Stitched-together DIY retro robot kit

Posted by Cory Doctorow, April 12, 2008 4:11 AM | permalink

The Retro Robot built-your-own kit from JojoMangoes consists of panels that you stitch together with thread to make a handsome, Lost-in-Space-esque bot. Link (Thanks, Alice!)

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#1 posted by technogeek , April 12, 2008 8:22 AM

Are you sure they mean "stitch" as in "with thread" as opposed to "inserting tab A very fine and around slot 2"?

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#2 posted by Santa's Knee , April 12, 2008 8:53 AM

Looks more like Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_The_Robot

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#3 posted by License Farm

, April 12, 2008 8:53 AM

It's really more keeping with Robbie the Robot, though the two obviously share DNA.

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#4 posted by Tenn , April 12, 2008 9:56 AM

Robbie! This is neat-o.

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#5 posted by Aaron T. , April 12, 2008 11:19 AM

#1 Technogeek: I'm with you, there doesn't appear to be any thread involved, though the use of "stitch" in the product description is perplexing.

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#6 posted by Santa's Knee , April 12, 2008 11:27 AM

#1 & #5:

Follow the link and look at the larger pictures - thread is used for structural integrity.

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#7 posted by technogeek , April 12, 2008 12:25 PM

#6: Followed, looked... I'm not seeing thread. May be my eyes, my monitor, or we may be interpreting details differently. Whatever, it's a nice little piece.

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#8 posted by technogeek , April 12, 2008 2:11 PM

If anyone actually buys one, please report back w/r/t the thread issue. (I'd order one for my girlfriend, but I'm on the wrong side of the puddle and don't want to deal with transatlantic shipping.)

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#9 posted by Aaron T. , April 12, 2008 2:13 PM

#6: Ditto. I think your eyes deceive you. I see how the edges of the cardboard tabs resemble thick white thread, but that's clearly not what they are.

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#10 posted by Aaron T. , April 13, 2008 6:19 AM

The site has three robot kits in total, and looking at the other two makes it increasingly clear that they're assembled with tabs and slots, not needle and thread.