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My Latest Robot Arm: ALL PLASTIC!

ercoerco Posts: 20,256
edited 2011-08-03 22:11 in Robotics
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But WHAT a beauty it is. An EXTREMELY rare clear Armatron, one of 20 ever made. A gift from friend. It ain't what you know, it's WHO you know! And no, it's not and will never be for sale.
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Comments

  • CircuitMageCircuitMage Posts: 62
    edited 2011-08-02 13:19
    1 of only 20? Really? I thought those were mass marketed as well. Hmmm.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-02 13:58
    Armatrons were not mass marketed in clear.

    But Robosapiens were, and I gotta get one of those too! And a Homersapien, too!

    I need a bigger house.
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-08-02 17:18
    Aaahh.
    This you sell me, eh? Eh-heh-heh-heh.
    How much, eh? Eh-heh-heh-heh.
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2011-08-02 18:08
    PJ Allen wrote: »
    Aaahh.
    This you sell me, eh? Eh-heh-heh-heh.
    How much, eh? Eh-heh-heh-heh.

    Watch out for PJ's Jedi mind tricks erco! I had a grey (I think) plastic one - wish I still had it!
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-02 19:01
    PJ Allen wrote: »
    Aaahh.
    This you sell me, eh? Eh-heh-heh-heh.
    How much, eh? Eh-heh-heh-heh.

    PJ, you vetty good man.

    I make you special price...
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2011-08-02 19:25
    I have a Verti-Bird that still works.
    Might be kind of fun to interface it with the accelerometer-cellphone deal.
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-02 19:32
    Hey, I also have my childhood Vertibird... in the original box. BEAT THAT !
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2011-08-02 20:04
    I would totally spray paint that thing with Krylon fluorescent orange enamel!

    How's that for heresy? (Erco, if you weren't so dang fit, I'd be concerned about causing a stroke with that comment!)

    'Nice score! Be sure to revise your will to include it. I'll email you my particulars, if it happens to be germane.

    -Phil
  • CircuitMageCircuitMage Posts: 62
    edited 2011-08-03 06:22
    I agree with Phil. Repaint plastic is the way to go. :-/

    Here's my last Krylon repaint (with motor mods of course). Now just to mount them on something...like a robotic arm....where would I find one of those though??

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  • icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
    edited 2011-08-03 19:06
    erco wrote: »
    And no, it's not and will never be for sale.

    Just wait until it comes time to pay for the kids collage. My oldest brother thought that way about a plume crazy hemi he had... marriage and two girls latter changed all that.
    -dan
  • ercoerco Posts: 20,256
    edited 2011-08-03 22:11
    OK, so talk to me in 16 years. It will have appreciated nicely by then!
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