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The Toy Robot Museum

My wife and I spent a marvelous day with several friends in Adamstown, PA, renowned for its myriad antique shops and the home of the Toy Robot Museum, owned and operated by longtime friend, Joe Knedlhans.

In addition to touring Joe’s incredible museum—which never gets old no matter how often we’re there—we managed to visit only four antique shops along Route 272. It would take an entire weekend to see them all, but many people in our group left with some amazing treasures.

The Toy Robot Museum is located in the Stoudtburg Village.

Address: 9 Market Plz, 17569 Reinholds, PA
Phone: (717) 484-0809


Rockem Sockem Robots

Star Wars Display R2-D2 Toy Chest

Robots on Display!

Robots on Display! Robot Movie Posters

Wooden Robots

Daleks

Robot Display Cases

Maria from Metropolis   Phil and Stuart at the Toy Robot Museum-Adamstown, PA

RoboCop Display

Toy Robot Museum-Adamstown, PA

Stuart Roth and Chris Ochs in the Toy Robot Museum

Toy Robot Museum-Adamstown, PA

Toy Robot Museum-Adamstown, PA

 

 

 

A Visit to the Toy Robot Museum

My wife and I had a fantastic time at the Toy Robot Museum in Adamstown, PA with friend and former colleague, Dan Torok and his daughter.

It’s always a blast to hang out with museum curator Joe Knedlhans and see the latest additions to the museum. What’s more, Joe gave me an awesome birthday gift: A rare 1978 Metropolis Souvenir Magazine from Japan with English translation by Forrest J. Ackerman. The entire thing unfolds to a black and white poster of Maria the robot from this classic silent film.

We also enjoyed several hours of antiquing along Route 272 at Renninger’s Antique Mall and the German Trading Post. There are, of course, about a dozen more antique shops there that I’ve been to before, but we ran out of time to visit them all today. Some of my favorite shops include The Mad Hatter, Mother Tuckers, 272 Antiques, and the Antique Co-Op. I’ll probably get out there again closer to the holidays.

 AlphaBot Wooden Robots Twiki and Company Robots on Display! R2-D2 Toy Chest Star Wars Display Rockem Sockem Robots Robots on Display! Robots on Display! Robots on Display! Robots on Display! Robots Galore Remote Control Robots Robot Movie Posters Maria from Metropolis Little Bots Japanese Robots Japanese Robots Gort and Company Robot Display Cases Daleks Robot Display Case ClimbTron Robots BotStock Robots