I had one when I was a kid, with the dumping trailer as well. I spent so many hours playing with it. It was frustrating but very satisfying when you finally got a program to work right. I used to send it on missions to fire lasers at a very tolerant cat.
Indeed. I hadn't thought about mine in ages, until someone mentioned it recently, and I realized: this may actually be the first thing I ever did anything that could be called programming on! And the kids these days... or at least that kid... totally uninterested... sigh. :-/
@@DavidLindes Hardly fair. The rubbish old thing didn't turn to what you had programmed it to as it was too jumpy. It didn't matter what you wanted it to do as it would bugger off over there somewhere. Big Trak? Big Turdtrak more like.
Problem solving? Problem- Big Trak won't obey the simple rules you programme into it. Solution- Throw big Trak in the bin. Problem solved in the only way possible.
My grandfather had one of these in the early eighties. He was a brilliant engineer, and was always into the latest tools and toys, including a machine that did square root in the 1950's or 60's. Cost him many thousands of dollars. Anyway, the Big Trak was, for us grandsons, a total highlight of visiting the grands.
This toy was my intro to programming then BASIC for my TI95 calculator...and so on. It's a great toy for teaching logic. I was much younger when I got it though but ur son seems to appreciate it. Good times!
I had one of these when I was a kid. I used to map out the number of "steps" from my room to our living room and would program it to drive from my room to the living room, fire the laser and then drive back to my room. It promoted thinking ahead and did a fabulous job. I have no idea what happened to it.
In Soviet Russia copy of that toy called Электроника ИМ-11 Планетоход was way more advanced, it looked similar but they added some cool features like flying rotor that was shooting out from the top part of a toy. When programmed to shoot a rotor lid opens up and it shoots a flying rotor up to 2 meters and then it was hovering down slowly, it also had interactive lights - rear and front, better precision of turns and distance, automatic switch off function when you left it turned on for a long time, and improved design, stop button - that turns off the toy when it hits an obstacle. I had USSR version back in 1989 I remember how my parents gave it to me for my Birthday and it felt like I got a toy from the future! Still have it and it runs like new! An elegant toy for more civilized era )
@@KaitainCPS did I say it was released in 1989 or did I say I got it in 1989? My dad bought it for me in 1980, I was too young to play with it back then and my parents stored it for me till I grew up.
I remember it working properly as long as the batteries were less than an hour old. After that the 'units' would get shorter and shorter. It was fun on Christmas day. I remember my Mom commenting on how pricey it was. $50 I believe it was in '79. Without the trailer though. Hearing the sounds took me back to the day.
I got my Big Track when I was Nine years old in 1979 from Skagg's Drug Center at Mississippi and Peoria Street in Aurora Colorado, but it was broken!, during assembly they had wired one of the track motors backwards, so programming a straight path caused the unit to only do circles !, luckily Skagg's was informed of the debacle and had RE-WIRING instructions in the store to FIX all Big Tracks that were "assembled" wrong. So after two days of Agonizing waiting, it worked as advertised!, but I only got the Big Track no DUMP trailer, a few years later moved elsewhere and new friend had Big Track and trailer, we did simultaneous missions using two Big Tracks and we would switch using the dump trailer between the two Big Tracks on different missions. This was so much fun we wore out the membrane pad to program the inputs. Forgot exactly how it sounded until viewing this video! EXCELLENT WORK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
I had one when I was a kid. Loved it! Sad kids today dont get it. This was high tech then. I had the dump end too. When it broke after years. I built things with the IC board. Kids and grand kids just dont get it today.
This is too funny bro I had one of these as a child and the transport it's almost virtually impossible to get it to do what you're trying to do but it was sure fun watching this video thank you
Fair-play to your boy, he did well. I remember in 1978 getting MB's Star Bird for Xmas; it was one of those toys that you could use your imagination to play with it. Young kids today with their fancy mobile phones and rap music....
This was my favorite giddy growing up and I was so jealous of my friend who also got one but with the addition of the trailer attachment! Thanks for the video
You say that but there are so many old farts that get scammed by syskey scammers and fall for malware bait that it's a huge industry just to get their asses out of the fire.
