Sunday, November 21, 2010

Hasbro Amaze-A-Matics

Just came back from meeting Richard "Jaws" Kiel at a vintage toy show.  This was the coolest toy there.


6 comments:

steve-vh said...

Damn, I remember these now!!!!!
Had forgotten all about them, I had one.
Still looking for another Testors Remote Control Porsche that I had in the '70s. Many Testors on ebay but not the porsche.

Maxichamp said...

@Steve: Is the Testors Remote the same as Amaze-A-Matics? I saw several different models for sale yesterday.

MattC said...

So how was Richard Kiel?

Maxichamp said...

@MattC: He was a really cool guy. More on that later.

steve-vh said...

@kashgar216: Naw. Do an ebay search for "Testors Cox". They were .049 glow plug gas powered cars, usually run on tether. a 57 chev, a van, buggy, even indy cars. But one specific model (I'm fairly certain mine was a can am porsche) came with a rudimentary R/C as well. LR steering and one direction when hitting reverse. Not the most grippy tires but oh the power slides I could make it do. Spent an hour searching this morning and couldn't find anything on the net.

Anonymous said...

I have a Testors.It's a VEGA 73. It's a orange/gold color. I never ran it, got it at a thrift store so no box Like to sell it but what's it worth today