golem can do so many things . They can explore globe humans ca n’t yet reach . They can perform feat too delicate and subtle for humans alone . They can build monumental , mighty works , far quicker than humans could achieve . And sometimes , they can also just attempt to sell things .
Yes , not every robot created has a noble purpose ; some are mere selling shills , created in the hope that they ’ll promote a brand and/or move some products . Here are seven golem whose only role is separating you from your money .
1 ) Svedka Vodka Robot
2 ) Feeney
I ’m not sure why Feeney , the automatic mascot for LG ’s pedigree of Whisen atmosphere conditioners in South Korea , seems to have been program with both a incapacitating shyness and a desire to surreptitiously check couples in the privacy of their own dwelling house . Still , I suppose I would n’t heed a bit of robo - peeping myself as long as I could remain cool in summer . Regardless , Feeney was popular enough that he ended up starring in his own Olympics commercial message wherehe participate in the downhill ski - jump issue , because … air conditioners , I guess ?
3 ) Energizer Bunny
While on the face of it a miniature , the Energizer Bunny has displayed enough independency of thinking over the years that it qualifies as a golem , albeit a battery - powered one . Since its debut in 1989 ( as a parody of the pink Duracell bunny rabbit ) , it ’s fought and defeat King Kong , the Wicked Witch of the West , and Wile E. Coyote , amongst others . It alsopowered an entire spaceshipin a commercial it ’s been estimated every unmarried American hasseen at least 18 billion times . Energizer in reality has a section of its website give to the bunny , let in a “ bio page,”which number his turn - ons as “ marathons , hot air ballooning and drum solos ” and the someone he would most like to meet as “ Lance Armstrong . ” I mistrust it might have been a little while since the bio pageboy was last updated .
4 ) Elektro
Alas , the mid - tier Spider - Man villain never had a part - fourth dimension job shilling for an other 20th - century electronic manufacture company . This Elektro was the Westinghouse company ’s 7 - animal foot - improbable robot mascot from 1937 - 39 , touring America and appearing at World ’s Fairs and such . From Wikipedia :
He could walk by phonation mastery , talk about 700 words ( using a 78 - rpm phonograph record player ) , smoke cigarettes , fellate up balloons , and move his head and arms . Elektro ’s body dwell of a steel gear , Cam River and motor skeleton covered by an aluminum skin . His photoelectric “ eyes ” could distinguish red and green light .
More significantly , once his incumbency as Westinghouse mascot was over , he appear as Thinko in the 1960 Mamie Van Doren film Sex Kittens Go to College . So shed no tears for Elektro , my friend .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_iAtEdtXvU
5 ) Jackbot
What ? A robot ? That works in an office ? And only says that week ’s lotto winning jackpot ? ! Why , I never ! I have to look up to the star of the North Carolina Lottery ’s little campaign , if only for Jackbot ’s fabulously goofy conception and his increasing passive - aggressive attitude towars his co - proletarian .
6 ) Bit and Bud
It ’s a little known fact that the cable lines of Canada are full of lilliputian robots who persuade data around at top - speed ( unlike in America , where they ’re full of molasses and failure ) . Shaw Communications has very recently personate these ‘ bot in the forms of Bit and Bud , the troupe ’s two new mascot . So far they ’ve only hear to hide their existence andwatch a wife give her hubby an HD cable television service boxas if that was somehow a normal Christmas present , but hopefully more weirdness awaits .
7 ) R.O.B. the golem
“ What ho ! ” you hollo . “ R.O.B. the Robot ? The one that was package with the original Nintendo back in 1985 ? He was n’t a mascot at all , he was a miniature ! There ’s no way he belongs on this list ! ” You ’re mostly ripe . R.O.B. was n’t a Nintendo mascot — they already had Mario — and it was most definitely a miniature . However , it was still a robot design specifically to sell Nintendo consoles . See , after Atari had effectively killed the video game manufacture in America , toy retailers were untrusting of stocking anything video game - related . Nintendo used R.O.B. to aim out the NES was at least half - plaything , and thus a safe wager to sell . It worked magnificently . The fact that Nintendo only vex to release two games for R.O.B. ( of about most 800 ) is trial impression enough that Nintendo created him for one reason and one reason only – to get Nintendos into plaything stores .
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