You know those eureka moments? The sort where you remember something that you'd long forgotten. I had one last night watching one of BBC2's programmes celebrating the 1970's. Britt Ekland was presenting. the eureka moment came when some footage of kids playing with Corgi Rockets was shown. And there it was, the Rockets Sky Park! Wow! I'd completely forgotten about it despite spending hours parking up my Carabo and Mercedes and the rest of the rockets. It must have been battery operated? Worthy of inclusion in the worlds of Century 21, what a fantastic and futuristic toy it was! Coincidentally my nephew's young son has got some new rockets-style track in his bedroom. It's clamped to a chair just like I used to do. There's even two loop the loops! I'm glad playing with cars on tracks is still around. Did you have any Corgi Rockets or Superfast track for your favourites? Which were the fastest - Hot Wheels?
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Nothing much beats the original HW redlines, Paul. One of my sons once found a beat-up 1st series Custom Cuda in a scrap box under a table at the local swapmeet here in Brussels, and it was there and then the fastest little car he had.
And I was glad I could amass enough regular HW track from local American families' garage sales in my neighbourhood that my sons could fill a room with the stuff (using my old supercharger too, which is one of the few HW bits that survive from way back when).
When young I also had later HW as well as MB Superfast (incl the Alfa Carabo ;) and a number of Corgi Rockets, but the first series' HW models usually won!
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Hot Wheels, but I always though Matchbox Superfast had the cooler cars. Matchbox track fitted exactly into the Hot Wheels tracks but Hot Wheels had far more exciting track accessories - the garage, the figure 8 etc. The Carabo is mny favourite Superfast. Never did get the Corgi Rockets version. I think I could only get Corgi from the toy shop whereas Matchbox were in every newspaper shop.
I have friend who recorded the programme, so I'll try to post the section you mention a.s.a.p.
That's cool Toad. I used to love the keys that came with Corgi Rockets. Things of beauty in themselves. Turning them in the chassis plate was a joy - a little twist and off popped the baseplate! Oh what fun!
Major embarrassment ahead: Toad got mixed up with programmes. She thought you meant the new series being broadcast on Monday nights, not the "I love 197*" repeats.
Put it down to old age ... the dear is getting on a bit.
So, sorry, but no clip available ... unless someone else recorded it? (Toad asks hopefully)
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