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:

  1. 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.

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

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  3. So how was Richard Kiel?

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

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  5. @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.

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  6. 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

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