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Lobot

YEAR UNKNOWN · Action Figures (3¾-inch)

Master development record consolidating 2 catalogued development stages/artifacts for Lobot. Surviving stages identified during discovery include: Painted hardcopy, Photo art. Individual stages are evidence within one product-development story rather than separate Development Products.

Development OriginUSA
Developer / LicenseeKenner
Development PeriodUnknown
Research ConfidenceHigh
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Development storyLobot is not a single isolated oddity but a development story assembled from the surviving pieces of Kenner’s work. Bringing those stages together lets us follow the idea as it changed — from early planning and physical experiments toward the form collectors eventually knew, or toward a path that was abandoned. Master development record consolidating 2 catalogued development stages/artifacts for Lobot. Surviving stages identified during discovery include: Painted hardcopy, Photo art. Individual stages are evidence…
How to identify itLobot development includes painted hardcopy plus original photo-art evidence. Physical figure development and packaging/marketing photography survive within the same product-development record.
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Surviving evidenceDocumented multi stage development · At least one painted hardcopy plus photo-art evidence are documented.
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