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Any idea what month this event took place? I was a brand-new MP at MCAS El Toro in 1982 and I remember having to direct traffic for an event, probably this air show. I got a bad sunburn and a "V" was formed on my forehead from the piss-cutter cover I wore.

I got one for Christmas the first year they came out. Two of the reels that I had were Popeye/Alvin And The Chipmunks the other one was Lassie/The Three Stooges. Can't remember what the other reel was.

I had one of those things, it was pretty cool!!!

Great video! Thanks for bringing all the information together. A lot of fun to see Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon repeatedly playing with a kids toy. Speaks to what a great toy this is.

I grew up in the Nintendo generation. I had no idea these existed. I bet the Matchbox car would track better if you put tiny o rings on the rear wheels.

I just bought the red one at a sale unopened for a dollar❤

I saw this commercial at 8 yrs old in 1963, guess I was a decent enough 8yr old that on Christmas morning it was under the Tree.. czcams.com/video/gTwWltcMecQ/video.htmlsi=HN8RVu20dIJlpLTl

I had a big trak... it was awesome. , until my cousin fuckin dropped it, and broke the battery hatch on the bottom... so be careful, tape will not hold the battery latch in if it gets dropped and broken. Lol😊.

I made a ship out of cardboard and this was my control console.

How does it randomize those movements?! I must know!

I didn't have this. Wonder how my parents missed it.

I had one of these too. My parents took very good care of us on Christmas and birthdays. I remember a kid from school came over and for some reason picked it up by both handles and hit me on top of the head with it. Hurt like hell!!!. My mother said "George, it's time for you to go home now" He never came back either. I still remember how that felt on my head.

Such wholesome classic content

Do you still answer questions? Because this is amazing.

Come back We’re ready now

Thank you.

First time i hear of these and they seem fantastic!

JUST HAD TO SEE ONE AFTER READING STEPHEN KING'S "NEEDFUL THINGS" !!!! GREAT COMMENTATOR 😂😂😂.DO PEOPLE REALLY MAKE BETS OR JUST COLLECTOR ITEMS🤔

my friend had this and we played with it all the time

Thank you for all the great information

8:50 where can I purchase a toy or how to get in touch with Joe Becker to buy one?

I had one. It was awesome...my favorite toy.

Is there any way to straighten the roof they all cave in !

I had this toy around 1961-‘63. I LOVED it!!

Liked your video helped me restore mine! I need a front bumper

I have one of these. Absolutely loved playing it when I was young. Some parts missing now and not sure if it even works anymore. Should pull it out and see.

I Love Horseracing Games !!!! 🎉🎉🎉

very cool!

Those were toys.

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I liked

Best toy ever made!

I'm looking for a vintage horse racing game from the 60's where you had to put a marble through a hole by hitting a lever (like Gnip-Gnop) to make your horse advance. The person who could shoot their marble through the whole the most and the fastest would get their horse to the finish line first and win! Don't remember what it was called but I don't see anything about it on the internet.

So you don't really play, you just watch?

l wanted one of these way back during the very early 1960’s but never got one I had the Deluxe reading Jimmy Jet instead.

This toy must of come out during Christmas of 1962-63 because that is when I remember getting one , back in those days major U.S. toy manufacturers would run television commercials featuring there latest toys and that is probably why I convinced my parents to buy this particular toy for me. This toy was so memorable because of its large size, other memorable toys that I had from that era were as follows, 1962 deluxe reading Jimmy Jet, Tonka steel trucks, Arura race car set, 1963 Ideal Gaylord which was a huge plastic motorized dog that would walk, the motor was turned on by pulling the toys leash. I have repurchased all of these toys on E-bay over the years, my Dick Tracy copmobile has the original box control wand and black plastic microphone.

I had one and I only had 3 cartridges,but it was my favorite toy. I recall that rhe bulb burnt out and it was a one of a kind bulb at the time. It seemed to me that my father took me to 100 stores to find the right bulb. Sometimes we would get a bulb that lasted a very short time, maybe an hour and burnt out quickly.

Quikie! Maybe tomorrow! Lol

Nice to have, but why is it vertically stretched?

I had one as a kid. I LOVED playing with it. I got one on eBay a few years ago. ❤❤❤❤❤

Mum bought me an Eldon set in 1968 for Christmas and it was the nicest, most fun gift ever....and permanently etched in memory.

I still have mine

That's a brilliant toy. Wouldn't take much to mod the toy with a gas pedal, using a simple bike brake cable, and dead gaming pedal. connect the brake line to the speedometer shaft, and there. You've got an even more realistic toy. Thanks for sharing this. :)

I wasnt born until 1967 so i was to young to enjoy this but it looks so cool. I did however have the U-Drive it that came out in the 70s. I drove the heck out of that thing. Awesome video

I'm 67 & I had Charley & me and I loved playing with him. I've been looking for years to get him back into my life.

Is yours available for purchase? Or know of a source (none on Ebay now)? Thanks.

I used to bop the beetle............. Until mom caught me and said I would go blind !

Story Time: I wanted this SO bad for Christmas. I woke up, ran to the Christmas tree and there was this huge present, it's GOTTA BE ... I tore into it and, it was! The Dick Tracy Copmobile! I guess I was too excited as it woke my Mother and she told me to get back to bed as it's only four in the morning. 😆

Hi there... nice video of Operation Orbit... my father, Sol Friedman, was the inventor of it and many other well known toys of the 60's and 70's... including Johnny Astro, Baby Party, Strategic Command, Formex 7, Aurora's Monday Night Football, and others.