Who remember's this toy from the late 70s?

[Hate]

I used to love that thing!!!

[anterrabae33]

That reminds me of the Tiger 2XL Robot

[dalbuc]

Oh yeah the Big Track was cool. You could program it to run a course - forward, forward, left, left, stop, fire, turn 180. That thing rocked.

I also loved Dark Tower the board game with the "computerized" tower:

[Tampa Bay Todd]

Don't remember that one at all and I'll be 44 in a month.

[JavaBuc]

I don't remember that one and I'm 47.   By the late 70's though I was more into sports, girls, etc.   I was more into toys in the late 60's and early 70's.   


Stuff like this:



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Hot wheels track







Although we did play things like this in the late 70's.

[JavaBuc]

We did have this robot.   His chest opened and machine guns came out as he walked forward.   

[TURBO]

speaking of the 70's, check these threads out...

http://www.pewterreport.com/forum/index.php?topic=41834.0

http://www.pewterreport.com/forum/index.php?topic=41770.0

Damn how I loved Hot Wheels, my son was heavy into them too, but now he is 14, and I can't use him as an excuse anymore to buy the darn things...lol

[JavaBuc]

Hot Wheels were awesome.   We built some of the coolest tracks all over the house. 

[Hate]

Oh yeah the Big Track was cool. You could program it to run a course - forward, forward, left, left, stop, fire, turn 180. That thing rocked.

I'm glad someone remembered it. I was tellin my son about it tonite and decided to google it. A smaller version was released this yr for its 30th anniversary:



http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2010/01/bigtrak-is-back-80s-robo-toy-resurrected/

[dalbuc]

The challenge of the Big Track was trying to make that programmed movement do something interesting. I'd set up my Legos/Lincoln Logs and whatever else and try and get the thing to run the course w/o banging over the edges. Damn near impossible to actually do unless you made the course so wide it wasn't even funny.

[JavaBuc]

I forgot about lincoln logs.  They were awesome

[bradentonian]

Holy crap, I'd totally forgotten about big trak.  We were too poor to afford it but I remember playing with one at my friend's house.  The programming technology was incredible at the time.

[Tampa Bay Todd]

LOL at Java! Stratego!! Forgot all about that and used to play it a lot. Had a lot of those toys you posted. Now can you find a picture of Evel Knievel at Skull Canyon?

[Got_Spleen]

Man, I had ALL that stuff when I was a kid. I must have had it better than I remember!

 


Stuff like this:

Hot wheels track






Although we did play things like this in the late 70's.

Slot cars! Still have a  lot of that stuff... 30 or so cars and a few track packages. We set up a custom layout on a big 4X8 sheet of plywood. Loops, 4-way intersection, criss cross tracks and high-bank turns. Good stuff, and if you take care of it, it'll last.

Still have a hot Wheels Snake/Mongoose Drag track with the parachutes at the end... and HUNDREDS of cars.

The stratego we have is Star Wars...