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2-XL Mego Corporation original version 1978 (file.coffee)
submitted 1 year ago by Crul@lemm.ee to c/cassettefuturism@lemm.ee
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Source: Robot Posters & Books - theoldrobot.net

Wikipedia: 2-XL - Mego Corporation version

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[-] Voyajer@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Technoan has a video demonstrating one of these, pretty cool!

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

There's an emulator for it https://2xlbot.com/

[-] MisterNeon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Oh man I had the more robot looking version as a kid.

[-] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago

Yea my younger brother had that when he was little. It was a 1990s reskin of the original.

[-] HelloHotel@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Its a verry charming toy, i wish I had one

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

This thing looks an awful lot like the cartridge robot from that episode of Futurama, where Bender got a wooden body. I wonder if this was the inspiration: https://theinfosphere.org/Cartridge_Unit

[-] Crul@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

Wow! nice catch!

I did a quick search and found other cartridge-robots, but they don't look as similar as this one
Source: 2 x Vintage Disc Bot Toy Robots and Cartridges - Rare / Hard to Find | eBay

this post was submitted on 14 Oct 2023
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