Ether
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Aug 25, 2007 13:29:55 GMT
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Here's my eighties Tomy Robot collection. Hope you like 'em! Chatbot catching some rays:  Dingbot maxing on my speaker:  Minibot guarding my record collection:  Omnibot ready to deliver some toilet reading:  Omnibot is getting a new perspex casing for his head and I'm turning him into a supplementary ICE install for the Honda. I plan to use his tape player as well as a soon-to-be fitted tuner and input/holder for an MP3 player. |
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Marc
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Aug 25, 2007 13:49:35 GMT
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Retro overload! Me and my sister had a dingbot when we were kids. We pulled him apart to customise his body, he wasn't the same after that unfortunately.
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Aug 25, 2007 16:15:11 GMT
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Awesome!  My neighbour had an omnibot, kept driving it into the toilet whenever you were in there ;D Most disconcerting! |
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Aug 25, 2007 16:35:06 GMT
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what was the one where you typed distances and directions into it and it went off doing its thing?
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Icey
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Aug 25, 2007 19:00:54 GMT
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Dingbot maxing on my speaker: I had one of those! ;D Until I took it apart  (ChrisW) |
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Last Edit: Aug 25, 2007 19:01:26 GMT by Icey
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Marc
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Aug 25, 2007 19:52:35 GMT
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Stu
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Aug 25, 2007 22:55:45 GMT
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what was the one where you typed distances and directions into it and it went off doing its thing? You don't mean BigTrack do you? Like a six wheeled tank sort of thing that you program to do stuff? I still have mine somewhere from when I was a kid, it was cool!  Excellent robot collection, I too have a Dingbot somewhere! |
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what was the one where you typed distances and directions into it and it went off doing its thing? did they look like a grey dome? i used to play with one, they were wicked |
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I think there was two, big track and a robot version. I think i had the robot. It had a round keypad on its head i think.
I might be wrong, it was a long time ago, it might have been big track.
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markbognor
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Aug 26, 2007 13:51:42 GMT
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what was the one where you typed distances and directions into it and it went off doing its thing? did they look like a grey dome? I used to play with one, they were wicked The grey dome shaped jobbies are called Romers, they are (were) used in schools to teach control. |
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I also had a Dingbot years ago, and I also took it apart to see what made it go.
I'll never forget those sad little eyes it had when I realised it'd never go back together....
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Never trust a man
Who names himself Trevor.
Or one day you might find
He's not a real drug dealer.
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street
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Aug 27, 2007 13:03:26 GMT
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Awesome collection! Loving the plans for turning one into a supplimentary ICE doodah, that sounds ace! |
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Aug 27, 2007 14:52:34 GMT
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Excellent! love it. I have a spotbot, as far as my Tomy collection got. |
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Mr K
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Aug 27, 2007 16:43:06 GMT
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did they look like a grey dome? I used to play with one, they were wicked The grey dome shaped jobbies are called Romers, they are (were) used in schools to teach control. dude i remember them!!! as a kid i never really did understand its relevance to learning? I'm still a bit baffled to be honest. |
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slater
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Aug 27, 2007 19:00:05 GMT
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Ha you legend! i think i had one of those Dingbots too
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Nick
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Aug 27, 2007 20:44:01 GMT
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that dingbot character... i had one of those... i loved it. seeing that picture has jogged my memory into life. i had completely forgotten about it all until then.
coooooool
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idea stolen from rattely eddie.
this weeks car count "5"
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Padz
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Aug 28, 2007 11:33:05 GMT
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I've still got a Dingbot somewhere, came with a little map it used to hold too.
Always remembered my first school 'Romer' , drawing things by putting a pen in it and such
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moomin
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Sept 2, 2007 11:34:13 GMT
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i had a chatbot and an omnibot wonder where they are hmmm, something to search for next time i'm at the rents house
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Ether
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Sept 3, 2007 15:24:34 GMT
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Project Omnibot ICE has begun! I've been a wimp and got an old soundsystem fixer-type colleague to do it for me, though.
Just got to finish the Honda so I've got somewhere to put him, now...
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Sept 4, 2007 12:20:07 GMT
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I've got a dingbot, he resides on his own box on the wall in the lounge ;D I couldnt remember his name so we just call him 'meep-meep'. anyone that had one and remembers the noise will understand why I bought a bigtrak from a car boot sale a couple of years ago but unfortunately it didn't work and I ended up throwing it when we had to have a huge clearout |
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