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Ah, those innocent days of yore!  Reagan was President, U2 and REM were just getting started, people had big hair (and mullets!), and they still played music on MTV.  Yes, yes, yes:  it was The 80s.

And if you were a kid in the 80s, think of the toys you played with.  Rubik’s cube and Rubik’s snake!  The first Game Boys.  Yamaha synthesizers (“Anybody can be a musician!”).  And . . . the Big Trak!  The programmable six-wheel tank, with a front-mounted “photon” cannon!  The kind of thing Andy would have Buzz Lightyear fight in Toy Story 1.5.  And now it can be yours again, just by surfing on over to Find Me a Gift and placing your order for $67.  Maybe you can’t relive the past, but you can try, eh?

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? 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.

Bigtrak appeared in the movie, ET, alongside Drew Barrymore!

Re-live your childhood with this 21st century Bigtrak!  A real 80′s retro boys toy!

BIG TRAK IS ON PRE ORDER AND WON’T BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MID AUGUST 2010, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN ORDER IT NOW AND WE WON’T CHARGE YOUR CARD UNTIL IT IS IN STOCK AND READY TO BE DISPATCHED (unless you pay using paypal or google checkout because they charge you on placement of order).