Society of Robots - Robot Forum
General Misc => Misc => Topic started by: nancew on April 15, 2009, 05:18:02 PM
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My Vintage RB5X Robot wants to come out of the closet and find a new home. Check it out at
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=120406153393 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&item=120406153393)
I will be happy to answer any questions about it.
nancew
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hi and welcome to the forums;D just out of curiosity, how much did it cost new?
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Thanks for the welcome.
Actually I don't remember ... it was a long time ago. A store that sold them plus a lot of smaller robotic toys was going out business and was selling off their remaining stock so I got it at a really big discount. We also bought a bunch of the smaller toys but resold them at that time. I'm sure the retail price was several thousand dollars at the time.
The only thing I remember the price of from those days was standing in line 2 hours to buy an Apple II + at $2,000 (48kb memory, 1 floppy drive) that became obsolete a couple of months later.
nancew
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Another RB5X has surfaced on eBay. CrunchGear.com also wrote an article.
Less than 1 day left in the auction...
STORY LINK: http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/20/rb5x-intelligent-robot-from-the-80s-for-sale-on-ebay/ (http://www.crunchgear.com/2011/01/20/rb5x-intelligent-robot-from-the-80s-for-sale-on-ebay/)
eBay LINK: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160534831954&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160534831954&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT)
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BEWARE....take note of the amount of feedback!!!!
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This robot has been re-listed on eBay.
This time....
**NO RESERVE** and **FREE SHIPPING**
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160537993784&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_4197wt_1141
(http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160537993784&ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT#ht_4197wt_1141)
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