Bigtrak - £19.99 - Amazon
Full size BigTrak for £20!
Back for 2010, Bigtrak! You might remember having one of these in the early 80's. Retro and cool, it's brand new for 2010.
This programmable educational toy is a six-wheeled tank with a front mounted blue photon beam headlamp used for firing. The centre wheels are driven by two motors to allow change of direction.
Use the 23-button keypad to enter instructions for Bigtrak. Where do I want Bigtrak to go? In what direction? How many units will it take to reach my goal? When do I want Bigtrak to fire? Do I want Bigtrak to return to me along a different course? With a 16 command memory, Bigtrak will execute 16 commands in one sequence, e.g. 'go forward 5 lengths', 'pause', 'turn 30 degrees right', 'fire phaser' and so on.
There is a 'repeat' instruction allowing simple loops.
Requires 3 x D batteries (not included)
For 8+ years
All Comments (4)
Jump to unread Post a CommentI wanted one in the 80s, but isn't this pretty much the exact same toy it was then? Was good for it's time, but surely it should've improved since then.
I guess it's supposed to be naff, but I don't fancy forking out twenty quid myself just to be ironic and end up with yet another piece of novelty crap taking up storage space... :\
Haven't voted either way, as there's a good chance I'm missing something - and I've no idea if this is a good price for the product for those that actually want one.
Finally gave it away to a special Needs School so they could use it in Physics/Robotics classes.
Don't buy one, they're not as good as you remember they were