# Ain't that the way it always works? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 9, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-that-the-way-it-always-works/683233 "2014-03-09T01:28:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-that-the-way-it-always-works/683233/1 "2014-03-09T01:28:47Z")
I had to laugh. Yesterday morning I finished a model of Robby the Robot, the Moebius kit. I knew it had some inaccuracies, but finding good pics of Robby is a bit tough; so I did the best I could at fixing things and painting it correctly. Not six hours later, I was watching an episode of Wonder Woman (my wife, the Best Wife in the World, got it for me for my birthday) and that very episode, set at a sci-fi convention, had extensive footage of Robby, who was the MC of the costume contest. And of course, I found that one thing, which I’d devoted considerable time to fixing, I’d fixed wrong; the area wasn’t shown well in any photos, so I had just made my best guess. And there were a couple other things that I could’ve fixed, had I but known. :smack: Still, what’s done is done, and I’ll be darned if I’m going to dive into it again! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2014, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-that-the-way-it-always-works/683233/2 "2014-03-09T04:23:41Z")
Just in case you’re curious, a couple pics of Robby: [An overall pic](http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/file_zps99a02e6a.jpg) [A close-up](http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/file_zps748c0ff4.jpg) [A slightly different angle](http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z256/hilbyf/file_zps034e4e26.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![TheFaerie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c57346/32.png) [@TheFaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheFaerie)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-that-the-way-it-always-works/683233/3 "2014-03-10T18:21:22Z")
That’s really cute! ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-that-the-way-it-always-works/683233/4 "2014-03-10T18:48:55Z")
Is that a model of your wife that he’s holding? ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-that-the-way-it-always-works/683233/5 "2014-03-10T20:45:02Z")
When did Robbie join the Shriners? On a related note: [The real reason Don and Judy (from “Lost in Space”) Couldn’t have a relationship](http://www.martakristen.com/marta/gallery/lis/first/markrobotmarta.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Rocketeer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocketeer/32/4437_2.png) [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2014, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-that-the-way-it-always-works/683233/6 "2014-03-11T18:02:36Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > Is that a model of your wife that he’s holding? **Mrs R** is a great gal, but that’s not her. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2014, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aint-that-the-way-it-always-works/683233/7 "2014-03-12T18:45:52Z")
> [@Rocketeer](#): > > SNIP > Still, what’s done is done, and I’ll be darned if I’m going to dive into it again! 😃 [This guy](http://www.kaisersbunker.com/pommern/index.htm)does not share that idea. Read the sections where he discovers that the portholes are _not quite_ where they’re supposed to be.