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Slobots take a stand against human trafficking

In 2013, I took part in Red Light Film and Art Project’s Show “Redeeming the Discarded”, a great event that benefited The Salvation Army’s ProjectFIGHT.  Project FIGHT (Freeing Individuals Gripped by Human Trafficking) provides case management for victims of human trafficking found in North Carolina, and works to generate education and awareness about human trafficking […]

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Paul Budnitz on Kidrobot in 2003 in a Readymade Article

I remember going to Kidrobot in NYC around the summer of 2004.  Such a cool place to visit – the store was really small, but they had all of this amazing, cool stuff that you couldn’t get anywhere else. I picked up a few small blind box figures.  When we moved to the city later […]

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INSPIRATION: u2 Ultraviolet (Light My Way)

Ultraviolet (Light My Way) is song 10 from U2’s Achtung Baby, their classic album from 1991.  There are various interpretations of the song – its a love song to Ali (Bono’s wife – did you know they have been married since 1982?) or possibly a reflection of Job’s relationship to God in the Old Testament […]

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Inspiration: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Growing up, Mike Slobot “enjoyed” such treats as fruit-sweetened carob cookies and buckwheat pancakes.  Now, in later life, he recognizes the benefits of that healthy foods lifestyle that started when he was young, but the original 1971 “Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory” and the subsequent 2005 remake “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” still hold […]

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SLOBOT Robot Art Prints

Mike Slobot has been making robot art for a long time.  There are backlogs of cool work just waiting to be shared.  Recently, we started looking through some of the work that has been created over the years, and decided it was time to make some robot art prints available.  A lot of the originals […]

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A Guardian Angel Robot

As part of the Art Without Borders 2 show, Mike Slobot created the SloMunny Guardian, a heavily modified 7″ Kidrobot Munny.  Mike had done several of these SloMunny’s over the years, including SloMunny v4, SloMunny v3, and Peacemaker 5 (which actually had a sidekick, in SLOBOT speak – a “SloFriend”).  The SloMunny Guardian is available […]