60'S AND 70'S TOYS PART-2

It’s time once again for another journey into my toy past, and this time we have the Amaze-a-Matics car! How did this work? Well you had a pre-cut black strip that you would insert into the back of the car. It would go through the car sending it commands on what to do, for example, stop, turn, back-up, ect.

Now the real fun was in the white strips. Those you could cut notches into yourself and thus program the car to do what you wanted it to, like stop, turn, back-up, ect. It came with little plastic cones and if you had nothing to do that week you could dedicate yourself to program the car just right so that it would maneuver around those cones. Then after all that excitement was over you threw it in the closet and found something else to play with.

For a real thrill we had the Naval Rescue Sea Plane. You would wind this up and the propeller would spin. Now if you had a swimming pool you could put this in the water and watch it go across the pool. If you didn’t you could put it in your bathtub, but that wasn’t very thrilling. I used to have one of these things and carried it around pretending that I was flying. Today I write blogs.

The Stunt Car was the best. Now there were many battery operated toys that did similar things, but this was The Stunt Car! Basically you put in 2 batteries turned it on and stood back. It would start to ride around and a lever with a wheel on it would pop out of the bottom causing the car to ride on 2 wheels. Then (hold your breath!) the car would flip itself over and land on the wheels again!
I would chase this thing around the house with arms in the air screaming in amazement! Today I write blogs.

Keep an eye out for 60’s and 70’s toys part 3!