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Subject: Re: Collector's Corner..The Robot Videos..Emotional Player

Author: Terry McCracken

Date: 17:04:35 12/17/05

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On December 17, 2005 at 16:38:24, Steve B wrote:

>
>>Great Thanks Steve!
>
>glad you liked it
>
> it would be nice to see the Robot gloat
>>when it wins,
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>your right
>i forgot to reverse sides and let it have the winning advantage
>will do that next time
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>
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> and a shot of it tossing its King when it resigns.
> Oh and if it
>>appears attacking the opponent with its arm would be neat too, although I don't
>>know if it does this last bit;-)
>
>
>actually i dont ever recall it ever doing either of these things

I did see a show back in 1983 with Jack Palance (sp)? hosting the show Ripley's
Believe it or Not, showing the Robot, it did pick up it's King and drop it when
it resigned.

Maybe they did a camera trick? I don't know, but if you never seen it do it,
then I trust you over a television show!:)
>
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>in general terms its hard to really capture the whole realm of things that go on
>
>lights blink on and off..the sounds changes etcetc.the arm is quite
>unpredicatable in its movements
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>i just dont have a really good Cam to capture everything going on at once
>i was just trying to give those interested a glimpse into what goes on..perhaps
>the only time many will ever see the Robot
>and also to put to a permanent record the Robots actions
>
>its only a maater of time until all Robots fail..sooner or later
>
>Best
>Steve

On that sad day, I'll mourn.

Terry



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