Ultimate 80's Toy Omnibot 2000 Demo

If one toy was the peak of 80's toy excess it was the Omnibot 2000. Omnibot did a little, cost alot and was reseved for only kids whose parent's had the deepest pockets.
In this video I'll share with you some Omnibot history, prices vs other 80's high end toys, key features, open a 30 year old cassette, spill drinks and write a song with Omnibot 2000 on vocals and servo motors which was not an advertised feature but should have been.
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[@dabsavage3163]

This channel should grow up, it’s actually very cool and informative too

[@sallicio]

I had the Omnibot (the regular, not the “2000”). It was the coolest thing ever, but even at that age (I was about 8), I thought “this really isn’t like the commercials”.

[@Slashdance]

Haha, oh man I bet. They really did over promise in those ads.

[@jorisbonson386]

Well, it *did* breakdance with a black kid in the commercials...

[@whitetiana3022]

$250 ($700 today) toy at 8 years old? you must have had some rich parents.

[@brettambler8596]

I was lucky enough to have one. If I remember right you could program a set of movements for it to repeat. It used the cassette deck to record its program.

[@Rockabilly78704]

I owned all the robots in the Tomy line except 2000....Which is weird because we were not rich...in fact we were on Section 8 housing and food stamps most of the 80s. I still have my Omnibot somewhere at my mom's house. Also you had me at Omnibot 2000 but then you introduced some Industrial into the video....Big thumbs up!!!

[@JasonRasmussen]

I still have my Omnibot!

[@Djsam901]

I used to use mine to bring me things like soda and juice boxes and it would even pick up the drink and pour it and fill multiple cups

[@Jagentek]

Good video bossman

[@indyn00dlez23]

Great! Subscribed! I had the little yellow Tomy coin bank robot. All he did was eat the quarter, chomp a few times while stomping back and forth, then lick his lips. It was cute. I loved it. He held 10 dollars, which happened to be about the price of an Atari game.

[@Slashdance]

Tomy Robie Mr. Money! (what Atari game did you buy?!)

[@jimbo8743]

I wanted the Omnibot or the Omnibot 2000 so bad. I used to stare at the toy section of the magazine all day, wishing I had it. My parents did buy me the Chatbot. It was Ok, the remote was a pain though 🤓

[@bobbyblack1138]

subsribed. Very cool. I was fortunate enough to have the Omnibot step down from this one. I regretfully sold it years ago, and ended up buying another off of ebay with the original packaging. It's very fun to have!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I will also be checking your music out!

[@Slashdance]

Man, thank you so much! I would have died for Omnibot (not 2000) as a kid. I also love packaging so absolute top marks for having one with the box now!

[@skeletorment]

So, it's just the one claw that functions remotely?

[@Slashdance]

Yup, the other one has a pretty good grip and you can position the arm manually but that's it

[@hosaiholliman8988]

i had an omnibot 2000 my cousin got it for christmas (traded it from my cousin for star wars tie and xwing fighter ) then my brother traded it for a transformer original shockwave (gun) !!!!!

[@MyDeadOblivionAxe]

i have a omnibot 2000 by the way

[@AlecDenholm]

Sadly I did not own an omnibot in 1985. I remember nothing of the first half of that year until like July when I was born, and after that I was busy with infant stuff. What a missed opportunity!

[@Slashdance]

No excuses, you could have had an OMNInanny!

[@frankpannacchione2568]

I have one. When I was 9, I begged my mom for it for Christmas. My dad said no way (and rightfully so). My mom said no way but when Christmas came, there it was. God I was so spoiled... they could have bought a car! I was the b baby of 6. To be honest, I still love it. I haven't used it in decades, but it's special to me. When I did get it, I used it all the time. I loved serving drinks at the adult parties we had. About 10 years ago, I let my son play with it. He was 4. He ended up trying to lift it by the arm and it broke. So sad. I just recently called my parents up to thank them for it again. I have great memories with it still so I guess it was worth it. 😌 I'm looking forward to giving it to my son.

