Bruce Bishop’s Robby the Robot

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Since ‘everyone’ is excited about the upcoming Robbie the Robot from Polar Lights I thought I would share a picture of the Comet Miniatures vac-formed version. He stands 12 inches tall when completed. I ordered it from England several years ago and built him up. If I had more experience when I built him I would have filled him with plaster to weight the body, since the hands are lead and really make him top-heavy!

The kit was a little difficult to assemble, being a vac-form, but it went together well even so. The only ‘nightmare’ part I encountered was in trying to hide the seams where the top and bottom chest pieces went together, and the two halfs which made his hips. It was a bit more work than I wanted to do, so they can still be seen on mine. To me they are not bad (with more work I could have made it appear ‘seamless’), and I really enjoyed the kit.

— Bruce Bishop