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The robot I put on ebay sold in about 6 hours for a pretty sweet deal.

They haven't shown collectible value yet. Time will tell. My bet is still no.

The only reason they are going high is perceived value, and lack of people doing their homework. They can be had at $2100-2200 from retail stores.


4000 is a big number
Les Paul Studios have never been a big deal
The color is not that unique
Electronics die quickly in value.

Give it 6 months, a year, 5 years before we can say they are an investment. Actually, from my experience in the collectibles market, one usually has to et a generation pass by to truly tell.

I've been meaning to post this link about the "Robot Guitar" for some time now. It is from a free magazine called "Design News." I'm an engineer and get a lot of them (too many actually):

http://www.designnews.com/index.asp?lay ... bot+guitar

Ahh, Design News.... haven't got one of those in about 17 years...

Nice article.

Here is a new link on the 2nd generation version:

http://www.planetanalog.com/showArticle ... =207402879

In the article, there is also an embedded link to a "tear-down" of the first generation version showing the electronics.

marc61 wrote: 4000 is a big number
Les Paul Studios have never been a big deal
The color is not that unique
Electronics die quickly in value.

Exactly. Besides the silly tuners they're boring, boring, boring

Here is the heart of the link David provided - enjoy!