[@alec4672]

You know the cassette deck isn't just for audio right? If he's in RC mode and you press record he'll record his own movements onto tape and you can play them back. That's what the home base was for.

[@Slashdance]

I did indeed, it's in the manual but it's a valid point you bring up. I don't have the home base so I guess it slipped my mind.

[@alec4672]

@@Slashdance I don't think you really need the home base. I've watched some restoration videos on KZbin and there's no actual sensors for the base. I'm pretty sure it's just a piece of poster paper so our human minds can remember where we started off. I guess I'd say find a large open space and give it a try 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

[@brettambler8596]

Seconded! It’s just a marker for where it starts it’s program. It had no sensors so it only knew (forward for 6 seconds. Rotate for 1.3 seconds. Forward for 9 seconds. Rotate arm. Announce “what up my robots?”)

[@davidroystewart]

And once you’d preprogrammed it, you could use the clock to set a timer that would initiate its movements to begin at any time you wanted. ( like approaching your bedside and telling you to get up)

[@Syyylv]

I've got one of these, got it off eBay and repaired it to working condition. Makes for a super cool retro display piece and does some fun party tricks.

[@Slashdance]

That's awesome, he is a lot of fun!

[@firlottp]

Tomy robots were my only friends as a child... Apparently nothing has changed on that front. Sigh...

[@Slashdance]

I can imagine you upgrading one to actually do all the things Tomy promised!

[@ljskywalker31]

Great video! But you completely missed the main selling point of this thing! You can record programs on cassette tapes so he can do all this stuff by himself! You don’t even need to start the tape manually that’s what the timer function is for. You could litterally get him to go bring you a drink at a certain time and pour it in front of you all by himself. Even the box advertises he can walk your dog for you or something lol

[@Slashdance]

This is true, I did forget that feature as I didn't have the home base and never got around to programming it. (I wouldn't trust him to walk my dog haha) Thanks for the comment! :)

[@volttherobot]

Your channel is super-cool, human! Especially love this one. Rock on, dude! ps - if you ever need a robot in any of your music videos, I'm available (I work 4 batteries). Just don't blow me up or sell my soul to Satan, ok?) THANKS

[@joeblow593]

Had the 2000 back in the day. Hard to swallow the 400 price tag. It looked cool and all but played back programs were sloppy, so returned it for refund. Felt better after that.

[@punkrockwino164]

more colabs with OmniBot please! That Rocked!

[@BuckeyeStormsProductions]

I remember when I was probably 8 or 9 there was a local contest for some small business (I think it may have been a general electronics sales and repair shop) where this was the main prize. I entered so many times. He sat in the front window calling out to me. I knew for sure I was destined to win him. I did not.

[@ChuckThunder1111]

The thing is so cool. Too bad they aren't still making bots like this.... I want to make my own. 3d print

[@jonathanstein6056]

I had a regular Omnibot. I remember that charging him took FOREVER. The battery went pretty quickly, too. Definitely overpriced for what it was. A moving arm would have been nice.

[@daxelsdiscovery9676]

I still have mine from when I was a kid. We are actually trying to get it working again.

[@anthroponacious]

Another robot video would be really cool.

[@Slashdance]

I agree! I don't know what else I have to add as this is the only robot I have.

[@videodromestereo9566]

I wanted one of these SO bad as a kid but like you said it was outrageously expensive. LOVE the built in cassette deck! I never even knew it had that. It's cool that you have so much Skinny Puppy on cassette. I've always had a hard time finding any SP albums.

[@doncon7578]

It doesn’t do anything on its own! Not worth $600.00

[@sbuggbot]

I bought one off of eBay about ten years ago, and she's been my buddy ever since. Even if she dumped my root beer all over the floor the first time I tried that feature. Time hasn't been the kindest to the battery terminals in her or or her remote though, so I need to get those fixed up at some point. (And the tape deck has never worked, my dad suspects a broken belt.) This robot came out about 12 or 13 years before I was even born, but it's always fascinating seeing what companies tried to accomplish back then with the technology of the time. (I have several vintage robots but Ommi will always hold a special place in my heart. Watching this video was a trip back and also hysterical.

