I saw one of those vertibirds at a thrift store about 5 years ago, that needed some TLC, but the second I turned away from it, someone else started looking at it, and grabbed it. I've been kicking myself in the butt ever since for letting the opportunity slip away like that. I first got to play with one when my friend Lisa and I were playing in her attic, I must've been about 6 years old, and she had 4 older brothers and some of their old toys they'd grown out of, like electric football and vertibird were up there, and we got to bring them down to her room and play with them until one of her brothers who wasn't very nice, saw and confiscated them. That guy never tired of messing with us. One time we were in this separate, unlighted little room off their basement, looking at glow in the dark stuff, and he locked us in there and then stood there laughing as we screamed our heads off in terror. What a sadist! Ah, those old childhood memories... lol
Someone took one of these turbo dashboard things apart and replaced the guts so it now plays Outrun. They did a fantastic job of it. Appears to work perfectly. He somehow got all the original controls to wok with the game.
@@RandiRain I wholeheartedly agree. I'd love to have it in my collection! Check it out; /watch?v=ILFTzVTJ9RE Actually, I think this is an additional one. Because I don't remember the other one having a tablet in it as well. It was just the main screen. To me the most impressive part is getting the toy controls wired into a raspberry pie.
I don't remember ever seeing that Slam Dunk, but yeah I agree it's terrible (to me anyway). Although it comes to mind that just a few years earlier in the sixties every classroom had at least one kid that thought it was cool to play Wipe Out on their desktop, which seems about equivalent ;)
@Randi I have to laugh because I had TWO of the games on your list when I was a kid. Those were Blip and Digital Diamond. Digital Diamond was a gift from my parents and, sadly, it was s disappointment from the start. Why? Well, I wanted the Mattel handheld electronic baseball game. Apparently Digital Diamond was cheaper. But I had already balked at it because I knew there was nothing digital about it and that it was mechanical. While mine did work well, it was just lackluster in comparison to the game that I really wanted. Blip was a game that I acquired second hand and I was very excited to get it, but when playing it, I had a hard time with "guessing" where the dot would go and with the one I had, you had to press the button WAY before it would land. So yeah, this one I 100% agree with you on. It was popular, but a let down once you had it. I had played the missile game before, as a friend had it, but it had triggering problems. I never took to it. He also had Digital Derby and I, again, agree that is much better.
@@RandiRain Funny with the bait and swap gift or Blip? With the first item, well, if my parents could save a buck, they would. Their thinking was that "It is an electronic baseball game." Even though I knew better that it was really mechanical. Well, it is what they say with gifts, "It is the thought that counts". Of course, as a kid, I wanted the Mattel baseball game. When I got older, I eventually bought it. In fact I still have it! I also have the Mattel Football II handheld game too. I also have a Parker Brothers Wildfire electronic handheld pinball game and that is still in the box!
The tomy slamdunk , yeah, kinda not interesting. but it sure look good on display. Its a sorta weird game by todays standard, but honestly. I love it. guess i'm also weird. I do have the digital derby when i was a kid and gave it away around 2010. then this year. I happen to get one again, this time , "black racer" which i think is a japanese released and its in very good condition. just got lucky.
Blip sucked because it was predictable. I played it against my cousin once. After 10 minutes, we both figured out the pattern and spent the next half hour waiting for the other to make a mistake. Then I took it apart.
Hey Randi - will you get a 3D printer at some point? I see you make these amazing replacement pieces. You could reproduce them with the printer - then sell them in Ebay!
What's a substitute for the lousy basketball game? /watch?v=oIUvLTh3_GQ Yeah, I know it's Marx, but it really the only comparable product. BTW, it also sucks in my book. I got one for my (10th, maybe) birthday and my parents had to take it back because it didn't work right. I had blip, digital derby and Hit n Missile. I very much liked hit n missile and digital derby, but also blip. I played that one a lot. I still have all of them till this day, though obviously I don't play them very often.
@@RandiRain Loved that game when I was a Kid! It was my older brothers and im sure if we looked hard enough we would prob find it stored away some where! havent played it in years!
I saw one of those vertibirds at a thrift store about 5 years ago, that needed some TLC, but the second I turned away from it, someone else started looking at it, and grabbed it. I've been kicking myself in the butt ever since for letting the opportunity slip away like that. I first got to play with one when my friend Lisa and I were playing in her attic, I must've been about 6 years old, and she had 4 older brothers and some of their old toys they'd grown out of, like electric football and vertibird were up there, and we got to bring them down to her room and play with them until one of her brothers who wasn't very nice, saw and confiscated them.
That guy never tired of messing with us. One time we were in this separate, unlighted little room off their basement, looking at glow in the dark stuff, and he locked us in there and then stood there laughing as we screamed our heads off in terror. What a sadist! Ah, those old childhood memories... lol
I can see a 70's father listening to that basket ball game for about 2 minutes before it got smashed and he go back to watcing roller derby.
I'e never seen Slam Dunk. Passed me by.
Very hands on and creative.
Digital Derby is the gateway drug for all the Tomy mechanical games. Loved it when I was a kid!
That's very true.
1:20 Grrr, you made a direct hit on that chopper and it didn't register!
