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Robby the Robot Sells For £5M

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Robby the Robot Sells For £5M

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Robby the Robot Sells For £5M

This was for the original robot from the film, The Forbidden Planet.
It has become the world's most expensive piece of classic movie memorabilia.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... LLION.html


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Good film and I think it must have been way ahead of its time.


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Re: Robby the Robot Sells For £5M

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Who is Robby the Robot :lol:


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Trish wrote: 30 Nov 2017, 10:26 Who is Robby the Robot :lol:
Star of a fantastic film which was well ahead of its time.


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Oh to be rich and spend all that money on a 60 year old robot what has no silicon chips in it :lol:


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The film is always worth a viewing even today but $5m for a robot :shock:


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