I saw someone else who had a big track picture in their video, which prompted me to look up big track, leading you to this video. I literally probably haven't thought about digtrack in 30 years. And somehow that memory was still there, when I saw a big track I was like holy crap!
You cannot control anything like this from your phone, because this thing works on its own! You program it or record the path it takes and it will take it without you having to do anything. Except for roombas there is nothing like it today. However, unlike the bigtrak the roomba does not follow a preset plan. 4:02 lol because of smart phones kids will grow up totally incompetent. When I was his age we were building electric magnets, electric motors, intercoms and walky talkies out of old telephone parts.9:04 Sad
He kept at it for a few hours. Seems like it held his attention. Still, he gave up on it in the end. Thanks for posting. I was just remembering this old toy. I wanted to get one when I was a kid, but it was pricey. My mom did a thing with me about toys, because I would sometimes get tired of them quickly. She didn't want to spend the money on this if I was going to get tired of it. I waited several months, sometimes thinking about what I would do with it. I finally decided I'd get tired of it too quickly for what it cost. The bug didn't leave me, though. A few years later, I discovered programming in Basic on an 8-bit computer, and I was hooked! Fortunately, my local public library had a few of them, so I could sign up for time, and didn't absolutely have to buy one. They were way too expensive for me, until the late '80s, when I finally bought one of my own.
I was 10 when these came out and if memory serves, I got one for my birthday or Christmas (or maybe it counted as both). It was the only gift I got that year and I played with it forever. I think my grandparents may have chipped in. Anyway, I ended up with the trailer part at some point as well. Loved everything about it - the programming, the sounds, the control... Thanks for the memories!
Mike Roy It's not young people in general, it's just the Millennials. There's something really weird about them. They're the most air headed, infantized population to ever walk the planet. I've seen little 10 year old kids that are smarter than 25 year old Millennials.
Anders Jackson Well...no other generation ever needed "Safe Spaces," or "trigger warnings." I'm younger than the guy in the video, but I've known there is something seriously wrong and just plain weird about the Millennials for a long time.
+ct92404 you should look up the history. And just because some few demandes "Safe Speces" and "Trigger warnings" doesn't mean that all or even majority need it. Are you younger, a Millennial yourself? Then according to YOU you need "Safe Speces" and are all that you accuses others of. Basically, you are using anecdotal "profs" and generalize it on everyone in that age. Which is basically wrong. Anecdotes can ONLY be used to prove it has happen, that singel time. Not that it is of ANY statistical importance. At all.
@@Tommyblueeyes ya, 1982 I was 13, but when I got mine I think I was 10 or 11. So 1979 1980 can't remember. I loved it though, got really good at programming it, and mine also came with the trailer to haul things around.
My cousins had one. They still have it 30+ years later. I was so jealous because I liked it so much. There's an online community that has hacked it. It still has so much potential.
I had this back in the early 80's. One thing to note is that it was designed for carpeted floors. It'll be much more reliable and consistent on carpet than a hard floor.
Yeah.. I got one in '79 and loved it.... so in 2010 i bought two of them.. and now 2020 i still play with them.. To bad one track is loose, one is only going in circles.. And even that is fun..
that had to be one of the coolest toys I ever owned as a kid !!!! Still have one to this day !!! the Fun part was the fact you could program it to do stuff I even had the trailer that you could add to it !!! When that came out here in the States it went the equivalent of going viral !!! everyone just had to have one !!! in 1979 150 to 200 for a kids toy was considered crazy.
I used to have one of these, it was great fun at the time... It actually made me have to think, which is not a bad thing for a child. I remember using a pen and paper to write down the moves. It tought patience and perseverance that's for sure, pity the kids of today have none of that.
I loved my BickTrack. I did all kinds of obstacle courses with it. It was just about successful, but still fun. Mine finally gave out about 5 years after my parent gave it to me. Sad day.
I used to have this in the 1980s as a young kid. It was frustrated to program all those steps with no easy way to edit the steps as you don't have a display to see what you're doing. Although it did taught me programming and problem solving skills. More importantly it taught me patience.
Haha, I'm amazed at how cats don't seem to care about the bigtrak ... I just repaired one with my cat sleeping a bit further away and he didn't care at all.
Back before computers were mainstream, this was entertaining. I had the original which took I think 6 D cell batteries and a 9v battery for the bulb at the front, no LEDs back then.
