   (207 words)

  
 Monster Shack: Robot Holocaust (1986)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Klyton the Funny Pick Pocket Robot makes his way to the stranger and tries to relieve him of what looks like a set of.50 caliber bullets that are stuck in his belt.
Billions of robots, if I remember correctly from the opening narration...) In one last effort to appease the Dark One, Valaria reminds the evil overlord that there is, , one last obstacle remaining that will surely destroy the rebels.
Neo chokes Torque with a chain, (Choke a robot?), jumps around, runs away, hides, jumps back out, and manages to defeat Torque with a series of sword blows that before had no effect on Torque, but now are lethal.
www.monstershack.net /reviews/full/robohol.htm   (7941 words)

  
 Agfa-Monotype fonts - Robot Monster NF font for Windows and Mac
Robot Monster NF is a font from AGFA Monotype library.
Robot Monster NF font family contains 1 style.
Browse for Robot Monster NF and other fonts at our Shopping Mall.
www.paratype.ru /astore/fonts/Robot-Monster-NF.htm   (76 words)

  
 Rambles: Don Ross, Robot Monster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
In others, he tries to find something to encourage himself and his two children to continue on after her death.
Robot Monster has an energy more akin to rock, even though Ross plays acoustic guitar.
All in all, this is one Robot Monster worth having around the house.
www.rambles.net /ross_robotmon03.html   (337 words)

  
 Monster Shack: Robot Monster (1953)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
"Robot Monster" is certainly a legendary 'bad movie' that is undoubtedly a must-see for any sci-fi film fan.
After Robot Monster opened to the public, the film was met by so much derision and scorn that director Phil Tucker found it impossible to find other work in Hollywood.
Every facet of this movie screams 'cheap': from the gorilla-suit 'monster', to the card-board view-screens, to the sparkler used to simulate a space ship (you can even see the arm of the man waving the sparkler in front of the camera...incredible!).
www.monstershack.net /reviews/full/robotmonster.htm   (6701 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Robot Monster: Video: Phil Tucker,George Nader,Claudia Barrett,Selena Royle,John Mylong,Gregory ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
ROBOT MONSTER may not be the best "bad" film ever made, but for aficionados of the awful and connoisseurs of the crass, it's not to be missed.
While it's not in the original 3-D--yes, ROBOT MONSTER was filmed in old-school 3-D--the DVD from Image Entertainment offers the highest-quality consumer copy of the film to date, and the price that amazon charges for it is hard to beat.
Of course robots are logical creatures, so we find Ro-Man and his boss Great Guidance gesturing wildly to emphasize their point.
www.amazon.com /Robot-Monster-Phil-Tucker/dp/6302157315   (3165 words)

  
 m o n s t e r r o b o t   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
A satellite from Monster Robot Industries Division of Domestic Espionage is currently monitoring the situation.
With agents strategically placed around the the perimeter of the town, we are currently readying the mortars and napalm and when all is ready we shall extract him.
But since it's a holiday and all, I figured that on behalf of Monster Robot Industries I'd wish you all a happy day filled with green, chemical laced cheap beer and moldy green t-shirts that only get worn once a year.
www.monsterrobot.com /news/archive/archive-03172002-03232002.shtml   (748 words)

  
 Futurama - Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection at DVD Hills.com
The episodes collected here include "Hell Is Other Robots", "Anthology of Interest I", "Roswell That Ends Well", and "The Sting"; all of which are quite funny and great episodes as well, and the DVD itself includes some introductions from Groening and others as well.
Like the FG Freakin' Sweet Collection, Futurama's Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection is a compilation of four episodes (one episode per season) hand-picked by the creator himself.
Hell is Other Robots is probably the funniest episode of the first season, where Bender, while trying to clean up his act, joins a robot religion group which irritates his friends at the Planet Express.
www.dvd-hills.com /Futurama-Monster-Robot-Maniac-Fun-Collection-B0007PAM10.htm   (1273 words)

  
 Robotics News and Robot Projects - Robot and Monster Star in Hummer Commercial
Robotics News and Robot Projects - Robot and Monster Star in Hummer Commercial
This seems to be the week for robots destroying cities in advertising.
The huge robot perhaps signifies that it's an "advanced" monster.
www.gorobotics.net /The-News/Latest-News/Robot-and-Monster-Star-in-Hummer-Commercial   (149 words)

  
 Robot Monster (1953) The Screenplay
Phil Tucker's “Robot Monster” has been discussed, dissected, enjoyed and ridiculed by minds vast and cool and unsympathetic, which slowly and surely drew their plans against it.
“Robot Monster,” had it been published as a work of (written) fiction “before the Golden Age,” would have fit pretty well into this anthology.
Had Robot Monster been a short story, well, he could have been a robot monster, not a gorilla in a diving helmet.
beckoningchasm.com /words/robotmonsterscript.html   (5673 words)

  
 Robot Monster DVD
The plot is incoherent, the acting ranges from bad to awful and the eponymous "Robot Monster" is a guy in a gorilla suit with a tin foil covered diving helmet who communicates with his home planet using a bubble machine.
Though some fans of "bad" cinema often put 1953's ROBOT MONSTER on the same tier with PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE (1959), it honestly doesn't even come close to reaching the heights of inspired ineptitude attained by Ed Wood's magnum opus.
Robot Monster by Phil Tucker had me stumbling and writhing in more pain in my couch than my 2 herniated discs
www.tvcrazy.net /B00004Y7GR/Robot_Monster.html   (760 words)

