Icons B-9 Robot/Robby The Robot Limited-Edition Promotional Print

Here's a scarce item printed in 1998. These were produced in a very limited edition of only 100 as promotional items for the now legendary and ill-fated Icons Authentic Replicas, which was the original pioneer in Studio licensed Film and Television prop and miniature replicas.

In 1998, Icons successfully tracked down the ORIGINAL and legendary 20th Century Fox and MGM Design engineer & draftsman Robert Kinoshita...who had never done an autograph-session in fandom before !! And as exclusive promotional gifts, Icons published this limited edition print, which depicts copies of the original concept drawings of the Lost in Space B-9 Robot and Kinoshita's other mechanical man masterpiece Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet (YES ! THAT'S RIGHT ! One man designed both incredible and memorable Robots which are famous and loved the world over).

The print is in mint condition, printed on heavy, light grey-tone, simulated stone-wash paper, very nice stock. It was not printed on a computer but obviously by a professional printing company. The printing quality is very nice and the images are very clear. 

This rare print, depicts the world renown robots and a very cool, unpublished vintage image of a young Robert Kinoshita in it's center, hard at work at a Studio drafting table. Kinoshita himself provided this rare image for this scarce print.

The B-9 is referred to as "Blinky" on the print, because that was Robert's affectionate nick-name for his amazing creation. The initials RK are adjacent to both Robot images. And...as if that wasn't enough, besides Kinoshita's hand written original signature, in order to insure authenticity, Kinoshita utilized a red stamp of his name in Japanese and a duplicate stamp of the same symbols in invisible fluorescent ink !!! You have to hold it under a black light in order to see it !!! (Note : the authentic Kinoshita signature is the smaller one in blue. Not the large facsimile one at the bottom in the center). 

According to my reliable sources, 30 to 40 of these rare promotional and authentic autographed prints were sent to B-9 customers. 10 or 20 went to the company's employees. 

Fans and collectors who received these years ago, rarely, if ever, let them go. That rare art print salutes not only the classic Television series Lost in Space but also the classic film Forbidden Planet, the two most legendary Robots of all time and their brilliant and talented designer, Bob Kinoshita, who was in his 80's when he signed this super-scarce collectable. Only 100 made !!!