Have one of these in the closet, you have reminded me how irritating this toy was because it was hard to get it to follow a course without hitting objects. We got bored with it pretty quick as kids also.
Cool take on this. While I'm slightly too young to have pestered my parents to get me one (which I'm sure I would have) and was quite underwhelmed as an adult when repairing one (the build quality is pretty low, the internal tech cheap [even for 1979] and the 16 command buffer [and lack of conditions/branching] making it a stupid robot instead of a small computer) I'm sure it was a nice way to get young kids in touch with programming without being too obvious. In the "Heinz Nixdorf Forum" (biggest computer museum in europe) they have a virtual multiplayer version of this which is slightly more advanced, but with the very same concept and in the 90s I was taught programming with another virtual version (Niki the robot). No wonder some folks have given it the nickname "Turtle Trak" ;) The one I repaired will be used in the institute for cybernetics at the local university, as a showcase for early electronic toys which aid in the understanding of programming.
Never had one as a kid but now I’m pushing 45 I actually want one. I got back into collecting Star Wars figures and action man recently so will keep an eye out for one.
These modern day punks don't appreciate something so cool. I'm sorry for being negative DadTech, it upsets me to hear the comments he's making when he opens the box. Or the way he's handling it in general. That's the way these kids are today. They don't appreciate things like we did as kids back in the 70's. It's a shame. Kids these day talk and act in a way that would have gotten me slugged when I was a kid. And I'd have deserved it!
I had one, it was the only thing I wanted for Christmas, and back then it was $50 bucks. At the time my mom was a single parent raising 5 of us, and she still managed to get each one of us, 1 toy that each one of us wanted to and we al got what we wanted that Christmas, including me, but mine was the original color in other words it wasn't the white one. Loved it though.
A brilliant toy wish I still had mine that boy just doesn’t get it it’s about maths and working the route out in your mind kids today just give up or melt down I used to send mine on right missions 👌👍
One another way To used it is to have two or more and make them battle ! They have to start from différent place\start not too far. Try to find the others and beam them with laser. If the others is on laser way it is dead .
wow... i planning to come to england and scotland for my holidays in few months.... where can i find a such marvel in that shape in england? it 's from 80's so surely second end garage sale or specialised shop... if anybody has an answer fo me, thanks in advance.
I have conflicting emotions about the reaction to this toy from someone younger. First is shock and annoyance at even remotely acknowledging the fun of this very old toy that STILL WORKS AFTER 35 YEARS (imagine getting an iPhone from today working in 35 years). The second emotion is that yes, the "toys" today are WAY beyond what we had back then and I am jealous as heck! Dang kids! Youth is wasted on the wrong people! There are toys today that are way more creative and educational. Building RC devices with 3D printers and controlling them with VR goggles. Building robots with cheap tiny servos and motors with self controlling AI. Snap together components to build any type of electronics. Today is a long way from Tinker Toys and Erector sets. Yes, it is sad that the youth of today can't see the fun in something like the Big Track, but I guess we must give them a pass. Back then, we preferred the "Verti-bird" or slot car race set to playing checkers or Monopoly with our parents. :) Don't get me started on lawn darts!!!! Holy crap. :)
Vernon Zehr 3d printers and all this technology has made kids lazy. Its always better learning to craft something with your hands then take to the 3d printer.
I had one when I was a kid, with the dumping trailer as well. I spent so many hours playing with it. It was frustrating but very satisfying when you finally got a program to work right. I used to send it on missions to fire lasers at a very tolerant cat.
This toy not only taught simple programming, it also taught problem solving.
Indeed. I hadn't thought about mine in ages, until someone mentioned it recently, and I realized: this may actually be the first thing I ever did anything that could be called programming on! And the kids these days... or at least that kid... totally uninterested... sigh. :-/
@@DavidLindes Hardly fair. The rubbish old thing didn't turn to what you had programmed it to as it was too jumpy. It didn't matter what you wanted it to do as it would bugger off over there somewhere. Big Trak? Big Turdtrak more like.
Problem solving? Problem- Big Trak won't obey the simple rules you programme into it. Solution- Throw big Trak in the bin. Problem solved in the only way possible.
I had one of these used when I was a kid.
