Best Buy confirms it will not destroy Rob the Toy Robot, easing concerns among collectors.

No worries. In 1985, Nintendo introduced R.O.B. — otherwise known as the Robotic Operating Buddy. It was made to play Nintendo with you. In Japan, apparently, it was the Family Computer Robot.

According to market research commissioned by Nintendo, the children of 1985 — the 37- to 41-year-olds of today — wanted the newfangled Nintendo Entertainment System mainly for the robot game ...