Acc. № 118 · Archive reference image
Design Objects № 118
Le Z-Bot: L'Inconnu Des Années 80
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French product advertisement for a forgotten robot toy, positioned as a lost artifact of 1980s French toy manufacturing. The poster announces the Z-Bot as 'the unknown of the 80s'—a translucent blue-and-orange action figure never officially distributed beyond prototype phase. The tagline 'Plastique Fantastique. Oublié, puis retrouvé' (Fantastic Plastic. Forgotten, then found) implies a rediscovery narrative. Collectors of lost European toy ephemera and 80s design nostalgia.
Catalogued, not yet released. This artifact will become available to acquire soon.
One artifact. One owner. On acquisition it is permanently retired from the archive. You receive the high-resolution file and a signed certificate of exclusivity.
About the certificate →Print specification
1536 × 2752 px · 4.2 MP · portrait
- Section
- Design Objects
- Style
- vintage toy advertisement, modernist typography, product photography
- Mood
- nostalgic, uncanny, forgotten
- Palette
- cream, blue, orange
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