# Wow! Robbie the Robot is for sale! {Actually Robot from Lost in Space} **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [December 3, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038 "2023-12-03T03:16:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/1 "2023-12-03T03:16:24Z")
The B-9 robot from _Lost in Space_ is going on auction. In Beverly Hills. Just heard it on TCM. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/2 "2023-12-03T03:22:13Z")
Nitpick: [Robot B-9](https://s.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-YD681_Robot0_FR_20180406165854.jpg) is not [Robbie the Robot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Robbie_Forbidden_Planet.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/3 "2023-12-03T03:23:40Z")
Is this thread a back handed way of adding him to your Christmas list? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/4 "2023-12-03T03:24:49Z")
Call me a racist, but all robots look alike to me. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/5 "2023-12-03T03:25:20Z")
It looked like him. Maybe the name of the Lost in Space Robot was not named Robbie. Is that what you mean? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/6 "2023-12-03T03:25:43Z")
_“Robot, robot, over there. Is there danger anywhere?”_ > **[MAD Issue #104 - Read MAD Issue #104 comic online in high...](https://readcomiconline.li/Comic/MAD/Issue-104?id=72781#45)** > > Read MAD Issue #104 comic online free and high quality. Unique reading type: All pages - just need to scroll to read next page. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/7 "2023-12-03T03:26:31Z")
“Danger, Will Robinson!” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/8 "2023-12-03T03:34:15Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Maybe the name of the Lost in Space Robot was not named Robbie. The _Lost In Space_ robot was called ‘Robot’, though it was also addressed as ‘B-9’. (Hm… ‘Benign’?) Robby the Robot was from _Forbidden Planet_, and was addressed as ‘Robby’. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/9 "2023-12-03T03:34:22Z")
“Oh, the pain! The pain!” ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/10 "2023-12-03T03:40:35Z")
Thank you ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/11 "2023-12-03T03:49:41Z")
Robby and B-9 were both designed by the same person, [Robert Kinoshita](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Kinoshita). They had some similarities, like a transparent bubble for a head and bellows arms ending in claw-like hands, but were not identical. Robby actually appeared with B-9 in two episodes of Lost in Space. ETA Robby was [sold in 2017](https://www.cnet.com/culture/entertainment/forbidden-planets-robby-the-robot-sold-for-a-record-5-375-million/) for over 5 million dollars. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/12 "2023-12-03T04:09:14Z")
Robby was first seen in Forbidden Planet, different robot suit from Robot in Lost in Space, though I’m pretty sure Robby made an appearance on Lost in Space. I appended the title of the thread. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/13 "2023-12-03T04:15:04Z")
Thanks. I was just plain wrong. Never saw either show much. ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/14 "2023-12-03T04:23:32Z")
Don’t feel badly; I had the two robots conflated in my head for many years. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/15 "2023-12-03T06:07:32Z")
B-9’s arms are just 6" flexible duct like I use on my lead vacuum. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/16 "2023-12-03T06:34:24Z")
They also have an original E.T. head with the long/stretched out neck. That thing would give me nightmares. And a fully restored Batman costume. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/17 "2023-12-03T12:03:19Z")
We all need to pitch in and buy him. I got a dollar in my pocket that ain’t doing nothing. mmm ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/18 "2023-12-03T16:22:36Z")
How long would it take for him to spend a day in everyone’s house? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/19 "2023-12-03T16:25:28Z")
In both Pictures Robbie is on the Left. From a Lost in Space Episode: > **[War of the Robots (1966)](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0636256/mediaviewer/rm3705846273/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)** > > Robby the Robot in Lost in Space (1965) [![](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ba/f2/26/baf226b4cb2bf6b13f248d15bc974a4a.jpg) ](https://i.pinimg.com/564x/ba/f2/26/baf226b4cb2bf6b13f248d15bc974a4a.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2023, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038/20 "2023-12-03T16:31:50Z")
Is that their love child in the middle? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-robbie-the-robot-is-for-sale-actually-robot-from-lost-in-space/994038.md?page=2)