Comments on: Radio Police Automaton

By: Matthew Petty

Matthew Petty — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 02:09:00 +0000

So it pees tear gas?

By: Chentzilla

Chentzilla — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:19:00 +0000

Took me a while to understand that “pre-Ewok” actually meant “pre-AT-ST”.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 15:11:00 +0000

Actually that really does look like Comic Sans, and the glyphs are consistent enough to suggest it wasn’t hand lettered.

I hope this doesn’t mean it’s fake, and instead we’ve uncovered an unusual past to comic sans, a font inspired by a style that was created after this poster was made.

EDIT: Must be restoration, I hope the use of comic sans was tongue in cheek.

By: Jake0748

Jake0748 — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:24:00 +0000

What’s a “telegraphone”?

By: kartwaffles

kartwaffles — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 04:21:00 +0000

”Well butter my butt and call me a biscuit. I’m a Securitron, RobCo security model 2060-B. If you see any of my brothers tell them Victor says howdy.”

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:08:00 +0000

Probably hand-lettered. Did you know people used to get paid to do that, back in the 20th Century?

By: fredh

fredh — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 21:46:00 +0000

“And the bold claims of irresistibility.” That’s not boldness, that’s salesmanship!

By: grimc

grimc — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 20:48:00 +0000

I like playing my saxamaphone over the telegraphone.

By: Heevee Lister

Heevee Lister — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:52:00 +0000

Ground drones! Just the thing to suppress those pesky hungry masses and union agitators.

By: peterkvt80

peterkvt80 — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 17:40:00 +0000

See the weapon on the end of the arm? It is obviously a perpetual motion machine. That robot truly is unstoppable.

By: theophrastvs

theophrastvs — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:57:00 +0000

...and, of course, the experts convincingly believe they've found proto-Bender on the cover of an issue of "Startling Comics" #49 but i don't know if Gernsback was involved with that fine publication or not.

By: Rob Wheeler

Rob Wheeler — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:54:00 +0000

I think I remember going up against these things in the Fallout games.

By: CRX

CRX — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:36:00 +0000

Futurama! I can totally see this guy/gal having a beer and a smoke with Bender. Then he/she pee’s teargas and ruins the party.

By: Ashen Victor

Ashen Victor — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:32:00 +0000

So that´s pre-production RoboCop eh?

By: Bad Juju

Bad Juju — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:22:00 +0000

Distracted by the nearly-Comic Sans font used on some of the labeling near the top.

By: Eark_the_Bunny

Eark_the_Bunny — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 16:15:00 +0000

EX – TER – MIN – ATE!!! EX – TER – MIN – ATE!!!

By: garyg2

garyg2 — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:43:00 +0000

Irresistible until some young punk figures out how to trip them up with a harpoon and line…

What fascinates me about a lot of these old designs is the use of lights for eyes as though that was enough to give them vision (maybe not the case here as they’re radio controlled but still…)

By: Boundegar

Boundegar — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 15:26:00 +0000

Have they seen this design yet in Oakland?