SPACE BRAIN by WOTAN

Japanese toy and model maker Masudaya found a use for the emergent silicone chip technology and the abundance of simple programmable units by including it in a rather nice moon buggy. Similar to MB Games Big Trak, but looking a lot more like its just rolled off the set of a Gerry Anderson show like Joe 90 or Space 1999, the oddly named 'Brain' is a caterpillar tracked vehicle with a tiny cpu inside. Like its american cousin, there is a small keypad on the rear to facilitate simple programming. The usual stunts can be performed, left, right, forward and reverse by setting a path into the limited memory. Consequently, this unusual toy has spent the intervening years since its manufacture terrorising household pets under kitchen tables and roaming the endless plains of polyester carpet instead of ranging the valleys of a distant world.