Mechanical Victorians -Mechtorians- look great in drawings, paintings, prints and prototypes. They also raise the bar for production-run, high end, limited edition vinyl toys.

Bruce Whistlecraft, aka Doktor A, employs an array of olde and nu skool craftsmanships to take the entire cast of fictional robots on a time-bending fantasmutational romp.

I’m completely charmed by the imagery from an actual past, informed by a recent past, reconfigured as robot characters from the past’s alternative future. Check it out for yourself.

Cris Rose has so many talent chops, that I’m thinking about writing this post in a spreadsheet.

Artist, Designer, Fabricator, Collaborator, Customizer, Collector Whew! He’s busier than a one legged man in an ass-kicking contest who designs, builds and sends original robot toys all over the world to collectors and galleries. Though the figures have no traditional “working parts”, they do have incredibly believable details and lovely backstories. Cris is particularly interested in the relationship between robots and nature, and each character shows its wear and tear with pride. I hope to catch up with Cris soon and find out more about his robots, their histories and the art of decay.

I always cry at weddings, but this made me laugh. The full story of the i-Fairy wedding officiate in today’s news. Thanks, Neatorama!

I’m not sure the housewife in me could be any more jealous. Check out the swivel armpit and wrist action.

Thanks, Dave Gessel!

Chag Pesach Sameach my Hebrew-style robot-lovin’ friends. Here’s a video of a Robot Passover, courtesy the lovely AdaFruit (added bonus: Spock Matza!)

While we ere at SuicideBots are not a religious bent, we can always get behind a homestyle feast and copious quantities of red wine.

One doesn’t normally put “tiki” and “robots” in the same sentence, so it took a couple of art geniuses to create them. Designed by Flounder (Scott Sheidley) and sculpted by Squid (Dave Cohen) for TikiFarm. Sadly for you, these gems have long been sold out.

However, it seems that there are robot decanters and shot glasses still available.

I like my mugs filled with coffee and Kahlua on a Saturday morning. We have come to refer to it as Robot Coffee.

I named them Aloha and Mahalo. Cheers!

So sensitive, so poetic, so artfully programmed. . .

Hurray for Kiva Systems, and the robots they employ [via Le Boing]

Ahem, where were we? Oh yes.

Who doesn’t like coffee, coffee making, a robot with pony tails and a jaunty instrumental driving it along? I’m afraid I may watch this a few thousand times and fall into a virtual caffeinated stupor. Can’t read the text on mujakiclockwork’s youtube page or on clockwork.shikisokuzekuu.net, but I gather the robot’s name is Hina. There are a few pix on the blog suggesting Hina’s fabricational history. Could be my new BFF! If you have any further insight into this delightful creature, please let us know. My Moccamaster KBT 741 is pining for an introduction.