Sunday, December 23, 2012

Things From A Toys "R" Us Newspaper Insert From 1986 That I Had



I had the gun and sensor but not the ridiculous helmet. None of my loser friends had any Lazer Tag accessories so I was stuck shooting myself.



I had that '57 Chevy and "Snake Oil" truck. Thirty dollars? Geez, thanks parents!



I haven't thought of the Inhumanoids in 25 years. That thing with the rib cage had squishy guts.





I had this Turbo Train, which went up the wall. Apparently that was a theme in 1986:



I learned you could shut off power while it was going up the wall and it would fly off the track and into the air. It would fall back to Earth, killing all the passengers on board. But, hey, they're the ones that bought a ticket to some sort of terror train. I don't remember ever successfully making a jump either:


An aside: I was jealous of Sweet Secrets but they were for girls.

1 comment:

  1. I had the daredevil cliff hangers electronic road race set. It was sweet as hell. Getting the car to go up the wall seems trickier than it was for the super turbo train. It feels like I was messing with those cars yesterday!

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