100%
My grandfather had one of these in the early eighties. He was a brilliant engineer, and was always into the latest tools and toys, including a machine that did square root in the 1950's or 60's. Cost him many thousands of dollars. Anyway, the Big Trak was, for us grandsons, a total highlight of visiting the grands.
I wanted one of these when I was a kid. It seemed to be so high tech and amazing. Thanks for the video.
I will always remember the begining and ending tone. I loved this thing.
I agree Knarf - as soon as I powered it up and pressed a few buttons I was 10 years old again!
This toy was my intro to programming then BASIC for my TI95 calculator...and so on. It's a great toy for teaching logic. I was much younger when I got it though but ur son seems to appreciate it. Good times!
I had one of these when I was a kid. I used to map out the number of "steps" from my room to our living room and would program it to drive from my room to the living room, fire the laser and then drive back to my room. It promoted thinking ahead and did a fabulous job. I have no idea what happened to it.
In Soviet Russia copy of that toy called Электроника ИМ-11 Планетоход was way more advanced, it looked similar but they added some cool features like flying rotor that was shooting out from the top part of a toy. When programmed to shoot a rotor lid opens up and it shoots a flying rotor up to 2 meters and then it was hovering down slowly, it also had interactive lights - rear and front, better precision of turns and distance, automatic switch off function when you left it turned on for a long time, and improved design, stop button - that turns off the toy when it hits an obstacle. I had USSR version back in 1989 I remember how my parents gave it to me for my Birthday and it felt like I got a toy from the future! Still have it and it runs like new! An elegant toy for more civilized era )
I did not know that!
I had one. I thought it was just a direct import with translated sticker labels.
Ahhh, those crafty Russians. Actually, back then, they were still called Soviets!
So it was way more advanced having been released there a mere ten years later? What was the top selling toy of 1979 - an advanced Monkees lunchbox?
@@KaitainCPS did I say it was released in 1989 or did I say I got it in 1989? My dad bought it for me in 1980, I was too young to play with it back then and my parents stored it for me till I grew up.
I remember it working properly as long as the batteries were less than an hour old. After that the 'units' would get shorter and shorter. It was fun on Christmas day. I remember my Mom commenting on how pricey it was. $50 I believe it was in '79. Without the trailer though. Hearing the sounds took me back to the day.
Fun times!
I got my Big Track when I was Nine years old in 1979 from Skagg's Drug Center at Mississippi and Peoria Street in Aurora Colorado, but it was broken!, during assembly they had wired one of the track motors backwards, so programming a straight path caused the unit to only do circles !, luckily Skagg's was informed of the debacle and had RE-WIRING instructions in the store to FIX all Big Tracks that were "assembled" wrong. So after two days of Agonizing waiting, it worked as advertised!, but I only got the Big Track no DUMP trailer, a few years later moved elsewhere and new friend had Big Track and trailer, we did simultaneous missions using two Big Tracks and we would switch using the dump trailer between the two Big Tracks on different missions. This was so much fun we wore out the membrane pad to program the inputs. Forgot exactly how it sounded until viewing this video! EXCELLENT WORK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!
looked like alot of fun to me!
I had one in the 80’s loved it ! Coolest toy ever
I had one of these and I loved it wish I still had it
I had one when I was a kid. Loved it! Sad kids today dont get it. This was high tech then. I had the dump end too. When it broke after years. I built things with the IC board. Kids and grand kids just dont get it today.
Hearing that sound when you complete the command brought back so many memories
We never challenged ourselves quite this rigorously with our Big Trak. Plus we always added action figures.
Showing my 5 year old daughter what was my favourite toy. Thanks
This is too funny bro I had one of these as a child and the transport it's almost virtually impossible to get it to do what you're trying to do but it was sure fun watching this video thank you
Thanks for the comment Philip. There may have been one or edits - as Apple say in their Adverts "Steps removed and Sequence Shortened" for brevity!!!
I had that same toy when I was a kid. I even had the dump cart for it! That was an expensive toy when I was a kid!
I always wanted one of these, but had to wait for my nephew to get one. It certainly required planning and patience. A great video.
Fair-play to your boy, he did well. I remember in 1978 getting MB's Star Bird for Xmas; it was one of those toys that you could use your imagination to play with it. Young kids today with their fancy mobile phones and rap music....
