WALL-E Design Not So Innovative?

I have always loved WALL-E's structure and design features.  However, as I analyzed his design and compared it to other film robots, I found that WALL-E is not very unique or original. Director Andrew Stanton claims that he came up with WALL-E basic figure while at a baseball game wearing binoculars. While WALL-E certainly has a binocular styled face, Stanton's design was likely was influences from many other robotic characters, which look strikingly similar to WALL-E.

R.O.B. from the 1985 Japanese series Gyromite and Stack-Up

Johnny 5 from the 1986 film Short Circuit

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