This one is for all you 80’s toy robot junkies out there. A friend of mine pulled his Robie Jr. out of storage, took some snapshots and sent them to me.

This remote controlled robot circa 1986 was manufactured by Tomy and sold by Radio Shack. Robie Jr. had a microphone on both sides of his head which enabled him to hear the ultrasonic sound sent from the remote controller. By using the remote, any child could easily navigate Robie Jr. throughout his or her house. In addition to motoring around on the ground Tomy was kind enough to install some phrases into Robie Jr.’s CPU. He spoke phrases such as “Let’s Go”, “Hello”, “I’m Robie Jr.”, “Oops” and “Excuse Me”.

Obviously the tray Robie Jr. holds is to carry assorted items. The amount of things he can carry is endless. Robie Jr. could bring you a tray full of M&M’s or even the medication you use to keep the voices out of your head. I suppose he could also bring you another role of toilet paper when you run out.

Sure, he’s not as cool as R2-D2, but he’s a hell of a lot better than that dipshit Johnny 5.

Remember this HBO introduction from way back in the 80’s? This was and is by far the greatest HBO lead-in ever made. Sitting down, getting ready to watch a flick on your very own Home Box Office and seeing this intro. would send chills down your spine. It was pure gorgeousness and gorgeosity made flesh. It was like a bird of rarest spun heaven metal, or like silvery wine flowing in a spaceship, gravity all nonsense now…

This version has the family and suburban opening. They eventually stopped showing the ‘burbs opening and cut straight to the spaceship shaped like a giant HBO. It’s a shame they did that, seeing that they spent so much time creating the miniatures. Probably ate up too much time and took time away from showing movies.
But listen to that kick ass beat! I should put this song on my ipod. The music during the entire sequence is top notch. It builds, builds and builds until the camera makes its way into space and we are overloaded with a musical score of magnificent magnitude. I’d love to hire a 40-piece orchestra and have them play this in my backyard. People would come from miles to see that!
So crank it up to 11 and enjoy this flashback to 1983!

At first glance, this photo seems fairly normal. Doctor, nurse and patient. But at closer inspection we can see how weird it really is. Check out the look on the nurse’s face. She is downright nightmarish! And what’s with her neck? After they took the photo, I think her head began to rotate.