| Thanks to the combined efforts of the children’s charity Fairy Box and Game computer store in Dundee’s Overgate Shopping Centre, a life-sized, 3D model of the famous robot set off for his new home at the children’s ward at Ninewells today.
The robot, donated by Game, was accompanied by Fairy Box helper, 13-year-old Michael Collier.
Fairy Box charity workers spotted the display figure, which also speaks to passers-by, while they were on a regular shopping trip to re-stock the hospital’s three Fairy Boxes and asked if they could have it.
Fairy Box Trustee Rosie Butler explained, “When we re-stock we always try to put in the latest most popular toys for the kids to enjoy.
“We had just bought several WALL.E items when we spotted the life-size model and thought it would be just the thing to add a bit of extra cheer for the children on the ward or visiting the outpatients’ clinic.
“We asked what would happen to WALL.E at the end of the promotional display and were delighted when Game kindly offered to donate him to the ward.”
WALL.E is a morality tale set in the 22nd Century and tells the story of a lonely robot looking for love.
Overwhelmed by waste, the planet eventually became so polluted that it could no longer support life.
While human life was evacuated to outer space aboard massive starliner cruise ships, hundreds of thousands of robots, known as "WALL.E", were left behind to clean up.
By 2815 however, seven hundred years later, only one WALL.E remained operational. |
