Inspiration: Vintage Robot Toys

By evad // January 7, 2010

Last year when LIFE & Getty Images launched life.com, with it they published a record of their rich visual history from the last century. The other day I found the Trippy Space-age Toy Art gallery (via Found in Mom's Basement < Tokyo Mango) and was inspired to look for more robots. Luckily, I came across Gasoline Ally Antiques, which sells--or has sold, all of the robots pictured, along with many other pop antiques and collectables.

LIFE : Trippy Space-age Toy Art

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Gasoline Ally Antiques : Robots

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southpoleexplorer

x27explorer

robotedit

The X-Rated TV Robot

Label Reads : "This Blue Video Bot comes complete with 2 STUD Missiles and 2 PINK Torpedoes. Fire These projectiles at that certain some one to get their attention."

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Written by evad

www.colourlovers.comDavid Sommers has been loving color as COLOURlovers' Blog Editor-in-Chief for the past two years. When he's not neck deep in a rainbow he's loving other things with The Post Family (http://thepostfamily.com/), a Chicago-based art blog, artist collective & gallery.