The Klatu Quasar Mystery

I think we've seen this before on MC, a very unusual and mysterious money bank. 

With the sound of GORT's Klaatu Barada Nikto echoing round the memory banks, this is .....

..... The Klatu android money bank by Quasar Industries of San Francisco from 1975.

It's branded on the neck of its baseball head.

One outlet was National Airlines. I can't see a coin slot though!

Here's a bagged version with another name too, Alsco. Who are they?

The sticker label 'Robots by Quasar' hints at another story connected to this bank. Quasar supposedly used them as promotional items for their upcoming home android range, real home androids for sweeping, cooking and nannying. In some quarters it's described as a hoax.

Did Quasar make anything else?

But the robot nanny hoax may actually hold the key to its true origin.

Could the Quasar bank have been inspired by this nanny robot that appeared in the TV series Logan's Run? Was the robot also called Klatu?

They're very similar whatever!

What do you think? Connected?

There are more fabulous domestic snaps of the Logan's Run nanny bot on the Atomic Chronograph Tumblr site for you to consider readers. 

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