I fix this forgotten 80s toy! | MB Playskool Power rods

[@maidenfan2353]

Thanks for the upload. Quite fascinating how sets like these came about and then faded off into obscurity so quickly. They brought some pretty cool concepts & ideas to the table that unfortunately didn't catch on.

[@slot-car-dad]

Thanks for watching, these completely passed me by, I have no recollection of seeing them as a kid

[@spoogemop]

Probably a victim of Pole Position. Came out in arcades in 1982, topped the console charts in 1983. This car set seems to have come out around 1984. And presumably absolutely ate batteries. The cars look finicky, small and fragile. I'm amazed you got them working. I suspect there's not many left. Good find.

[@slot-car-dad]

Thanks for watching

[@spoogemop]

I grew up with Motorific - I may have had one of the few sets in the UK. Super little cars with interchangeable bodies, and swappable motors. Ran for a couple of hours on 2xAA. You could clip a guide pin to the front and it would run on the track, which had clever switches on the junctions. Or you could take the pin off and lock the front wheels at an angle and it'd drive in varying sized circles. Amazing toy engineering for the mid-'60s.@@slot-car-dad

[@slot-car-dad]

I will be doing a video on Motorific soon :) , Thanks for watching

[@djquiko]

They were sold overhere in the Netherlands back in the 80s. I saw them at a toy convention in Amsterdam when I was a child. Later on I bought it at the local toy store after I saved enough money for it. I had the yellow one. I think it’s lying around somewhere at my mother’s place. Cool movie, brings back memories.

[@shinvelcro]

I'd forgotten all about this until I saw the box in the thumbnail! I got this after I asked for a scalextric set. It was for Christmas and is the box you have there, so maybe my folks got sold on it by what ever store they looked at, maybe the toy shop on the high street even trying to shift it. I made the course that has the gaps in, pretty sure I chipped the hell out of the skirting boards with it as well. Maybe why I got a scalextric some time later.

[@slot-car-dad]

Thanks for watching, amazed you had a set, I guess there must be more people out there that remember this

[@ashleypeake]

I found a charger in an a box of my old toys the other day (not found the car yet) I remember playing with these for hours, the were great fun! I think my brother and I both had one for Christmas. I don't think we used the track much and they just got raced anywhere, I'm going to have to try and get some of these now from eBay & replacement batteries so my little boy can try them out! Thanks for the info on the battery replacement :)

[@slot-car-dad]

Thanks for watching, great to hear someone remembers them

[@All-ScaleSlotCars]

Thank you for sharing this review of an interesting system that I've never heard about. Here in the U.S., we've had something similar from Hot Wheels, named "Sizzlers" and also "Motorized XV Racers."

[@slot-car-dad]

Thanks for watching :)

[@deanothemanc5281]

Never heard of it, but i quite like it. The whole battery 🔋 thing would've scared my dad off lol. Batts were expensive in the 80s or so he always said lol!!!

[@slot-car-dad]

I think he was right, I had a few toys I could never use because they needed new batteries lol

[@simonmo5700]

My fully charged car moved about 6 inches