[@Slashdance]

Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[@rlacy916]

I wanted one so bad when I was a kid. It was always #1 on my Christmas list. Never got one. I remember seeing it on the Best (80’s store) catalog.

[@Slashdance]

Yeah, I have some old Christmas Catalogs from Sears with the ads. Brings back memories!

[@justrio2881]

I had one, anyone want to buy it? I'm just bored

[@Idelia412]

I got my first Omnibot 2000 at a yard sale in the late 90s for $12'. I got my second Omnibot 2000 at a flea market for $25. I got one to work. Ended up selling both on ebay.

[@DejayClayton]

Wow, fantastic finds!

[@blucklightfoxartinnovation9357]

slashdance the omnibot man

[@doncon7578]

It didn’t do anything on its own! Not worth $600

[@digitalballistics]

I miss my old omibot 2000. It was a cool toy.

[@skunkman9815]

They need to bring this back

[@Yeetin_Boomer_Actual]

Subbed. Ok, well, I'm poor and on disability, but....BUT... I'm SLOWLY working on modernizing my Omnibot to more functional and superbly smarter via Samsung s5 onboard and upgrades on all joints and new drive unit. Wish my slow a$$ luck. Some posts to come to my page.

[@Yeetin_Boomer_Actual]

Yes, autonomy and facial recognition. The whole shebang.

[@Yeetin_Boomer_Actual]

...... Oh yeah....*snorts*.... NERRRRRRDDD!

[@StephaneBourque]

Never had an Omnibot but seems like a really interesting toy! I happened to notice some pretty old consoles there in the background here and there which caught my eye! Would be cool if you were to feature those in a future video! Seems like a rather big collection so maybe a few at a time hehe 🤘😎🔥

[@stephanieleblanc6516]

Hahah I'm glad you included the drink spill! Well done on the video!

[@jorisbonson386]

Even now I want to impress all my friends with one of these

[@dlionfilms]

Buen video! 😂

[@tcarnell79]

I had a Dingbot !!!

[@dabsavage3163]

Yea! 🇵🇭💪🏻👊🏻

[@Guyjharrison]

I was a brat, I wanted the 2000 and only got the omnibot, waaah, but I think you left out the coolest part of the omnis. You can record everything you do on a tape and if you get the correct starting point it will do a pretty good job repeating what was recorded, voice, movements, everything.

[@Slashdance]

Having an Omnibot back in the day is still super impressive! A few people mentioned the programmed movements, I didn't have the pad so I totally forgot about it when I made the video, oops, haha!

[@Guyjharrison]

@@Slashdance no worries... It's nice to see the old stuff in such good condition

[@maxhammer4067]

I wish someone would make a new one of these with modern tech.

[@Slashdance]

Absolutely agree. It's wild there hasn't been another serious attempt. Robosapien was kinda fun and interesting but nothing close to Omnibot IMO.

[@maxhammer4067]

When robosapien came out I thought dam this is it omnibot is going to come back with cd storage and probably 5 foot tall lol. It they threw everything and the kitchen sink at a new omnibot 2000 and charged 3000 for it id still buy it lol. If it had modern tech like a harddrive in it. Control stuff in your house. But even if they did a retro release I'd get one. Lol

[@Slashdance]

@@maxhammer4067 I'm sure there's probably dudes out there doing mods on 'em. I'd be funny to stick a Google Home in his chest.

[@eclecticdialectic1306]

Boston Dynamics if they made something for the consumer market

[@PULSTARUnboxing]

a very expensive remote control mobile cassette player

[@Slashdance]

Haha, very true. But a fun one!

[@MrThomaskirchner]

My cousin totally had one!!! Never could play with it though... something wrong with the battery pack. Looking for one now to restore!

