Soviet kids'-book robots
Will from the Journey Round My Skull blog has been scanning vintage, Soviet-era robot illustrations from Eastern European science fictional kids books -- the pictures are just lovely.
A Journey Round My Skull: Mummy Was A Robot, Daddy Was A Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil (Thanks, Dr. Monkey!)
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- Soviet Unterzoegersdorf part 2: Monochrom's retro-sov-kitsch game ...
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- Why didn't Alexi Leonov take that one small step? - Boing Boing
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