I'm in 1980s heaven...

[Sirbendy]

Bless my missus, she went out yesterday to buy some things, when I got home she presented me with a parcel...she said "Come on, open it..I want to see it go!".

 

Wondered what she was on about, then opened the bag...

 

I'm now the happy owner of a brand new, 2010 edition Big Trak!! I had 2 original ones (1 with a broken axle) when I was 8/9, but due to all the time I spent in hospital, I rarely got to play with them towards the end. Then we had a house fire and lost everything, and I never got to play with them after all...it's always nagged at my soul, has that.

 

And now...I have one again, complete with EXTREMELY accurate "drawn from original", apply yourself stickers. Whee!!

 

I kid you not when I say it was just a stand and stare moment..no more than a couple of external differences between them - for a moment I was right back in 1986/7, looking at it under the christmas tree.

 

Now I MUST get batteries. This machine sparked my interest in electronics, taught me logo and "thinking from the perspective of the machine", and made me determined to be damn good at electronics myself so that I could fix it, instead of leaving it to my (well meaning but not techie) family.

 

And yet, I must now remember...I'm a dad myself! I'LL be doing any repairs, on behalf of tiddler when she's older. There's an odd feeling.

 

It's true, you know. It all comes round again. Now all I need is for die-cast transformer toys to come back, the original Millenium Falcon and star wars figures (oh, wait), a resurgence in the VIC-20 market, and dinky toys to stage a comeback..

[K.C.Leblanc]

Ummmmmmmmm '80s

 

 

[JJonas]

Are they bringing out the trailer as seen here on a an original Big Trak?

[witch]

That's really kind of her - I would have kept it for Christmas

[Sirbendy]

Are they bringing out the trailer as seen here on a an original Big Trak?

 

By all accounts, in 2011.. They've replaced that odd jackplug for it with a moulding and what looks like an IR LED..optical control coupling..intriguing. The old "Photon Cannon" is now an LED - better idea. Apart from that, the fact that the "gun turret" no longer opens or contains a 9v battery, and more beefy idler axles (hurray!), it's pure 80's retro.