Sentimental Journey

[hb]

I'm pretty sure I gotta gif of a kid and Robby Robot, if that's what it was,
on my net page (it's about half way down)....
I scraped it from some other dudes place...If you want the gif just source
my page and call it up and save it....
It's a great pic.

later
hb

At 09:30 PM 3/30/97 EST, you wrote:
>
>Monte Davis writes:
>>Robby Robot, a completely pre-digital gray & red plastic robot about 
>>18
>>inches tall. A wire-wound cable led to a pistol-shaped grip with a 
>>crank
>>that drove his wheels, and (I think) a trigger that caused him to turn 
>>as
>>he rolled. As he proceeded, his battery-powered eyes blinked and he 
>>chanted
>>scratchily: "I am Robby Robot, mech-an-i-cal man/ Drive me and steer 
>>me
>>wher-ev-er you can."
>
>Robbie is always the first toy that pops into my head when I think of my
>childhood.  I saw one at the (now defunct) Atlanta Toy Museum a few years
>ago.
>
>Also, O-gauge Lionel trains with the little pills you put in the
>smokestack to make smoke, the unrealistic 3-rail tracks,  the cattle car
>with the little cows that jiggle up (or down) the ramp, and the myriad
>snap-together Plasticville buildings.
>
>Tinker Toys.
>
>Chemistry sets (Chem-craft I think was the brand), that came in a metal
>case, and had, among the other chemicals, TANNIC ACID.  Wow -- I'm
>working with _real acid_!
>
>