That helicopter toy was a blast! So many hours playing it. It lasted years.
Digital Derby was called Demon Driver in Europe?
These mechanical games almost have a crude look to them, they have a charm.
I remember myself and my brother trying desperately to enjoy Blip one Christmas :-D
I'm a bit of a Tomy fan and I didn't at all know about some of these games. Thanks for showing them!
I've done videos on all of them if want to know more.
Someone took one of these turbo dashboard things apart and replaced the guts so it now plays Outrun. They did a fantastic job of it. Appears to work perfectly. He somehow got all the original controls to wok with the game.
Best thing that could have been done to it.
@@RandiRain I wholeheartedly agree. I'd love to have it in my collection! Check it out;
/watch?v=ILFTzVTJ9RE
Actually, I think this is an additional one. Because I don't remember the other one having a tablet in it as well. It was just the main screen. To me the most impressive part is getting the toy controls wired into a raspberry pie.
Yeah, I've seen one of them as well.
I like these a lot Randi. ❤ the other kind too, but I think it's great that you're doing different formats. 👍
An alternative to the Slam Dunk thing is a real basketball ;)
This video is a proove even old games can be a fail!
Lol! "Turning turbo turd thing" 😆 love that. Awesome video.
Thanks
Ohhh bonus content. Thank you!
Hope you enjoy!
I had a feeling that the Turbo Turd would make this list. hehe
Of course
amazing jewels you have!
5:16 turning turbo *turd* thing?!
💩😂
I don't remember ever seeing that Slam Dunk, but yeah I agree it's terrible (to me anyway). Although it comes to mind that just a few years earlier in the sixties every classroom had at least one kid that thought it was cool to play Wipe Out on their desktop, which seems about equivalent ;)
@Randi I have to laugh because I had TWO of the games on your list when I was a kid. Those were Blip and Digital Diamond. Digital Diamond was a gift from my parents and, sadly, it was s disappointment from the start. Why? Well, I wanted the Mattel handheld electronic baseball game. Apparently Digital Diamond was cheaper. But I had already balked at it because I knew there was nothing digital about it and that it was mechanical. While mine did work well, it was just lackluster in comparison to the game that I really wanted. Blip was a game that I acquired second hand and I was very excited to get it, but when playing it, I had a hard time with "guessing" where the dot would go and with the one I had, you had to press the button WAY before it would land. So yeah, this one I 100% agree with you on. It was popular, but a let down once you had it. I had played the missile game before, as a friend had it, but it had triggering problems. I never took to it. He also had Digital Derby and I, again, agree that is much better.
That's funny.
@@RandiRain Funny with the bait and swap gift or Blip? With the first item, well, if my parents could save a buck, they would. Their thinking was that "It is an electronic baseball game." Even though I knew better that it was really mechanical. Well, it is what they say with gifts, "It is the thought that counts". Of course, as a kid, I wanted the Mattel baseball game. When I got older, I eventually bought it. In fact I still have it! I also have the Mattel Football II handheld game too. I also have a Parker Brothers Wildfire electronic handheld pinball game and that is still in the box!
Why did you leave the valley known as Hollywood? I wish I could of saw Randi Rain in Japan.
Just a different time.
I like the Armitron on the shelf, owned one in the mid 80's.
I will be doing a more extensive video on it soon.
@@RandiRain Awesome! I ended up trading it to a friend for one of those mid-eighties radio shack circuitry sets with all the wires and stuff.
Those were cool. I had some of those.
Great video!
Good list . Makes sense
Thanks
Another fun list!
Glad you enjoyed it
The tomy slamdunk , yeah, kinda not interesting. but it sure look good on display. Its a sorta weird game by todays standard, but honestly. I love it. guess i'm also weird. I do have the digital derby when i was a kid and gave it away around 2010. then this year. I happen to get one again, this time , "black racer" which i think is a japanese released and its in very good condition. just got lucky.
Blip sucked because it was predictable. I played it against my cousin once. After 10 minutes, we both figured out the pattern and spent the next half hour waiting for the other to make a mistake. Then I took it apart.
I never played it long enough to notice the pattern the gears make.
...Yep ! so, games may not be fun, even if they were cleverly thought out :- )
Hey Randi - will you get a 3D printer at some point? I see you make these amazing replacement pieces. You could reproduce them with the printer - then sell them in Ebay!
What's a substitute for the lousy basketball game?
/watch?v=oIUvLTh3_GQ
Yeah, I know it's Marx, but it really the only comparable product. BTW, it also sucks in my book. I got one for my (10th, maybe) birthday and my parents had to take it back because it didn't work right.
I had blip, digital derby and Hit n Missile. I very much liked hit n missile and digital derby, but also blip. I played that one a lot. I still have all of them till this day, though obviously I don't play them very often.
But come on... Blip was your least favorite.
I was thinking you were going to pic MR Mouth as the least! I was about to unsubscribe! LOL I was about to say "Dont dis the mouth"
That game has skill. You can actually make three shots per rotation. Two hard, one easy. I rule at that game.
@@RandiRain Loved that game when I was a Kid! It was my older brothers and im sure if we looked hard enough we would prob find it stored away some where! havent played it in years!