Most kids today do not even have an imagination. If it isn't on their social media it doesn't exist.
@@Gailith001 Oh you are so right. Was born in 72 and growing up in those days was great. Days sorely missed. Take care and stay safe x
This was my favorite giddy growing up and I was so jealous of my friend who also got one but with the addition of the trailer attachment! Thanks for the video
So many good memories!! My dad bought this for my brother but never allowed him to use alone, we always had to play with dad! 🤣
I bloody loved the BigTrak! I terrorised my cat endlessly at a child. This really is a blast of 80s nostalgia!
This would be a good shot for drink shots
that "toy" promoted thinking, a concept unheard of by todays millennial kids
Yet when the older generation can't figure out the newfangled smartphone, who do you call?
You say that but there are so many old farts that get scammed by syskey scammers and fall for malware bait that it's a huge industry just to get their asses out of the fire.
Remember that when you're in the nursing home and a millenial is taking care of you.
I saw someone else who had a big track picture in their video, which prompted me to look up big track, leading you to this video. I literally probably haven't thought about digtrack in 30 years. And somehow that memory was still there, when I saw a big track I was like holy crap!
This millennium is not without toys that promote thinking.
You cannot control anything like this from your phone, because this thing works on its own! You program it or record the path it takes and it will take it without you having to do anything. Except for roombas there is nothing like it today. However, unlike the bigtrak the roomba does not follow a preset plan. 4:02 lol because of smart phones kids will grow up totally incompetent. When I was his age we were building electric magnets, electric motors, intercoms and walky talkies out of old telephone parts.9:04 Sad
I remember the Christmas when i was gifted a BigTrak and my sister was gifted a Simon. It was a "MB" Christmas that year!
Oooo - I loved Simon. You can still get them now, and the knock-offs!
Ah, so nice to see kids interested in and respectful of the past...
I had one of these...my favorite toy...
He kept at it for a few hours. Seems like it held his attention. Still, he gave up on it in the end.
Thanks for posting. I was just remembering this old toy.
I wanted to get one when I was a kid, but it was pricey. My mom did a thing with me about toys, because I would sometimes get tired of them quickly. She didn't want to spend the money on this if I was going to get tired of it. I waited several months, sometimes thinking about what I would do with it. I finally decided I'd get tired of it too quickly for what it cost. The bug didn't leave me, though. A few years later, I discovered programming in Basic on an 8-bit computer, and I was hooked! Fortunately, my local public library had a few of them, so I could sign up for time, and didn't absolutely have to buy one. They were way too expensive for me, until the late '80s, when I finally bought one of my own.
I remember these. My kids watched this and thought it was cool.
Great things have small beginnings! ;)
So great to see your son's reaction to what was THE toy to find under the Christmas tree in '79.
I was 10 when these came out and if memory serves, I got one for my birthday or Christmas (or maybe it counted as both). It was the only gift I got that year and I played with it forever. I think my grandparents may have chipped in. Anyway, I ended up with the trailer part at some point as well. Loved everything about it - the programming, the sounds, the control... Thanks for the memories!
I'm surprised you son had the patience to keep trying. Good for him.
I had one back in the early 80s. Love it
This proves how young people these days loose interest fast when they have to think too much.
Mike Roy that is one kid. Not something to judge all kids by...
Mike Roy It's not young people in general, it's just the Millennials. There's something really weird about them. They're the most air headed, infantized population to ever walk the planet. I've seen little 10 year old kids that are smarter than 25 year old Millennials.
Then you should hear what we said about you, kids. :-)
Anders Jackson Well...no other generation ever needed "Safe Spaces," or "trigger warnings." I'm younger than the guy in the video, but I've known there is something seriously wrong and just plain weird about the Millennials for a long time.
+ct92404 you should look up the history. And just because some few demandes "Safe Speces" and "Trigger warnings" doesn't mean that all or even majority need it.
Are you younger, a Millennial yourself? Then according to YOU you need "Safe Speces" and are all that you accuses others of.
Basically, you are using anecdotal "profs" and generalize it on everyone in that age. Which is basically wrong. Anecdotes can ONLY be used to prove it has happen, that singel time. Not that it is of ANY statistical importance. At all.
