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12-23-1987 The Enterprise VOL. 1 Number 10 Local Seattle Newspaper ROBBY photo in Fremont and article.
2-8-1989 Tracy & Company Seattle TV show. Played clip of my toy collection and live action of KOMO Robot going to break.
1992 LISFAN 7 mag. Page 44 shows my first full size B9 robot.
1993 Robot World mag. issue 3 and issue 4.
1994 LISFAN 8 mag. Page 56,57,58 show my second B9 robot and first full scale
Robby head.
1995 The ALPHA CENTAURIAN mag. Issue #4, on page 7 my 3 B9 robot I built for another collector and my second Robby the Robot.
2-21-1996 "Book" You Can Build the Lost in Space Robot. I wrote most of it and features many pictures of me building the first B9 robot.
6-24-1996 Personal FX TV show. Live uplink from my shop with 250 toy robots, full
scale Robby, Gort, B9 and Time Machine.
4-20-97 T Kitahara book. Robby I built for Mr. Kitahara on front cover
2000 Robot and Space Toy Collection. World book 242. Page 55 shows Robby I built.
2000 Professor Brain Wave Greatest Collections series Volume one. "Video"
Featured my robot collection from the mid 1990's.
10-20000 Bob May's ROBOT MEMORIES ACT II "video" featured my full scale
B9 and miniature robots.
1-25-2001 KHQ TV news spot on the Robot Hut Museum.
8-31-2001 KHQ TV news spot on Robby Jeep and Robot Hut Museum.
9-24-2001 KXLY TV news spot on Robot Hut Museum.
9-27-2001 Book "BLAST OFF" on page 246 shows "Shooting Giant Robot built by RIGG.
1-23-2002 KSPS TV "North West Profiles" 10 minute show on Robot Hut Museum.
1-23-2002 The Spokesman Review page D6 has a picture of me and the Robby Jeep in front of the Robot Hut and air time for North West Profiles.
1-23-2002 The TV GUIDE listed the North West Profiles show along with a description
"A visit to the Robot Hut Museum, which contains 2500 toy robots."
1-31-2002 TV PREVUE mag. Page 8 has picture and air time for North West Profiles show.
3-17-2002 SPOKESMAN REVIEW news paper in Spokane WA. In the Region section
There is a two page article on the Robot Hut Museum with pictures. Pages B1&B2
3-19-2002 Associated Press Correspondent Nicolas Geranios visited the Robot Hut for a
Interview .
4-13-2002 German Prime time TV show "FOCUS" sent a video crew out to the Robot Hut for
a interview. This "FOCUS" Robot show will air later in April.
4-19-2002 CBS Radio sent out there local reporter for a interview the audio piece will
air on affiliated CBS radio station's.
5-8-2002 Live interview on the Gary Burbank Show, 700 WLW Cincnnati at 3:45 PM
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5-20-2002 TV interview for TECH TV airs 5-28-2002 and 5-29-2002
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12-13-2002 Radio interview for NPR KPBX FM airs 12-13-2002 at 8:30 AM. Spot was 4 minuts long
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12-13-2002 TV interview for KXLY TV 6:00 PM NEWS Covered the Mechanical Band playing Holiday Songs
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1-19-2003 Radio interview for STUDIO 360 in NY used for there show on ROBOTS/art.
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4-30-2003 air date. shot on 3-10-2003 KING 5 TV Evening Magazine "Seattle Wa", High Definition TV format, Robot Hut tour.
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4-01-2003. Spokane Visitors Guide lists Robot Hut on Page 19.
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8-30-2003 ASIMOV's S. F. Mag talks about Robot Hut Web site on page 14 of September issue.
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10-01-2003 Book WASHINGTON CURIOSITIES by Harrriet Baskas includes the Robot Hut Museum.
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7-01-2004 Univision Network USA's largest Spanish TV network taped Robot Hut segment, to air world wide.
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7-01-2004 SERVO Magazine July issue page 35 in the Menageire section, pictured the RobotHut Machine Man Band.
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8-01-2004 Photo shoot for IEEE Spectrum Mag, August issue.
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8-18-2004 Robot Hut in ULTIMATE ROBOT book by Roboet Malone / DK Publishing sep.04
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1-13-2005 Robot Hut segment on MONSTER NATION "Discovery Channel" Episode #29 Jan 13th at 8 PM "shows do repeat"
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6-04-2005 Robot Hut will host BOTSTOCK II a day of Robot Fellowship, as collectors from all over get together.
