Not in the same decade, but I attribute a non-zero part of my robotics obsession to a friend's cybot (http://lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/ http://lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/)

Not in the same decade, but I attribute a non-zero part of my robotics obsession to a friend's cybot (http://lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/ http://lpilsley.co.uk/cybot/). I remember being amazed at it following a line, and always wanted the magazines. Tragically, it was long discontinued by the time I discovered it. Every now and then I think about trying to get my hands on a collection and following along. I'd love to find out if there is anything in there that I haven't yet learned, despite working with robots professionally...