To pricey back in the day, all i got was battling tops and pissing k-Plunk
Haha - same here (well kinda. In CA)
My mom got me one for Christmas, don't remember exactly how old I was , but it cost $50 back then.
@@bobbysmela3942 yeah they were pricey i got mine with the trailer in 1982....there is one in the movie ET...so figured the dates lol
@@Tommyblueeyes ya, 1982 I was 13, but when I got mine I think I was 10 or 11. So 1979 1980 can't remember. I loved it though, got really good at programming it, and mine also came with the trailer to haul things around.
@@bobbysmela3942 yeah lol i think i gave up lol and just used to shoot the laser at the dog lol
OMG..I loved that! I played with it for hours!
1:06 Graciousness of today's youth personified. Well done.
My cousins had one. They still have it 30+ years later. I was so jealous because I liked it so much. There's an online community that has hacked it. It still has so much potential.
I had one...my favorite toy...
Always wanted one of these. Resisted the impulse buy when they released them a few years ago.
Best toy ever!!
I loved this thing. Had a blast for months
I had this back in the early 80's. One thing to note is that it was designed for carpeted floors. It'll be much more reliable and consistent on carpet than a hard floor.
One of my favorite toys ever from the 70's after all my Star Wars stuff lol
My brother had this! The 80s were fab! Kids today! 🤪
I still have mine, it was the grey one.
british had white, usa had gray
Those things were fantastic along with the brain buggy. I truly miss toys like this.
Yeah.. I got one in '79 and loved it.... so in 2010 i bought two of them.. and now 2020 i still play with them.. To bad one track is loose, one is only going in circles.. And even that is fun..
that had to be one of the coolest toys I ever owned as a kid !!!! Still have one to this day !!! the Fun part was the fact you could program it to do stuff I even had the trailer that you could add to it !!! When that came out here in the States it went the equivalent of going viral !!! everyone just had to have one !!! in 1979 150 to 200 for a kids toy was considered crazy.
The toy trained a generation of cnc programmers
WOW...talk about bring back memories....I had one and could never ever get it to behave lol.
I loved my Big Track....
I used to have one of these, it was great fun at the time... It actually made me have to think, which is not a bad thing for a child. I remember using a pen and paper to write down the moves. It tought patience and perseverance that's for sure, pity the kids of today have none of that.
I loved my BickTrack. I did all kinds of obstacle courses with it. It was just about successful, but still fun. Mine finally gave out about 5 years after my parent gave it to me. Sad day.
I used to have this in the 1980s as a young kid. It was frustrated to program all those steps with no easy way to edit the steps as you don't have a display to see what you're doing. Although it did taught me programming and problem solving skills. More importantly it taught me patience.
amazing, such a nice memory
*Perfect for Amazon to deliver our Packages - - - - - - - - > to nowhere ;)*
Haha, I'm amazed at how cats don't seem to care about the bigtrak ... I just repaired one with my cat sleeping a bit further away and he didn't care at all.
I thought there was also an other programmable car in that time, kind of a sportscar when i recall it correctly.
8:10 Now you know exactly how we all felt back then!
Still got mine held on to it for all these years not sure my boys are ready for it though lol
Is that Colin Hunt from the Fast Show?
Back before computers were mainstream, this was entertaining. I had the original which took I think 6 D cell batteries and a 9v battery for the bulb at the front, no LEDs back then.
Have one of these in the closet, you have reminded me how irritating this toy was because it was hard to get it to follow a course without hitting objects. We got bored with it pretty quick as kids also.
It's only as smart as the programmer. By the time I figured out the track I wanted to program the batteries were dead, but still loved mine.
Cool take on this. While I'm slightly too young to have pestered my parents to get me one (which I'm sure I would have) and was quite underwhelmed as an adult when repairing one (the build quality is pretty low, the internal tech cheap [even for 1979] and the 16 command buffer [and lack of conditions/branching] making it a stupid robot instead of a small computer) I'm sure it was a nice way to get young kids in touch with programming without being too obvious. In the "Heinz Nixdorf Forum" (biggest computer museum in europe) they have a virtual multiplayer version of this which is slightly more advanced, but with the very same concept and in the 90s I was taught programming with another virtual version (Niki the robot).
