"Located on the top of his spiral tail is a sound sensor. This pretty much meant if he was heading of a cliff - as <15cm robots do - you could clap your hands and he would stop for about 7 seconds, perform a number of head movements, then carry on - and fall of the cliff."

- Novejši opis plastičnega '80s robota Crackbot (Ja, prav Crackbot so ga poimenovali. LOL)

V današnji oddaji Leteči Pilot naredimo inventuro t.i. '80s robotov ter razglabljamo o morebitnih vzrokih za pojav in zaton trenda, ki je močno zaznamoval to že kar oddaljeno desetletje ter reminiscence nanj.

Viri:

Wish Book Web (zbirka starih katalogov): Sears Christmas Catalog 1983, Montgomery Ward Christmas Catalog 1984, Sears Christmas Catalog 1985, Sears Christmas Catalog 1986, Sears Christmas Catalog 1987, J.C. Penney Christmas Catalog 1987

Filmi in TV: Short Circuit, Space Camp, Small Wonder, Transformers, Gobots, Voltron

Reklame: Omnibot, Maxx Steele, Verbot, Chatbot, Immortals of Change, Starriors, Kronoform 1, Kronoform 2 (jebeš Apple Watch)  Kronoform 3 (japonska reklama za Takaro)

Splošni viri: The Old Robots (obsežna spletna stran s slikami in originalnimi materiali; tu med drugim najdete izčrpen seznam vseh Tomyevih robotov), Robot Gallery (stran posvečena kvečjemu zmogljivejšim '80s robotom)