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Bud Brewster · Last edited by Bud Brewster on Fri Nov 11, 2022 4:07 pm; edited 4 times in total

More good-natured adventure with the men from U.N.C.L.E. (Robert Vaughn and David McCallum), spliced together from several episodes of the series.

Vera Miles and Maurice Evans co-star as (respectively) the owner of a dress shop and a politician who seeks a rejuvenation formula. Sexy Yvonne Craig (Batgirl) provides nice scenery. James Doohan ("Star Trek's" Scotty) makes a guest appearance. Directed by Darrell Hallenbeck.
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Bud Brewster · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 9:48 am Post subject:

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If for no other reason, watch this trailer just to enjoy the enthusiastic narration by the great Art Gilmore! Very Happy

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__________ One Of Our Spies Is Missing - trailer

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
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orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1865

Vera Miles blinks whenever she fires her gun.

Robby's head dome/"mouth" is recycled yet again. (Time markers 0:49 and 0:58)
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Bud Brewster · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 1:59 pm Post subject:

Krel · Guest

Bud, the date of 1966 should tell you that Bill Malone didn't make this. It is a spare unused Robby head, but Robby did wear it in "The Twilight Zone" episode where it had a bucket-like head in it. I do believe that Bill, now William Malone also owns this head.

He also owns Robby's Atomic Car, which is awaiting restoration.

David.

Bud Brewster · Posted: Tue Aug 29, 2017 6:57 pm Post subject:

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Perhaps you're right. The Wikipedia article about Robby includes this info.

Malone was able to carefully restore the robot prop to its original condition using additional spare parts which the original builders had stocked in Robby's stage cases some 25 years earlier. The original Robby the Robot remains in Malone's collection as of 2015.

I'm puzzled, however, by the statement that Malone retrieved the spare parts from storage 25 years after Robby was built, which would be 1981. That's when Malone restored the original Robby. And the same article says Malone built his first replica of Robby in 1973.

So, was the head we see in the U.N.C.L.E. episode taken out of storage in 1966? If so, why are the voice tubes not part of the head, and why is there a "framework" in that area which is significantly different in several ways than Robby's voice tubes?

Study the screen shot carefully and you'll see that Robby's neon tube had no such frame in front or in back of them.
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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)

orzel-w · Galactic Ambassador Joined: 19 Sep 2014 Posts: 1865

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Bud Brewster · Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2017 9:36 am Post subject:

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David, I'm so impressed with your keen eye and you extensive knowledge of Forbidden Planet!

I'd never gotten a really good look at the glowing slots along the sides of the blasters, and I didn't realize that plastic the rings you spotted in the U.N.C.L.E. episodes were inside the body of the rifle.

I found several great pictures of detailed replicas of the rifles at Monsters in Motion.

The pictures below show the clear plastic rings inside the rifles.

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Is there no man on Earth who has the wisdom and innocence of a child?
~ The Space Children (1958)