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After seeing this, I had to post my picture. Received my figure 8 track Christmas of 1969. I think this picture was taken in January 1970 and devolped a month later. I am the small kid in the blue shirt, my two brothers on either side, mom in the back and my sister talking to one of our cousins.
what is the white stuff on the track?
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is that powder on the track? or what is the white stuff he looks like he is putting on it?

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what is the white stuff on the track?
That is a good question . I looked at the picture a bit closer and it looks like my older brother was doing something but I can't remember what. Probably gumming up my electric motors and the pick up brushes. I had little clout back then and usually just kept my mouth shut or I would get a bop on the head.
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Love the Ker-Plunk!

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Love the Ker-Punk!
I noticed that also.
I had forgotten that those even existed.
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Love the Ker-Plunk!
Got that for Christmas too, as well as this "wonderful" game....
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Loved Tyco, but IMHO the Aurora AFX sets had cooler cars. I also had the Sizzlers track and bought my son his own Sizzlers track a few years ago. Between those toys, my Evel Knievel wind up jump bike and Sonic pull race cars, I was all about wheels even from a young age.
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Loved Tyco, but IMHO the Aurora AFX sets had cooler cars. I also had the Sizzlers track and bought my son his own Sizzlers track a few years ago. Between those toys, my Evel Knievel wind up jump bike and Sonic pull race cars, I was all about wheels even from a young age.

Playing cards clothes pinned to the frame of your bike for the spokes to make the "motor" noise ?? Man, I got my butt chewed for taking a couple of those, but in the end, I got the whole deck because I had ruined it. 2 cards in the front and 2 in the back made a HECK of a racket...
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Loved Tyco, but IMHO the Aurora AFX sets had cooler cars. I also had the Sizzlers track and bought my son his own Sizzlers track a few years ago. Between those toys, my Evel Knievel wind up jump bike and Sonic pull race cars, I was all about wheels even from a young age.
loved those pull string cars. my cousin and i would get about 10ft apart and see if we could crash them into each other.
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Had a few of those Tyco & Aurora sets. Loved them as kid. They didn't survive. Lasted longer than those Kenner SSP Racers going over the cliff with M-80's in them though...

I do still have the Dodge Scat City 1970 Challenger Drag Racing Set though, with the little 4-speed shifters.

Related, and waxing somewhat nostalgic, I recently purchased a modern slot car set for sale on the Hammacher for a "dueling mustangs stunt loop set". Google it, it's a cool setup.
It's a cheap gift to really make a kid's Christmas. Even a big kid.

I thought nothing would ever top the present that my dad gave me when I was 14 and we were just finishing up building the 302 motor for my 69 Z28.
I bought the car without a motor- and we built a 302 for it the old school way with a 327 block and a 283 crank. I sure do miss him.
My dad wrapped up the oil pan we needed for it- and put it under the tree.

When my daughter was about 13, she bought me a vintage Evel Knievel Stunt bike. I put it on display at the top of the stairs and I look at it every day and just love it. What a great kid she was to buy me that.
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