Call for Applications for our First-Ever Robot Art Fair!

This year, during Ann Arbor's Art Fair (July 21-24), we'll be hosting our first Robot Art Fair in 826michigan's tutoring lab. Featuring all manner of robot art, from t-shirts to drawing to sculpture, and more!

Robot artists or artists who make robot art should contact store manager Amy Sumerton to submit at amy[at]826michigan[dot]org for more details. And please stop by! The Robot Art Fair runs from 12pm to 6pm Wednesday, July 21 through Saturday, July 24.

Happy Birthday to the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair!

Can YOU believe that there's been a functioning robot shop in Ann Arbor for two whole years? It seems like just yesterday that we staged a robot dance-off to celebrate our opening. That dance-off was not yesterday, though; it was May 17, 2008.

What are we doing to celebrate? Good question. It's been an entire blog post since we used bullet-points, can you believe that? Here goes! To celebrate our store opening, for the ENTIRE MONTH OF MAY:

• We'll be offering a choice between a free mini-cupcake OR two percent off your entire purchase!
• We are going to have a drawing! For every $10 you spend, you can enter your name to win a PAIR of Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair t-shirts!
• We will be giving away a FREE STUDENT PUBLICATION to: 1) twins (both must be present), 2) anyone who pays with a $2 bill for something else in the store, 3) any customer who brings in pictures of TWO robots (we get to keep them!), 4) creative types who bring us TWO cans of TUNA (two-na) repurposed as a robot (again, we get to keep them!), 5) more stuff as it occurs to us!
• We'll have a Brand New Window! That's right, new window display going in this weekend, make sure to stop by!
• We'll be open EVERY SUNDAY in May from 12pm to 6pm!

We're thinking of it as celebrating our Not-so-Terrible Twos. Please stop by and wish our bots a happy birthday! (Most robots do not even have birthdays. Isn't that sad? Together, we can change that. Won't you help us?)

And THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU for welcoming us into the community and allowing us to help you with all your robot needs with such warmth. It's heating up our robot hearts.

My Heart Feels Funny: A Robot Engagement!

Hello. Dr. Thaddeus Blotch here. Have you been by the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair lately? If not, this is what you're missing:



That's right, Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair co-creaters Amy Sumerton and Jason DePasquale were engaged this weekend, and his proposal happened in the store window. Those of you who know me must know how many hours after seeing this disgustingly sweet abomination I spent dry heaving in my office.

For those of you who DON'T know me, the answer is seven. Seven hours of dry heaving. That's almost a full third of my work day!

Amy and Jason are the worst. I have fired each of them at least forty-seven times, and yet they keep coming back.

Fear not, minions: A new, un-nauseating window will be up soon.

And now, I must get back to work. I had just rounded an important bend on my experiment to turn time into money when this confection caused such a ridiculous setback. YOU SHOULD GET BACK TO WORK TOO.

I mean it, GET BACK TO WORK,
Dr. Thaddeus Blotch

This Just In at the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair: Robot Travel Posters!

We are excited to announce the arrival of our first set of limited-edition robot posters! Created especially for us by local designer Ben English, these gorgeous travel posters are screen-printed on very heavy cardstock. As you know, it is difficult for robots to feel emotions, but we are overwhelmed with glee. Perhaps our robotic hearts are biased, but we are certain we've never seen such glorious posters:

Our calculations show that these posters are wonderful gifts for any occasion, or for no occasion at all.

We only have fifty of each design, so act now! Posters are 18" x 24". They are $20 each, or all four for $75. To order, simply click here and you will be spirited away to our High Fashions department. Page down, and you'll see the options: to order each individually, OR the full set. Our robots will package them up and send them right to your house! Humans might say "like magic," but we are robots and don't believe in magic, only science!

Meet the Gearbots!

Please feel free to journey down to the Liberty Street Robot Supply & Repair on Friday, December 4. As part of downtown's Midnight Madness event, we'll be open late, AND hosting the premiere performances of BotChoir, every hour on the hour from 7pm to 11pm. What is BotChoir? Why, an assortment of robot and cyborg carolers, of course!

You can also meet the Gearbots. Vote for the Gearbots for the Main Street Area Association's window display contest here. The winner gets $500 cash (which would go toward our free student programming) and $250 in gift certificates (which would make lovely presents for our illustrious volunteer force).

Behold the Gearbots: