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Kevin Yong:
Howdy, all. I posted a similar question at the GAC messageboard, but I wanted to see if the folks here had any feedback on this as well. (I love both sites, and I try to take turns alternating my downloads from both so as to split the bandwidth usage.)

I recently finished reading Avon's Robotmen of the Lost Planet and found it to be a decent sci-fi tale... once I got past the inherently silly-looking robots. And that's my question. Does anyone knows the story behind the "Robotmen" design? Their heads seem to bear a close resemblance to some sort of rubber squeak toy I've seen before. Was the toy patterned after this comic? Was this comic a deliberate early attempt at toy product placement? Is it some bizarre coincidence? (In which case, I have to wonder about the artist who would come up with such a downright strange design for an otherwise threatening army of world-conquering robots.)

-- Kevin Yong

darkmark (RIP):
What I'd like to know is if "Robotmen" was adapted from a prose science fiction novel.  Several of Avon's sf one-shots were, and I'd be surprised if this one wasn't as well.

JVJ (RIP):
The "official" (current) name of the toy is "Martian Popping Thing", Kevin.

I found a website with a guy who collects them and I sent him the cover of Robotmen with a query as to whether he knew which came first. I'll keep you posted.

http://darnorb.com/mpt/index.htm

Peace, Jim (|:{>

Kevin Yong:

--- Quote from: JVJ on August 23, 2010, 11:31:53 PM ---The "official" (current) name of the toy is "Martian Popping Thing", Kevin.
I found a website with a guy who collects them and I sent him the cover of Robotmen with a query as to whether he knew which came first. I'll keep you posted.
http://darnorb.com/mpt/index.htm
Peace, Jim (|:{>


--- End quote ---

Thanks for passing along that info. I didn't even know what those toys were called, I only knew those Robotmen looked familiar.

-- Kevin

JVJ (RIP):
Ain't Google images grand, Kevin?
You're welcome. I just put in pop-eyed robot squeeze toy and turned up one pic of the toy in a box labled "Martian Popping Thing". Switched to Google net search for "Martian Popping Thing" and there was the site. Who knows what will come of it, but at this point, none of the toys I've seen appears to be 60 years old? So I'm thinking coincidence, but I'm willing to wait for and hoping go get a definitive answer.

Peace, Jim (|:{>

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