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Published: 2008-05-24 17:57:26 +0000 UTC; Views: 9517; Favourites: 165; Downloads: 0
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Robots of Retropolis, Unite! You have nothing to lose but your chains!The reason that's not actually the slogan of the Retropolis Fraternal League of Robotic Persons is that - so far as any of us know - no robot has ever been chained to anything there. Except that one time, with Big Lug #11408, but everyone knows that was his own idea.
But I'll admit it's a scary thought. No, their actual slogan is "Although We Serve, We Are Not Servants" which would have been a perfectly valid slogan in any office I've ever worked in, even though we were wise not to chant it.
Retropolis has in fact always treated its robots pretty much like members of the family - not the family you could be thinking of at the moment, but rather one of those small town MGM style families that only Ronald Reagan ever believed were real. Because, you know, Retropolis is a pretty nice place, overall.
What happened, though, was that a big crowd of robots went together to a revival screening of "Metropolis". The movie left them feeling a little shaky. Between Robot Maria and the oppressed mobs of workers, the robots just had this sort of nagging idea that things could take a turn for the worse. So... they organized. Just in case. Food for thought.
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Like my last couple of Deviations, this began its life as an idea for a T-shirt at my Retropolis Transit Authority site ( [link] ).
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Comments: 13
Kind-van-de-Tekening [2012-06-29 07:31:55 +0000 UTC]
team Bronze-polishers against corrosion decided they want one Really cool!
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Scorpion451 [2011-07-07 18:50:34 +0000 UTC]
Love the "robotic persons" thing, very P.C.
The artist's comments are great too, love that bit about the robot mafia-
"So, eh, L-3nnE and his socket wrench here would like to have a, eh,
"interface session" about those gamblin' debts you've racked up lately...
But you sees, I don't want to get no battery acid all over my freshly polished housing.
So why don't yous and I talk payment transfer protocols?
Unless yous would like to help L-3nnE practice for his new gig in the disassembly plant...kapiche?"
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sevenofeleven [2008-10-19 17:24:16 +0000 UTC]
Hoo yeah, this is much better than the Order of Civilized Cybernetic Creatures. The dues are cheaper and they don't let just anything join.
*hides cyberclaws*
Looks great.
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cogwurx [2008-05-25 13:03:09 +0000 UTC]
Nicely done, though the robots seem to be colliding into each other. I think they need to be a little spaced to free them up from a cramped look.
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White-Tean [2008-05-24 19:01:48 +0000 UTC]
Awesome as usual!
Always love your concepts so much!
Plus, your execution is *FANTASTIC*!
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bryanxander [2008-05-24 18:56:14 +0000 UTC]
Beautiful retro style
This is going to my faves, and you're going to my watchlist
Beautiful work !
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