9 Sep
1998
9 Sep
'98
11:34 a.m.
On Tue, 8 Sep 1998, Uncle Roger wrote:
When I was in 4th grade a classmate had one. We were all jealous of course.
I think he said it went for $80.
Seems like maybe it picked itself up on a turntable in order to make
turns in-place. I'm pretty sure the wheels didn't steer.
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Similarly, does anyone remember a truck-like
thing (big trax?) that you
could program sorta like LOGO? I remember the commercials showed it
bringing a soda (or beer?) to one lucky owner. Unfortunately, my family's
gift budgets never would have covered such a nifty gadget... 8^(
My oldest brother got one of those for Christmas in maybe '78. Those were
cool! I hope I run into one of them one of these days. Weren't they made