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Canadian Omnibot To Collectible To Use?

Hi Guys,

Probably a silly question but having some collectible hobbies of my own I thought I should ask if I modify a fairly complete Canadian Omnibot would it ruin something that could have decent collector value?

I've always been interested in building a robot, especially these past couple of years but just have too many projects. I've since decided to sell off and cut down on a lot of my RC car projects and make room for building a robot.

I bought a complete Omnibot ( only missing the charger ) from a guy locally for $100.00 with the remote, tray, manual and even the Canadian Box. It's in great shape only I need to fix/ replace the right upper arm support. On the collectible market some items that are Canadian are rarer due to population etc so if I modify this Omnibot would I be wrecking a good collectible made by Tomy Canada?

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I opened it up last night and it's in great shape. I just don't know for sure if it works.

Any thoughts? Or should I say go for it !! and keep those accessories for another bot and sell that lot later which is what I am thinking..

Wayne-


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Hi, I collect vintage robot toys and , personally, I think ruining these toys is awful, they are retro, vintage, collectable toys and are slowly becoming more valuable, already they are worth hundreds.

Once damaged they are worth nothing, and there are no new ones being made. I would love to have one, it would look great in my collection. one day ...:)

I couldn't bring myself to hack one up. Its more fun to create your own from scratch.

Maybe because I'm a robot toy collector I am biased.