Rotund Edition B and Superbling Edition by Cris Rose (May 11 online sale)

Following on from Edition A and the 2 Year Anniversary pack, Rotund is back in some fresh new, never released before, colorways. Edition B is a vivid purple affair, suitable livery for his work in a certain chocolate factory and is limited to just 10. Superbling Rotund is sporting an every-so-classy gold and bronze finish and is rumoured to serve drinks among other tasks in a tasteful - ahem -

Analog Robotic Design Blog by JAOC

Venezuela-based illustrator Alejandro Ovalles aka JAOC shares with us a illustration blog he has started, featuringdaily postings of hand-drawings with the theme being "robots". JAOC-added: "I am like a drawing scientist creating a friendly robot in a perfect happy future every single day. I also want to publish videos of my drawing process in the future." ~ Looking forward to it all, Alejandro!

Are You Familiar With The Word "Robot"?

Spotted an RT (which means "ReTweet" for all you non-Twitter-folk) on ChocolateSoop's twitter-stream from GuyDavisART which read: "the term "Robot" was introduced into the vocabulary 90 years ago today Raise a glass to your favorite mechanical pals!"And while I had not gone and checked the authenticity of such a notion, I had thought to gratuitously post pics of various robot sketches I had

Toy-Release: Seismic Ace by Smash Tokyo Toys (Distributed by Apex Trading)

From Smash Tokyo Toys comes "SEISMIC ACE" ~ a slender-built stoic robot with a drill-head standing 9 inches tall, with this DIY Version limited to 450-470 pcs, currently distributed via Apex Trading. Scheduled for delivery around June 21st, the "Silver" colored robot (as mentioned by Mattyboombatty on their FB) has a SRP of US$49.95. Email enquiries to: theapex@apex-z.com. I have a weakness for

END GAME: Battle Damaged Combat R Zeros by Robert DeCastro for It Came From Skullbrain @ Super7 (Apr 18)

Without a shadow of a doubt - Robert DeCastro's COMBAT-R-ZERO vinyl robots is to be considered one of TRE's Top Toys of 2008 (yes, there IS actually a list). And from the 5 colorways made by and found on Atomic Mushroom Toys - Robert has selected a trio of colors (Red, Green & Yellow) to be customed for his participation in Super7's "It Came From Skullbrain" group-show - circa April 18th! [tagged