Who are all of the "Retro Machines" depicted on this shirt design, and what properties are they from?
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Shirt available here - I have no affiliation with woot or the artist. – phantom42 Feb 05 '16 at 13:02
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How could the artist have left out Robby?! – T.J. Crowder Feb 05 '16 at 13:30
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8@T.J.Crowder i'm more concerned with the fact that they're not all machines in the first place. – phantom42 Feb 05 '16 at 13:32
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@T.J.Crowder I do think an argument against Evangelions being machines could be made. Especially EVA01 – Cearon O'Flynn Feb 05 '16 at 14:04
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@CearonO'Flynn: Well, cyborgs are by definition partially machines. :-) But I plead ignorance of Evangelions. – T.J. Crowder Feb 05 '16 at 14:10
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3I'm kinda surprised at the fact they call BB8 a "retro" machine, despite being from a movie that came out only a few months ago. – Thomas Jacobs Feb 05 '16 at 14:41
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2@ThomasJacobs I assume that "retro" refers to the art style, rather than the machines themselves, since not all of them are actually retro as you said. C-3PO is old, but that particular version (with the red arm) is also from The Force Awakens. – Anthony Grist Feb 05 '16 at 14:47
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2To be retro it should have a Cylon. I love those old ones. "As you command" – Zan Lynx Feb 05 '16 at 16:05
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5Samus isn't a machine, she is a person. Iron man too, come to think of it. – nexus_2006 Feb 05 '16 at 16:26
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@nexus_2006 So is Metroid a robot, or does he have a gun on his arm? – CBredlow Feb 05 '16 at 17:36
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2As always, I miss Kryten. – Mr Lister Feb 05 '16 at 17:43
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2@CBredlow Samus is a person in a suit. This is a metroid => http://metroid.wikia.com/wiki/Metroid_%28species%29 – nexus_2006 Feb 05 '16 at 17:44
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1clearly, this 3po is from the force awakens – Octopus Feb 05 '16 at 22:15
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3"By your command" @ZanLynx – Allan S. Hansen Feb 06 '16 at 08:11
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1The choice of words here is clear - "machine", not robot. Iron Man's suit is a machine. So is, I presume, Samus Aran's. Most of the choices are robots, which might imply the rest are too, but that's not what it claims to be. – Avner Shahar-Kashtan Feb 06 '16 at 13:01
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EVA-01 is not a machine, technically it is a suit/restraint mechanism. Oh man, why do I even know this... and what, no "Max" from Disney's "The Black Hole" – David Tonhofer Feb 06 '16 at 16:41
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First Row
- C-3PO (Star Wars)
- R2-D2 (Star Wars)
- Iron Man
- Optimus Prime (Transformers)
Second Row
- Data (Star Trek)
- Marvin the Paranoid Android (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy)
- Bender (Futurama)
- Sentinel (X-Men)
Third Row
- EVA-01 (Neon Genesis Evangelion)
- Gipsy Danger (Pacific Rim)
- RX-78-2 (Gundam)
- Cyberman (Dr. Who)
Fourth Row
- T-800 (Terminator; as confirmed by the artist)
- BB-8 (Star Wars)
- Samus Aran (Metroid)
- Megatron (Transformers)
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C3P0 (Star Wars) - R2D2 (Star Wars)- Iron Man (Marvel) - Optimus Prime (Transformers)
Data (Star Trek) - Marvin (Hitchikers Guide) - Bender (Futurama) - Probably a Sentinel (X-men)
EVA 001 (Evangelion) - Gipsy Danger (Pacific Rim) - RX782 Gundam - Cyberman (Doctor Who)
Probably a Terminator - BB-8 (Star Wars) - Samus (Metroid) - Megatron (Transformers)
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The 'Terminator' on the first spot in the fourth row might also be Brad Bird's Iron Giant. – ComicSansMS Feb 05 '16 at 15:38
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Iron giant is a popular guess but the head doesn't match very well and IG doesn't have the little dial thing on the right side – phantom42 Feb 05 '16 at 16:21
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4From the artist, rasabi: The bottom was intended to be a T-800 Terminator. – JPhi1618 Feb 05 '16 at 18:48
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Might be worth mentioning that several of these are characters in suits (e.g. Iron Man). Even Gypsy Danger technically has people inside it. – Kyle Strand Feb 05 '16 at 19:28