No wonder some folks have given it the nickname "Turtle Trak" ;) The one I repaired will be used in the institute for cybernetics at the local university, as a showcase for early electronic toys which aid in the understanding of programming.
I loved this thing when i was a kid
Well if he is done, you can send it to my house. I will play with it.
this week on geek family, wtf how did i end up here
Ha ha ha Arf - great comment!!! What a joy you are...
8:10
''It's pointless! I just wasted like 3 hours of my life doing nothing!"
PURE GOLD hahaha!
The MB "Big Trak" was the "Bee-Bot" of it's day!
Didn't they make a V2 with a trailer?
Never had one as a kid but now I’m pushing 45 I actually want one. I got back into collecting Star Wars figures and action man recently so will keep an eye out for one.
That's the thing with Nostalgia Paul - you're never too old!
When I was 8 (2011)my dad brought one of these home and we both sat for hours on end with ours
My favorite toy as a child. I still have mine but unfortunately, it does not work. I would give a lot to have one again.
just for refrence the input for forward/reverse direction = its own length so 1 = 1 big trak length not inches!
Anyone remember the traiker you could buy.
These modern day punks don't appreciate something so cool.
I'm sorry for being negative DadTech, it upsets me to hear the comments he's making when he opens the box. Or the way he's handling it in general.
That's the way these kids are today. They don't appreciate things like we did as kids back in the 70's. It's a shame.
Kids these day talk and act in a way that would have gotten me slugged when I was a kid. And I'd have deserved it!
Partly true - although he was playing up tot he camera a certain amount.
I had one, it was the only thing I wanted for Christmas, and back then it was $50 bucks. At the time my mom was a single parent raising 5 of us, and she still managed to get each one of us, 1 toy that each one of us wanted to and we al got what we wanted that Christmas, including me, but mine was the original color in other words it wasn't the white one. Loved it though.
Today's kids are spoiled.
Too right!!
This was more than a toy it taught you measurments and distances no app can replace that! This generation has had it way to easy
I had one of these and I was a privilege kid
I wonder what the kid would think of a Simon Says or a Quiz Whiz or Coleco Football!
says its so old, could be a brand new toy
A brilliant toy wish I still had mine that boy just doesn’t get it it’s about maths and working the route out in your mind kids today just give up or melt down I used to send mine on right missions 👌👍
One another way To used it is to have two or more and make them battle !
They have to start from différent place\start not too far.
Try to find the others and beam them with laser.
If the others is on laser way it is dead .
Always wanted one of those as a kid but we were poor🤷🏻♂️
Hahahhah amazing I Had the trailer. Also. I wish I had watched this video then I would of know how to use it lol
Loved it, but they would eat up batteries in no time
Fabulous
This is exactly how frustrating I found this toy.
wow... i planning to come to england and scotland for my holidays in few months.... where can i find a such marvel in that shape in england? it 's from 80's so surely second end garage sale or specialised shop... if anybody has an answer fo me, thanks in advance.
That's probably the 2000s rebooted version.
try ebay. Where are you from ?
how amazing his dads called Jesus!
Kids today do not have patience. Poor lad was soo frustrated.
I have conflicting emotions about the reaction to this toy from someone younger.
First is shock and annoyance at even remotely acknowledging the fun of this very old toy that STILL WORKS AFTER 35 YEARS (imagine getting an iPhone from today working in 35 years).
The second emotion is that yes, the "toys" today are WAY beyond what we had back then and I am jealous as heck! Dang kids! Youth is wasted on the wrong people! There are toys today that are way more creative and educational. Building RC devices with 3D printers and controlling them with VR goggles. Building robots with cheap tiny servos and motors with self controlling AI. Snap together components to build any type of electronics. Today is a long way from Tinker Toys and Erector sets.
Yes, it is sad that the youth of today can't see the fun in something like the Big Track, but I guess we must give them a pass. Back then, we preferred the "Verti-bird" or slot car race set to playing checkers or Monopoly with our parents. :) Don't get me started on lawn darts!!!! Holy crap. :)
Ha ha ha! I agree with everything you've said :)
Vernon Zehr 3d printers and all this technology has made kids lazy. Its always better learning to craft something with your hands then take to the 3d printer.
If your kid doesn't like it - I'll take it.