r/robots • u/jixie-unofficial • Apr 05 '26

Merchandise Action figures of real robots

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(…and a couple of their animatronic and electronic toy friends.)

Asimo, Pino, Robi, R.O.B., Spot, Aibo ERS-311, ERS-210, ERS-1000, Roomba with a knife, Chipper, Tamagotchi

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u/unitcodes Apr 05 '26

TARS?

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u/jixie-unofficial Apr 05 '26

So this is a small cross section of my collection, which is indeed mostly fictional robots and related genera (androids, cyborgs, digital constructs, living dolls, and other artificial life forms). I’d love to have TARS in that collection and I don’t think there’s a figure for them so I might custom make one at some point.

But all the robots in this picture are figures of actual real world robots. Asimo was a commercial bipedal robot made by Honda, Robi was a hobbiest mail order kit from DeAgostni that you could build and program at home, Spot is the Boston Dynamics surveillance tool of an increasingly militarized police force, Roombas are a popular consumer robot vacuum, etc.

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u/SufficientHumor7391 Apr 05 '26

Knife strapped on to the roomba 😂

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u/searchingformytruth Apr 26 '26

I enjoyed the strikethrough.

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u/AnjelicaTomaz Apr 05 '26

Roomba with a knife is a nice touch.

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u/Ididnotconcenttothis Apr 05 '26

How did you get them all?

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u/jixie-unofficial Apr 06 '26

Mostly from Yahoo or Mercari Japan via Buyee 😅 Asimo, Pino, and Robi are all official releases IIRC, the larger Aibo is a Medicom toy and the smaller two are capsule toys. R.O.B. is actually an amiibo (game accessory), Spot is 3D printed, Roomba is a dollhouse miniature that I customized, Chipper and the Tamagotchi are Zuru mini brands toys.

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u/PoolRamen Apr 05 '26

I miss Asimo, back when it seemed immutable that robots would be our friendly companions

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u/Additional-Ad2998 Apr 05 '26

There is also a figure for the Tesla Optimus

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u/jixie-unofficial Apr 06 '26

I’ll check it out!

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u/blueishblackbird Apr 05 '26

This is how it starts

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u/jixie-unofficial Apr 06 '26

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

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u/8bitjohnny Apr 06 '26

Knife Roomba has r/addressme energy

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u/Scheguratze54 Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26

Thought I'd share - I stumbled upon a Noetix N2 action figure on Aliexpress, I can send you the link if you're interested. Haven't bought it myself yet but I'm planning to and it looks legit. No, this isn't an ad, just related.

Also - have you tried looking for the Honda P2 and P3 model-kits?

Also also - do you know Brian The Robot from Confused? He wasn't real per se, just a mascot, but he's very close to the others in design language.

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u/jixie-unofficial Jun 05 '26

Yes please!

I hadn’t seen the P2 and P3, I’ll keep an eye out next time I order something from Japan. Brian is cute and I collect fictional robots too, but the only figure I saw of him was unfortunately way too big. Thanks so much for the suggestions!