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Powerful juxtaposition!

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“The original concepts for the robots of Disney’s The Black Hole… were radically different from the finished constructs seen in the film.” Work began in 1976 with the movie release in December of 1979.

Disney “wanted to do an R2D2 type robot” thus the “wide-eyed rotund cartoon robot with a pop-up head” V.I.N.CENT (Vital Information Necessary CENTralized) was born.

Maximillian was originally conceived as a “headless, legless hovering machine”.

With Old Bob, “they decided to have his tools broken and have wires hanging out because they thought the wires would make him look like he had whiskers.”

From Starlog, June 1980

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The evolution of two robots (I just added a new sketch for Max). And I swear I can hear V.I.N.CENT is this new track by Boards of Canada: https://youtu.be/8X0aPAMltvI?si=w_aWARRoqWhMDczK So, the Black Hole has recently been on my mind!

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EPIC comic covers combined into one spread! RoboForce was one of my favorite toy lines way back when. Wish they'd released multiple waves of these toys. Oh well, Transformers were more than an adequate replacement. Artwork by Diogenes Neves.

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Another of my favorite Robert Tinney illustrations entitled Intelligent Reflections.

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I recently learned of Robert Tinney's death. I grew up admiring his illustration for BYTE magazine (over 100 covers). https://tinney.net/ This illustration is one of my favorites, entitled Technological Breakthrough.

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All of the iconic poses from the animated movie in one RAD poster by https://davidcousensart.com/

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Our buddy Mike Boddington (https://www.instagram.com/mike.boddington.art/) made us a thank you card. Love this old robot illustration. Had to share with the interwebs!

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