  
 Big Lizards:Movies:Der Krapp:Robot Monster III
Like so many horror movies, Robot Monster is another variation on the beauty and the beast fable.
Even though Robot monster is of the school that hold the woman responsible for the tough guy monster’s mistake, the point wasn’t overstated.
It’s interesting to place Robot Monster in perspective to the 3D cycle of the 50s.
biglizards.net /FlixLizards/Fossils/DerKrapp/DerKrapp07-RobotMonster3.html   (1011 words)

  
 Futurama Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection | PopMatters Television Review
The Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection is a sampler of four of the best episodes of Futurama, culled from each of the show's four seasons.
This episode comes with an animatic (the director's rough animated cut, which serves as the template for the cel and background artists to follow) of the episode with full-length commentary by cast and creators.
The Monster Robot Maniac Fun Collection is a short but powerful argument in favor of Groening's dream project and offers the viewer a smarter, funnier, and just plain better show than anything the Sci-Fi Channel can squat and squeeze out.
www.popmatters.com /tv/reviews/f/futurama-monster-robot-maniac.shtml   (1219 words)

  
 LivingIndefinitely.com | Robot Monster
Then there’s the people who think that real terror is two gorillas from the moon wearing diving helmets and wreaking genocidal havoc on Earth.
There are no robots in this movie, and the so-called “monster” doesn’t do anything truly monstrous except kill a little girl, which maybe earns him the name “Robot Registered Sex Offender.” (Ok, he kills billions of people, but that happens before the movie starts, sort of.)
With weak dialogue and a plot that mostly features various characters walking around for no logical reason, “Robot Monster” is a classic 50’s sci-fi B-movie, and BEWSers had a blast watching Ro-man, possibly the least scary villain of all time, battling humanity to satisfy the bloodlust of his bubble-loving sea monkey people.
www.livingindefinitely.com /node/212   (772 words)

  
 Robot Monster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Let’s face it, like “Plan Nine from Outer Space”, Robot Monster, with his gorilla suit and clunky space helmet with TV rabbit-ears brings back vivid memories of the early days of America’s space program, the cold war and America’s naive perceptions of nuclear war!
Unlike other RoMan kits developed in the past, Janus’ Robot Monster was developed with help from one of Hollywood’s most beloved “men in the gorilla suit”; Bob Burns (who is also owner of the original RoMan helmet, which he graciously provided as a reference).
While Robot Monster was developed to pay homage to a 50’s “B”-film, it was also designed to be displayed with two head variations.
www.januscompany.com /robotmonster.htm   (186 words)

  
 MONSTRULA.de - ROBOT MONSTER
ROBOT MONSTER, der nach inoffiziellen Angaben lediglich rund $20.000 gekostet haben soll und gleich links neben Hollywood entstanden ist, ist ein schnell dahingeschludertes Werk voller Ungereimtheiten.
Der erst vor kurzem verstorbene George Nader ist in ROBOT MONSTER bei einem seiner ersten filmischen Gehversuche zu bewundern, bevor ihm zumindest in Deutschland mit den legendären Verfilmungen der Groschenheftserie G-MAN JERRY COTTON der Durchbruch gelang.
ROBOT MONSTER fand bei seiner Erstauswertung kaum Beachtung.
www.monstrula.de /filme/robotmonster/robotmonster.htm   (805 words)

  
 Bureau 42 | Robot Monster
robot monster is bad in a different way in that it is quite *boring* for most audiences (even audiences of schlock).
Robot Monster had no budget, bottom-of-the-barrel talent, and bad actors.
When one considers those variables, it's amazing that Robot Monster is remotely watchable, and incredible that Independence Day is so bad.
www.bureau42.com /view/2896   (856 words)

  
 Frankenstein's Monster Robot (X-Men foe)
However, the robot was mistaken by those who saw it for a monster, and it malfunctioned, menacing humanity.
At the time this story was published, the Comics Code had yet to be revised to allow genuine monsters, which is probably why the monster was made an alien android in this story.
The Frankenstein's Monster Robot's alien creators were from a tropical planet, and wished to open communications with humanity around 1850.
www.marvunapp.com /Appendix/frankrob.htm   (520 words)

  
 Robot Monster Review - Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension
The title has informed us that Ro-Man is a ‘robot monster.’ Moreover, the name ‘Ro-Man’ is clearly meant to indicate that he is a ‘robot man.’ This is what makes his appearance so striking.
For unlike many other cinematic robots, Ro-Man famously has the appearance of a morbidly obese man in a shaggy gorilla costume, adorned with a deep sea diving helmet over his nylon-stocking bedecked noggin.
Robot Monster, but intimately knew of it from the 50 Worst Films of All Time book.
www.jabootu.com /romon.htm   (11076 words)

  
 Robosaurus - The 40 foot tall, 58,000 pound, fire breathing MONSTER ROBOT!!
is the most incredible man made monster ever conceived.
This 40 foot tall electrohydromechanical monster robot weighs 58,000 pounds and is totally controlled by a human pilot strapped inside the monster's head - just like the imaginary TRANSFORMER and GOBOT toys.
Doug founded a company called MONSTER ROBOTS, INC. and his USA Design and Utility Patents on the machine are assigned to that company.
www.canosoarus.com /02Robosaurus/Robo01.htm   (268 words)

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