This is a bit of a throwback. Who remembers this classic 80s toy? It's more than half price off, even still a great price for non Prime members at £19.74.
It's a special thing, trust me. It even has its own Wikipedia page (highfive)
BIG TRAK / bigtrak is a programmable electric vehicle created by Milton Bradley in 1979, resembling a futuristic Sci-Fi tank / utility vehicle, possibly for use on the Moon or a Planetoid style environment.[1] The original Big Trak was a six-wheeled (two-wheel drive) tank with a front-mounted blue "photon beam" headlamp, and a keypad on top. The toy could remember up to 16 commands, which it then executed in sequence. There also was an optional cargo trailer accessory, with the U.K. version being white to match its colour scheme; once hooked to the Bigtrak, this trailer could be programmed to dump its payload.
In 2010, BIG TRAK was relaunched in the form of a slightly modified replica (cosmetically very similar to the original U.K. bigtrak), produced under licence by Zeon Ltd. There is also a small dedicated Internet community who have reverse engineered the BIG TRAK and the Texas Instruments TMS1000 microcontroller inside it.
Latest comments (21)
oliverreed
18 Jul 17#21
Bought one, yippee!!!
daver77
18 Jul 17#20
back in stock again, 12 left at present
rick_x
18 Jul 17#19
I lie, must have just bought the last one! Sorry!
rick_x
18 Jul 17#18
Not expired, just bought one!
oliverreed
18 Jul 17#17
Missed it AGAIN
DexMorgan
18 Jul 171#16
Just ordered this then found out the batteries are going to cost over half the price of the toy!!
schnide
18 Jul 171#15
OH MY GOD NOSTALGIA! And then twenty minutes later it's in the cupboard or being sold at a boot sale.
If you're just going for an impulse buy, think of all the things you could spend £15-20 on instead for a second.
And then if it still seems like a great idea, then by all means get stuck in..
adsham
18 Jul 171#14
Seems to be available again for Prime members only
iamprobably
14 Jul 171#13
Most annoying kids toy EVER!
Had great pleasure in binning the thing a couple of weeks ago.
Amazing - just purchased this for my boy - I had one years back and think I'll enjoy playing more with this than he will
:smiley:
Curlynob
14 Jul 17#10
That's the one!
aymanhd
14 Jul 17#9
We had one of these at school, I've been trying to find out about it for about 15 years.
markweatherill
14 Jul 17#8
Is that the one with the TV ads that ended 'You sunk my battleship!!'?
oliverreed
14 Jul 171#7
Won't add to basket though
Curlynob
14 Jul 17#6
Very cool. I remember them clearly and with great affection. I didn't have one - but I did have Bigfoot with the yellow and red levers on the top. I'd like to see the original Electronic Battleships come back again. That ships a gonner!
oliverreed
14 Jul 171#3
Expired sadly
BuzzDuraband to oliverreed
14 Jul 17#5
They seem to be updating the page mate. This keeps appearing, so possibly worth keeping an eye out.
Expired.
winter_zombie
14 Jul 17#4
Showing at £35.34
BuzzDuraband
14 Jul 172#2
If you're going in for this, please go all in. This is a must have with it.
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It's a special thing, trust me. It even has its own Wikipedia page (highfive)
BIG TRAK / bigtrak is a programmable electric vehicle created by Milton Bradley in 1979, resembling a futuristic Sci-Fi tank / utility vehicle, possibly for use on the Moon or a Planetoid style environment.[1] The original Big Trak was a six-wheeled (two-wheel drive) tank with a front-mounted blue "photon beam" headlamp, and a keypad on top. The toy could remember up to 16 commands, which it then executed in sequence. There also was an optional cargo trailer accessory, with the U.K. version being white to match its colour scheme; once hooked to the Bigtrak, this trailer could be programmed to dump its payload.
In 2010, BIG TRAK was relaunched in the form of a slightly modified replica (cosmetically very similar to the original U.K. bigtrak), produced under licence by Zeon Ltd. There is also a small dedicated Internet community who have reverse engineered the BIG TRAK and the Texas Instruments TMS1000 microcontroller inside it.
Latest comments (21)
If you're just going for an impulse buy, think of all the things you could spend £15-20 on instead for a second.
And then if it still seems like a great idea, then by all means get stuck in..
Had great pleasure in binning the thing a couple of weeks ago.
can you buy this model anywhere nowadays?
http://www.bigtrakxtr.co.uk/shop/bigtrak-xtr
:smiley:
Expired.