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- From: neal@cmptrc.lonestar.org (Neal Howard)
- Subject: Re: Toys
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- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 18:01:59 GMT
- Organization: CompuTrac Inc., Richardson TX
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- In article <1993Jan25.185651.13787@sdc.com> kenk@sdc.com (Ken Konecki) writes:
- >Whilst playing with a Hot Wheels motorcycle that Santa Claus
- >brought to our 21 month old son, I got to reminiscing about some
- >of the motorcycle toys I played with as a youth. I have two
- >remembrances:
- > A battery powered dark blue machine with a rider permanently
- > molded in black plastic into a sitting position. He was
- > removable from the bike but as he was in a permanent crouch,
- > it was rather pointless. As I recall, the bike didn't track
- > straight lines very well, but I loved it anyway.
- > The infamous Evel Knievel stunt bike. Man, that thing was
- > great. I got it to the point where it would wheelie all the
- > way down the driveway (about 30 or 40 feet). As I recall, I
- > also had the travel camper and used to jump Evel over it, and
- > when cooperative, the family dog too (the dog didn't like it
- > too much when Evel didn't quite make it over him). I have
- > no idea how the bike managed to stay together after being
- > crashed as many times as it was.
- >The Hot Wheels bike is kind of fun, although not nearly as fun
- >as the Evel Knievel bike. It's hot pink and strongly resembles
- >a K75S. My son loves to watch it scoot across the kitchen floor.
- >Any else remember fun toys from their youth?
-
- H.O. gauge motorcycles that ran on a H.O. gauge electric slot car track. I
- was given some that were made in Germany by an aunt and uncle who live there
- back in 1969. Of course being only 7 years old back then, I promptly tore them
- up. Gawd, I wish I had them today, I've been told collectors will pay up to
- $100 for those old ones.
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- Neal Howard '91 XLH-1200 DoD #686 CompuTrac, Inc (Richardson, TX)
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