[@Slashdance]

The battery on mine was dead too! If you find one the battery is UB645, you can get 'em on amazon but I managed to find one locally no sweat. Same battery as a Power Wheels uses. :)

[@thechampagneroom1]

My boss is deadly afraid of robots and the future of robots. Thanks for giving me something to show him

[@Slashdance]

I don't think he has too much to fear with this fella, but thanks!

[@HBCruzing]

I saw all three of these at Fedco in the 80's and really wanted one but never had one. My friend had the Omibot and I was so jealous. I just found a new Verbot in a thrift store today, many years later I own one now.

[@Slashdance]

Wicked, good score!

[@kennychan263]

Robot toy ai

[@williamhoodtn]

Yup. Had one of those new in 1987? for $125 from Service Merchandise (close out sale). Was pretty fun to play with it and program it's actions onto tape to play back. Scared the crap out of my friends daughter at first (she was like 2 years old). Even used it in college as an alarm clock to get ume up for class (EE). Eventuality sold him to a guy who had a bunch of them and put on plays for kids (or so I was told).

[@tombowser2186]

Dingbot!!

[@xpvnx]

damn

[@jar111raj]

I already love this video, but then you got to throw all those Skinny Puppy gems in there!!! Love you!!

[@jar111raj]

The Vinyl you played sounds good!

[@Slashdance]

Thanks dude! Another little reference... Theres a famous photo of Skinny Puppy's Dwayne Goettel sitting in front of a rack of keyboards (Emax, Mirage and ESQ-1) which are the three keyboards behind me. :)

[@DejayClayton]

Wow, I had no idea only 10,000 were produced! I owned one as a pre-teen, and while I appreciated at the time that I was the only person I knew that owned one, I had no idea how small the ownership club was.

[@DaveHebert400]

I had the Omnibot 2000, but not in the 80s. We found one (working!) for sale at a garage sale at one point, complete with tray and everything. I absolutely loved it, but we got rid of it at some point (I think the battery completely died and we couldn't find a suitable replacement?).

[@Slashdance]

Wow, must've been pretty excited to find him at a garage sale! The battery is actually not too hard to find if you know what to look for. It's the same one used in Power Wheels.

[@markcagley484]

@@Slashdance website or link where can I find this battery ? Please help !

[@Slashdance]

@@markcagley484 Sure thing, here it is! www.amazon.com/Universal-Battery-Replacement-4500mAh-Terminal/dp/B00LRVBK6E

[@loganjorgensen]

Just nice to see somebody not talking about how scary toys are, need more love out here. ;)

[@Slashdance]

Haha, are there people talking about how scary toys are? :)

[@loganjorgensen]

@@Slashdance Yeah, it's a pretty common past time now, creepy Teddy Ruxpin and so on. ^_^

[@retroworld1971]

Love the effort to get it on tape ❤

[@Slashdance]

It did sting to crack open that plastic, haha.

[@AdamGeffen]

This was fantastic. I still have my Omnibot 2000. I just got it out of storage for my kiddo to play with. Found a company that supplies compatible batteries, which was the only element of the bot that wasn’t in working order. (I used to freak out our dogs with that walkie-talkie feature.)

[@Slashdance]

Hey thank you very much! Battery was done in my as well, found one at Battery House. Guess it's the same one that Power Wheels use.

[@markcagley484]

Can you tell me where to find a replacement battery ? Link website ? Thx !

[@Diabolik771]

"I know NOT of such things" Thundarr

[@willcampbell7030]

my dad had the 2000 one. it’s pretty amazing. it’s broken, but still a great masterpiece of that decade

[@Here_is_Waldo]

Stick a Raspberry Pi in it and make it a real boy.

[@SonicHertz]

"Brief Lives" sounds dope on the old Fuji slims.

[@Slashdance]

Agreed! They were made for each other.

[@jared833]

sometimes i feel like a house robot

[@Slashdance]

The best kind!