Robby the Robot into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2004. In 1971, the original 1956 Robby the Robot was sold to Jim Brucker and put on display at his Movie World/Cars of the Stars Museum, near Disneyland in Buena Park, California, where he was often vandalized by visitors. Robot historian Fred Barton was commissioned to restore Robby to his original 1956 state while the robot was still on display at the museum. Barton used original duplicate replacement parts made for the "Forbidden Planet" suit by MGM's prop department. It was, however, in a desperate condition once again several years later. The museum
Return to the Forbidden Planet intentionally ‘Pigs in Space’ costuming. But this is no parlor trick of a musical; there's a rich vein of Shakespeare's favorite ingredient — the wondrous depths of the human heart — that elevates the show from cunning stunt to artful meditation on the destructive nature of power and the redemptive power of love.” Bob Carlton was the Artistic Director at the Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, Essex, UK from the nineties. His final production at the theatre was of Return to the Forbidden Planet on 15 November 2014. This theatre has one of the last remaining through-cast repertory companies in the country.