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H.O.P. Toys a small toy company is bringing to life a classic B-movie character, Robot Monster. Robot Monster (a.k.a. Monster from Mars) is a 1953 independently made American black-and-white 3D science fiction film, remembered in later decades as one of the worst movies ever made, but hey it is still a classic (and not bad for a $16,000 budget).
Robot Monster tells the story of the alien robot Ro-Man's mission to Earth to destroy humanity. He manages to kill all but eight survivors, who have become immune to his death ray. Ro-Man runs afoul of the Great Guidance, his leader, when he becomes attracted to the human Alice. She is the eldest daughter of a surviving scientist, and he refuses to harm her. The Great Guidance must now come to Earth and finish what the Moon robot started.
Robot Monster or Ro-Man is basically a gorilla suit with a space suit style helmet, the front of the helmet is either blank or features a skull like face. H.O.P. Toys officially licensed the character for use for vinyl toys as well as a plush. There's a few different styles being released of the vinyl, a regular version featuring the blank face, a deluxe version with the blank face head and a skull face head, a glow in the dark orange vinyl version with regular and skull heads, a Kaiju Live exclusive Static Signal version featuring translucent grey vinyl with gold/silver glitter with regular and glow in the dark skull heads. All the vinyls stand 13 inches tall, retailing from $75 up to $105 depending on version.
The plush version stands 15 inches tall and has a removable helmet that features a skull head beneath, it retails for $40.
H.O.P. Toys versions can be ordered here, Kaiju Live exclusive here. Plus check out both their stores for other items as well.
Robot Monster tells the story of the alien robot Ro-Man's mission to Earth to destroy humanity. He manages to kill all but eight survivors, who have become immune to his death ray. Ro-Man runs afoul of the Great Guidance, his leader, when he becomes attracted to the human Alice. She is the eldest daughter of a surviving scientist, and he refuses to harm her. The Great Guidance must now come to Earth and finish what the Moon robot started.
Robot Monster or Ro-Man is basically a gorilla suit with a space suit style helmet, the front of the helmet is either blank or features a skull like face. H.O.P. Toys officially licensed the character for use for vinyl toys as well as a plush. There's a few different styles being released of the vinyl, a regular version featuring the blank face, a deluxe version with the blank face head and a skull face head, a glow in the dark orange vinyl version with regular and skull heads, a Kaiju Live exclusive Static Signal version featuring translucent grey vinyl with gold/silver glitter with regular and glow in the dark skull heads. All the vinyls stand 13 inches tall, retailing from $75 up to $105 depending on version.
The plush version stands 15 inches tall and has a removable helmet that features a skull head beneath, it retails for $40.
H.O.P. Toys versions can be ordered here, Kaiju Live exclusive here. Plus check out both their stores for other items as well.
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Crazy movie. I like!
