Robbie the Robot was in the Farmers building in Auckland Central when I was a little kid.

That was back when department stores dedicated the top floor to a playground and cafeteria instead of spending their time researching how to best arrange lollies at the checkout. Different times. No room for robots at the department store today. Not blue ones.

Having been ousted from the department store by modern robots (mostly squat, white or silver beasts with a single task oriented to cleaning human filth and lots less to say), he now lives in Starship Hospital's Radiology Department.

It seems the X-rays there are interfering with his GPS, because he still thinks he's standing by the playground in 1978. Robbie the Robot's message to the Children of Earth (mp3 format)

This would be an awesome chassis to improve upon :)

Btw, we were in for a scheduled scan of Rowan's hip, nothing scary or horrible. It just clicks a bit. I got to wear a lead apron, but it was purple and clashed horribly with my mismatched check shorts and shirt.