Stitched-together DIY retro robot kit

The Retro Robot built-your-own kit from JojoMangoes consists of panels that you stitch together with thread to make a handsome, Lost-in-Space-esque bot. Link (Thanks, Alice!)

[#1 posted by technogeek, April 12, 2008 8:22 AM]

Are you sure they mean "stitch" as in "with thread" as opposed to "inserting tab A very fine and around slot 2"?

[#2 posted by Santa's Knee, April 12, 2008 8:53 AM]

Looks more like Robbie the Robot from Forbidden Planet:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robbie_The_Robot

[#3 posted by License Farm, April 12, 2008 8:53 AM]

It's really more keeping with Robbie the Robot, though the two obviously share DNA.

[#4 posted by Tenn, April 12, 2008 9:56 AM]

Robbie! This is neat-o.

[#5 posted by Aaron T., April 12, 2008 11:19 AM]

#1 Technogeek: I'm with you, there doesn't appear to be any thread involved, though the use of "stitch" in the product description is perplexing.

[#6 posted by Santa's Knee, April 12, 2008 11:27 AM]

#1 & #5:

Follow the link and look at the larger pictures - thread is used for structural integrity.

[#7 posted by technogeek, April 12, 2008 12:25 PM]

#6: Followed, looked... I'm not seeing thread. May be my eyes, my monitor, or we may be interpreting details differently. Whatever, it's a nice little piece.

[#8 posted by technogeek, April 12, 2008 2:11 PM]

If anyone actually buys one, please report back w/r/t the thread issue. (I'd order one for my girlfriend, but I'm on the wrong side of the puddle and don't want to deal with transatlantic shipping.)

[#9 posted by Aaron T., April 12, 2008 2:13 PM]

#6: Ditto. I think your eyes deceive you. I see how the edges of the cardboard tabs resemble thick white thread, but that's clearly not what they are.

[#10 posted by Aaron T., April 13, 2008 6:19 AM]

The site has three robot kits in total, and looking at the other two makes it increasingly clear that they're assembled with tabs and slots, not needle and thread.