Hell yeah they are great! I had one (R 2000) new for xmas in 1985 and i played the hell out of it... id love to find another one just for memory sake..
Aaron A i actually miss how the CPR-250 is almost instant power on when you need to record. compared to like the 6 seconds it takes my ZR-1000 to boot up. i've missed several interesting things due to that delay before.
Pawn Stars should feature you with that, even if you don't actually sell to them... I had an original Vectrex and some games that I gave to GoodWill awhile ago, otherwise would've sent to you...also had an original Dark Tower, can't remember what I did with.
Back in the 60's and 70's we ha erector sets. various lengths of metal slats with holes in them, small bolts and nuts, pulleys, string, gears,shafts, wheels, and a motor. you could make cranes, some kind of truck?, bridges, buildings.
I love Robotix! I got my first kit in 1985, and I was 10. R-1000 it was too! Got it NOS, still on the shelf, package damaged, price marked for clearance! I've had so my of those sets, and I still have like 3-4 pieces stuffed in a box somewhere...
yeah here in the US they where marketed as "erector sets" that C battery holder i made years ago and showed in this video is held together by erector set rails :D
Desmaad or maybe even 3D printed for ourselves! i could take the time to make exact 3D models of every part if you guys wished.i wonder if i should also integrate these with a microcontroller or something like that.
Rinoa Super-Genius Yes i think that was the name, most people just used the mechano label, lots of metal strips with regular spaced holes and nuts/bolts/washers/screwdriver and spanner :-)), as they were made by the same company you could add parts from other kits and buy extras. Fun to experement with lol :-)), that company is long dead, now its plastic with special parts designed to make one thing, not so experemental.
Rinoa Super-Genius Just for interest i looked up mechano, it started british but much later on there was a long line of takeovers, if any set was bought after 1960 then it was not the original design by frank hornby, triang/erector set from the usa and many others were merged into the company, so its a mess now, japan bought it eventually. Im not supprised the 2008 ones were crap, shame really :-((
When my uncle died when I was 3, I got his toys. He had a robotix set. He also had capsela. If you can find some capsela I recommend it. They were even cooler.
They had a smaller set that included a higher speed motor that i got in 1986 or so.. I used to motor in the walker to speed it up.. Ahh great memories..
i don't know if it's the lighting or the camera, but everything looks and feels so much warmer in this video, and I kind of like it to be honest, but that's probably because i have a lot of childhood memories associated with this... warmness... whatever it is o:
