Don't worry about having to memorize the phrase, "Klaatu barada nikto," in Kevin Hardy's house, because Gort isn't there. Not that Hardy wouldn't pounce on the chance to place a bid if Gort ever ...

The Vitra Campus in Weil am Rhein, Germany, across the border from Basel, Switzerland, may be known as an architectural and design mecca. It is the place where furniture by the likes of influential ...

NEW YORK (TND) — Ask Joe Knedlhans about any toy robot in his 3,000-plus-piece collection, and the retired New York City police officer will welcome the chance to chat. Robert the Robot is a favorite ...

In examining the history of famous robots, you’d be forgiven for overlooking a 1950s children’s toy named Robert. Robert the Robot, who was a product of the once-mighty Ideal Toy Company, didn’t do ...

For more than four decades, Ozzie Bilotta has been collecting, preserving, and curating what has become one of the most ...

Click to open image viewer. This battery-operated space-themed toy tank is a tin toy that was manufactured in China, most likely in the 1960s, for export. This toy illustrates how toy makers tapped ...

Rev. ed. of: Tin toy robots. 1983. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!229049~!0#focus ...