posted November 19, 2014 #
Josh recently clued me in to this massive archive of
Old Robots. I can't even begin to describe the ridiculous amount of documentation here covering industrial robots to movie robots to toys - it's rather unbelievable. However, I will suggest taking some time to browse the
Tomy Toy Robot collection from the 1980's. Designs like
Mr. Money and
Robie Jr are quite familiar but there are other delights like
Kitbot or
Hootbot in there that I was unfamiliar with.
As rudimentary as some of these may seem there doesn't seem to be a huge progression between designs of the 80's and something like a Furby or even
Asimo - one could argue they have similar foundations. Even if you disagree, you can enjoy in their designs and ability to make something cute out of something so seemingly cold on paper.