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8-24-2005 Robot Hut is featured in a TV segment shot for TVW (Washington state version on CSPAN).
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9-25-2005 Robot Hut featured in October issue of SYNC mag.
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10-24-2005 Radio interview with 1140 AM Spike Radio for men in Los Vegas, 12:30 minuets long.
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10-31-2005 Radio interview with WIYY-FM Rock 98 Radio for men in Baltimore, 7:30 minuets long.
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10-9-2006 Collecting Hollywood Pilot features John Rigg and Fred Barton in the RobotHut.
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Feb. 2006 WWW.AntiqueWeek.com on page 3 of the National section there is a picture Of the RobotHut with Botstock 2 members./STRONG>
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July 2006 Journal of Antiques and collectables on page 74 you see a picture of Robert Lesser , John Rigg and the custom robot built for Mr. Lesser.>
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10-09-2006 A Pilot show called Collecting Hollywood has a great segment on Fred Barton Visiting with John Rigg at the RobotHut.>
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6-08-2007 Central Penn Business Journal has picture of Robo Rigg head at BotStock 4.>
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7-01-2007 Toy Collector Mag the July issue volume 1 Number 2 has article about Robo Rigg head at BotStock 4. Http://www.toycollectormagazine.com>
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8-12-2007 American Profiles article on the Robot Hut Museum.>
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8-26-2007 Interview for Machines Like Us web site. http://www.machineslikeus.com/cms/robot-hut.html>
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11-6-2007 Philly Burbs.com a nice write up on the RobotHut museum. http://www.phillyburbs.com/robots/roboto.shtml>
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12-1-2007 Toy Collector Mag Dec. VOL 1, no.7 on page 89 shows a Giant Shooting Robot and box artwork that I built. Http://www.toycollectormagazine.com>
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1-1-2008 Weird and Wacky Washington Places. Book by Bree Coven Brown and Lisa Wojna. Page 30 talks about the Robot Hut Museum.>
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1-1-2008 TOY COLLECTOR MAG. Jan. VOL.1 , no.8. Shows my custom built Shooting Giant robot and box artwork on the cover page, also pages 6 and 40. http://www.toycollectormagazine.com>
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5-1-2008 TOY COLLECTOR MAG. MAY. Shows my 1987 Mixed media sculpture of Robby the robot “ made from cardboard earth globes, racing tires and fiberglass on page 24, also page 29 has the text description. http://www.toycollectormagazine.com>
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5-1-2008 The Grapevine , Adamstown, Pennsylvania newspaper Volume 9, Issue 24.On page 1 in the article ROBOT COLLECTORS INVADE VILLAGE there are several paragraphs on how I feel about BotStock 5.>
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6-1-2008 TOY COLLECTOR MAG. MAY. Shows my 1987 Mixed media sculpture of Robby the robot “ made from cardboard earth globes, racing tires and fiberglass on page 9, that sold at auction May 14th for $5,899.00. http://www.toycollectormagazine.com>
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8-22-2009 Examiner.com Cruiseums part 3 Unusual Museums. Short articale by Boomer Humor Examiner Francine Rose. Featured 3 d picture and slide show.>
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10-14-2010 Road Side America posted a visit to RobotHut Museum. http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/17549 .>
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10-27-2010 Discovery Science Channel, Sci-Fi Science Series part 2 Episode 10 A.I.Uprising. They used 3 of my custom robot toys Chief Prober, Plazmo and Alpha-Bot. >
01-09-2012 TVW Did a nice video short of a trip to the RobotHut. They do Faces and Places of Washington to use as fill in material. TVW is Washington's public affairs network, providing gavel-to-gavel coverage of Washington State Legislature sessions and coverage of the Washington State Supreme Court and public affairs events. It is widely considered the model state level equivalent of C-SPAN. > . 04-09-2013 The INLANDER paper did a nice job on the RobotHut and myself. Titled THE MAN AND THE MACHINES. http://www.inlander.com/spokane/article-19160-the-man-and-the-machines.html > . 07-2015 SERVO Magazine ran a 6 page article on the RobotHut and myself. Pages 76 to 81, the section THEN AND NOW "ROBOT HUT" http://servo.texterity.com/servo/201507/?folio=76#pg76 > . 08-06-2015 Spokesman review article & HD video on the RobotHut and myself, http://www.spokesman.com/video/2015/aug/04/robot-hut-museum/ , http://www.spokesman.com/stories/2015/aug/06/robo-crop/ > .