Sorry, my pictures stink as usual. Anyway, I sure do like those old Sizzlers. Heres pics of my favorites from my collection. The Cuda, Trans Am, Boss Mustang, Camaro, and Ford GT.
Cool. I miss those things. Was trying to explain them to one of my friends the other day (she is a bit younger).
Sort of. They had a battery built into them, and they came with a recharger. You charged them up for a few minutes and put them on the track. No slots though, just normal style Hot Wheels track.
Do you still have the wide black tracks with the banked curves? Those were cool. I also had a 3-peice molded plastic unit with gates. The cars hand a spring mechanism. You'd use the gates to try to get your car to take different paths and get behind some one elses. When you hit the rear, the mechanism would send the car flying off the track. I may still have this stuff somewhere.
We had that stuff. Those are some of my earliest memories. I believe our recharger may be shaped like a gas pump. I could be mixing my tracks though. Fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember those - The motor shaft came out both ends of the "can". I used the armature from a Sizzler and put in a Tyco slot car, then used 2 ring and pinion setups to make a 4 wheel drive slot car. I miss the days of being a kid.....
I am stopping tonight to get a Sizzlers that that Target has on sale. :3gears: It's a basic oval "Fat Track" set, but for $24, I can get my stepson a couple of sets and make one big one. I was just reminiscing with my brother the other day about our old set, and yesterday I open the Target sale paper and there they were, in all their glory. We didn't get the fat track, we had the older orange single lane track that they first came out with. The car were so fast that they would never stay on, but we played for many hours with those things. http://www.target.com/gp/detail.htm...4/602-0902626-0471810?ie=UTF8&asin=B000HCH9M8 Check out the reviews, sounds just like what I said to my wife the other day about how cool they are.
Cool. I didn't know they were still around. Ever notice how those micro RC cars (like you see at Radio Shack) look a lot like Sizzlers?
Sizzlin They just started making replicas of Sizzlers a couple months ago, only available at Target. They are as loud and fast and chaotic as you remember. You will not be disappointed! Ron
juice machine Here ya go, .. :laugh: I was an only child so I still got mine I think these where the only toys my folks didn't throw out, ou:
Oh wow, thanx for posting the pictures. I had the Juice Machine, and a couple of the "garages" on the left. I think they are probably still in the attic. The garage was for Hot Wheels, though, as the Sizzlers didn't need it.
If you have any hotwheels stuff in your attic from the late 60's early 70's I need your address and i'm coming over :laugh: . Yeah the garage on the left are superchargers and they shot the cars out, not meant for sizzlers, just thought I'd throw in a teaser...We are decorating our xmas tree as a hotwheels tree this year so all the good stuff is coming out. Enjoy the pics & Merry Christmas, Gord :TU:
I picked up my (er, I mean my son's) set on Friday. :3gears: I am like a little kid, I can't wait set it up and run the cars. I also picked up a Trans Am and a 'Cuda, as the supplied car looks very dated. I think both of the extra cars are '70's. They were only $7.99 each, which from my recollection, isn't much more than they were in the 70's. I had a box in my attic that one of my long lost cars came in, from around 1974 or 5. I think the stickers said something like $3.49 or $4.49, which isn't bad considering the inflation rate of a real car. :laugh:
That's why I don't post my real address :laugh: I could probably make some money, but I'd like to pass them on to my kids (if I ever have any). Maybe I'll just wait till I'm senile and regressing, and play with them again.
