Prize-winning robot costume from 1927

Popular Mechanics - Nov 1927

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Posted By: Alex - Wed Oct 31, 2018
Category: Costumes and Masks | Robots | 1920s

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Best costume I have ever seen: my neighbours, twin girls would go out in the clothes they wore that day. When they were asked they would say they are dressed as each other. Cost saving with maximum candy return on investment.

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Posted by agent j on 10/31/18 at 08:50 AM

Who remembers the Unknown Comic? He was a regular on Chuck Barris' "Gong Show."

Posted by KDP on 10/31/18 at 11:53 AM

I think this was a case of avant-garde ideas trickling down to the mass public. This boxy kind of robot visual was all around in the 1920s.

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Posted by Paul on 10/31/18 at 12:35 PM

Either that's a spot on the film where the emulsion was missing, or he's been outside and someone took the first shot at him.

Posted by Virtual on 10/31/18 at 03:44 PM

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