Childhood Toys (RC Scorcher from the 90's)

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PrettyPrettyShinyShiny

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Have no idea where I should be posting this..

I wanted to know how many of the kiddies here in the 90's had a Tyco Scorcher RC car.. you know the one that was awesomely fast and did those insane 360's! I had the red one and I'v been thinking of trying to track one down again..

Anyone else had one of these or a particular childhood toy they have thought of getting again?
 
I'm a huge Games Workshop fan and have been for years... Definitely not a money earner - but I've learnt to trade miniatures to satiate my own addiction for toy soldiers or 'plastic crack' as we call it.

A good example of how to make money from it is the limited edition game sets they occasionally sell - I once bought the original card edition of a game called Space Hulk in the 90's - not such a big game but the limited edition they made a few years ago complete with miniatures for it sells for over $500 these days - which is rather handy when you have a few of them... :D

I remember the RC scorcher adverts - they had a vast selection of cars which flipped, but the Scorcher is the one that sticks out - think it had both blue and red bodies for it if I remember rightly...

Sure we'll have the dinky enthusiasts coming along soon...
 
Mid-late 80s, I remember the Jet Hopper. Every kid and his dog wanted one. Was yours similar?

http://www.backtotheeighties.net/jet-hopper-turbo/

With a young son, I recently purchased several childhood toys (and on the hunt for more) as i want him to experience what i used to play with when young.

these include:
-Crossbows and Catapults with the dragon and cyclops accessories.
-James Bond Slot car set (new version though)

On the look out for:
-Matchbox army men
-Dinoriders

Wish i kept my old ATari, NES, SuperNES and handhelds. Only have Donkey Kong II.

Also on the lookout for a train set NOT made in China. I think MArklin might be the only choice these days unless vintage.

Some of this vintage stuff is getting expensive though!!!
 
:)

My elder brother had a black jet hopper...many that puppy would chew through batteries :)

And the NiCad rechargables didn't keep up with storebought batteries
 
PrettyPrettyShinyShiny said:
Have no idea where I should be posting this..

I wanted to know how many of the kiddies here in the 90's had a Tyco Scorcher RC car.. you know the one that was awesomely fast and did those insane 360's! I had the red one and I'v been thinking of trying to track one down again..

Anyone else had one of these or a particular childhood toy they have thought of getting again?
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Amazing what topics come up here at SS!

I also had the red scorcher 9.6v, that was the best rc car ever, nothing else came close.
Played so much I wore out the spur gears on the motors, tracked down some dodgy 'backyard toy doctor' got it fixed and got a silver shell too, since it was impossible to buy a silver 40Mhz one.

I would get another in an instant if I could..

Meanwhile..
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlFEH1cOvCw[/youtube]
 
Byron said:
Wish i kept my old ATari, NES, SuperNES and handhelds. Only have Donkey Kong II.
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I still have my Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision, Commodore 64, Amiga 500 and games for them all. I love old tech lol

And still have my LCD games of Donkey Kong, Firecatcher etc ....... Also have an old school Pacman game

And have my favourite childhood games, Simon Says, Mousetrap, Kerplunk, Operation, Cluedo etc.

Ooooo and forgot I still have my Jet Hopper, found it the other day.

If I ever have kids they are set lol :)
 
shano73 said:
Byron said:
Wish i kept my old ATari, NES, SuperNES and handhelds. Only have Donkey Kong II.
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I still have my Atari, Colecovision, Intellivision, Commodore 64, Amiga 500 and games for them all. I love old tech lol

And still have my LCD games of Donkey Kong, Firecatcher etc ....... Also have an old school Pacman game

And have my favourite childhood games, Simon Says, Mousetrap, Kerplunk, Operation, Cluedo etc.

Ooooo and forgot I still have my Jet Hopper, found it the other day.

If I ever have kids they are set lol :)
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I hate you!!!!!!!
 
I remember the old TV ad for the Commodore 64...

"are you keeping up with the commodore, 'cause the commodore is keeping up with you."

I hated the smug look on the face of the kid in that ad....'Nyar nyar...I've got a computer' :/

We got an Atari 2600...and it was pretty 'Boss'. On cold winter nights I Still get cramps in the base of my thumb from monstering the joystick :)
 
I had a fast traxx... loved it. Just inspired me to go look for one on ebay. No good :(

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdMWeu4DKTM[/youtube]
 
^ Get outta here! ^

I remember those...

I used to buy and sell a lot of board/RPG games in my teens, actually had over 10 copies of this...

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3163/doom-of-the-eldar

I used to buy those for 7.50 GBP - thats a 1000% profit if I'd have held them now... :(

Another goodie to look out for is Space Hulk...

http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/54625/space-hulk-third-edition

As it happens, I've got one of these going for $150 if anyone wants it - still shrink wrapped and its only gonna appreciate in value... :D
 
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