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Title: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: Havok on April 14, 2010, 03:27:23 pm

http://www.bigtrakisback.com (http://www.bigtrakisback.com)

Hopefully they make a US version however. White just doesn't look right...

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: polaris on April 14, 2010, 03:52:06 pm

Quote from: Havok on April 14, 2010, 03:27:23 pm

http://www.bigtrakisback.com (http://www.bigtrakisback.com)

Hopefully they make a US version however. White just doesn't look right...

thanks for the memory  :cheers:, what did the US ones look like then, i seem to remember mine looking like the one in the link, i wonder where it went  ???

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: Havok on April 14, 2010, 03:56:55 pm

They were basically the same, just gray:

(http://www.handheldmuseum.com/MB/MB-BigTrakGrey.jpg)

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: wp34 on April 14, 2010, 04:06:52 pm

Quote from: Havok on April 14, 2010, 03:27:23 pm

http://www.bigtrakisback.com (http://www.bigtrakisback.com)

Hopefully they make a US version however. White just doesn't look right...

I agree the white does not look right.  I've looked at them on eBay before.  I have very fond memories of my Big Trak.  Much more fun than a remote control car for some unexplained reason.

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: javeryh on April 14, 2010, 06:06:06 pm

Wow cool - I had one of those but I haven't even thought about it in years...

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: Hoopz on April 14, 2010, 10:01:07 pm

Quote from: wp34 on April 14, 2010, 04:06:52 pm

Quote from: Havok on April 14, 2010, 03:27:23 pm

http://www.bigtrakisback.com (http://www.bigtrakisback.com)

Hopefully they make a US version however. White just doesn't look right...

I agree the white does not look right.  I've looked at them on eBay before.  I have very fond memories of my Big Trak.  Much more fun than a remote control car for some unexplained reason.

+1 

I played with mine all the time.

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: Silas (son of Silas) on April 16, 2010, 04:07:58 am

It doesn't look right. The original had more 'stuff' up front, so the repro looks half finished. I didn't realize that they made them in a different colour for the US market.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Big_trak_white_background.jpg/800px-Big_trak_white_background.jpg)

Anyone remember something that looked an awful lot like a BigTrak in TerraHawks?

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: Dexter on April 16, 2010, 05:38:39 am

Holy ---steaming pile of meadow muffin---, theres a blast from the past.

Anyone else have the dumper truck bit that plugged into the top??

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: wp34 on April 16, 2010, 07:24:26 am

Quote from: Silas (son of Silas) on April 16, 2010, 04:07:58 am

It doesn't look right. The original had more 'stuff' up front, so the repro looks half finished. I didn't realize that they made them in a different colour for the US market.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Big_trak_white_background.jpg/800px-Big_trak_white_background.jpg)

Anyone remember something that looked an awful lot like a BigTrak in TerraHawks?

Mine looked like this. 

(http://toegristle.com/collab/bigtrak/images/bigtrak.jpg)

They must have added more 'stuff' for the UK version?  Interesting.

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: Dexter on April 16, 2010, 09:35:22 am

Theres two repros coming out, the big trak jr. that has the bare looking nose and a full big trak replica....

http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-SEALED-BIGTRAK-BIG-TRAK-TRACK-PRE-ORDER_W0QQitemZ290421885651QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_VintageToys_RL?hash=item439e7e4ad3 (http://cgi.ebay.com/BRAND-NEW-SEALED-BIGTRAK-BIG-TRAK-TRACK-PRE-ORDER_W0QQitemZ290421885651QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_VintageToys_RL?hash=item439e7e4ad3)

Obviously I can't vouch for how genuine the ad is, but the ebayer has pretty good feedback.

EDIT: Seems like its really happening....

http://www.zeonltd.co.uk/#giftsandgadgets/bigtrak (http://www.zeonltd.co.uk/#giftsandgadgets/bigtrak)

Title: Re: I am getting me one of these!!!
Post by: danny_galaga on April 16, 2010, 07:53:44 pm

I don't remember these. Maybe they didn't make it to Australia for some reason. But seeing this for the first time, i think white looks more 'retro'. I'm guessing white or grey looks right depending on who holds the memory...