This guy is stupidly rare over here. The guy I got Melvin from (before he was Melvin) had one for sale when I picked up Melvin, I was tempted!

Even this one is $400 with shipping. I cant see the appeal for that price. However for someone with a 3d design skills and a printer this has details worth copying onto their robot.

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Yes he is a rare one, but for that price and not working, it doesn't excite me any to spend that kind of money :-{

and.....the "main" criteria is....does it lift a can of cold beer? .....but yeah 400 dollars and not working is crazy. I guess being the last one on the planet has its price stress

I didn't realize it was that big till I watched the video at jdebay link. I love those old commercials!

@dshulpius I to miss those commercials, time were so different back then, seems like life was simpler and tv was so much better, now it's all that reality crap. I often have heard, how did we live without the cellphone? Well we lived just fine, perhaps I am just getting old, but if one of you guys would build a time machine I would love to go back to the 80's :-}

@stonewolf I agree entirely with you...refresh my memory regarding the commercial so I can look it up Speaking of "time machines" .....my robot under construction will be using a "time machine" as in the HG Wells book maybe you ment the 1880's

Glen , Here's the link to that 30 sec commercial in the link given above:

Stonewolf , Cell phones? How about rotary dial phones and microwave ovens? Remember when it took 30 minuets to reheat your leftovers in a regular oven? I don't miss that.... However back then you didn't see stupid people texting in their car on a rotary phone.

I would loan you my time machine but every time you paid me to have a go in it I'd send you back to just before you paid me so I would get all your money

Edit: It would make more sense if I went back to just before you paid me than sending you there, yeah that would work

Ouch Rich, that made my head hurt.

Thanks Dave I never did see that commercial ...to the best of my recollection...but Alpha bits were my favorite cereal, coated with all that nasty sugar...soon after cavities stress Thanks for digging out that commercial @ Rich or Dave anything to do with time machine stories/vids are my all time favorites...remember the series
TV series Time Tunnel but I think your (Rich)about 20 years too young for that one . Oh oh I feel a thread hijack coming on by ME

I'm embarrassed to say I named one of the dogs I had in my past after one of the Characters in that show; Tony. blush