"Robby the Robot" – from the 1956 sci-fi classic "Forbidden Planet" – was sold for $5.375 million – a record price for a movie prop, the Bonhams New York auction house said Tuesday. That topped the ...

(Reuters) - "Robby the Robot," the seven-foot tall creature featured in the 1956 science fiction film "Forbidden Planet," sold at auction for $5.375 million, a record for a movie prop, a New York ...

In news that will probably be baffling for anyone without a basic awareness of ‘50s and ‘60s popular culture, someone has just paid $5,375,000 for Robby The Robot from the 1956 sci-fi film Forbidden ...

It is a sign of the times that one of the earliest and best known robots in movie history should move to the top of the list of the most expensive movie props ever sold. Now that robots have ...

Forbidden Planets ‘Robby the Robot’ comes up for auction AND MORE! Forbidden Planet is one of the most iconic science fiction films of all times. It introduced many aspects of the genre which have ...

Having appeared in Forbidden Planet, The Twilight Zone, Lost in Space, and numerous other science-fiction shows, Robby the Robot is one of the most iconic pieces of sci-fi memorabilia in TV history.

March 1956. Dwight Eisenhower was president. Psychoanalysis was topical. New technology meant fancy kitchen appliances or the Bomb. Space travel was science fiction. And most science-fiction films ...

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