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Nick Goodall
09-12-2008, 04:42 PM
Anyone remember "Stomper Trucks"? They were made by Schaper, and ran on a Single AA battery and had fully changeable tyres and motors etc.

Here's some pics, i remember having the Stomper 4 Track set:

http://www.stomper4x4.com/catalog/gt/gtcat7.jpg

The Trucks were like this:

http://www.stomper4x4.com/catalog/gt/gtcat2.jpg




Nobody else i spoke to could remember these at all but i remember loving them and getting new cars for my 4th B'day, i thought it was cool just making new tracks for them to go over :D
dave g
09-12-2008, 04:45 PM
didnt have then,had the mighty mo's tho :)
millzy
09-12-2008, 04:46 PM
Dude I had them , they where wicked, i hooked my course up to my Castle Grayskull as it looked fitting with the stomper wild canyon style bricks
Nick Goodall
09-12-2008, 04:49 PM
Dude I had them , they where wicked, i hooked my course up to my Castle Grayskull as it looked fitting with the stoper wild canyon style bricks

Hahahah the sad thing is i know exactly what you mean with the bricks lol :thumbsup::cool:
jimmy
09-12-2008, 04:50 PM
awwwwwww STOMPERS!!!
and
rough riders, 4x4, you can try to stop em!

I had loads of these things when I was a kid before I discovered the marui and Tamiya motorised kits.
Crazy L
09-12-2008, 06:48 PM
I had a stomper, cant remember which one though, I used to want to peel the stickers off everything.

What I also had, was a Bigfoot and a Black Gold truck, anyone remember these? there was another in the range called Orange something. They had two gear sticks on the roof, one for forward and reverse and one for hi and lo gear...or was it 2 and 4wd, the Bigfoot had something the Black Gold didn't have, cant think what it was though.
Spoolio
09-12-2008, 07:46 PM
Yayy, Rough Riders. I had a neat little green Subaru GLF 3-door one (the Jap car in The Cannonball Run) before I got my first RC, Tamiya Sand Rover.

Anybody remember the Big Trak?
jim76
09-12-2008, 08:34 PM
I had a stomper, cant remember which one though, I used to want to peel the stickers off everything.

What I also had, was a Bigfoot and a Black Gold truck, anyone remember these? there was another in the range called Orange something. They had two gear sticks on the roof, one for forward and reverse and one for hi and lo gear...or was it 2 and 4wd, the Bigfoot had something the Black Gold didn't have, cant think what it was though.


i had the orange one. can't for the life of me remember the name, something silly (orange pumpkin rings a bell?). There was a trailer to go with them that you could put weights in and the weight moved up further making it harder to pull the further they went.

Also had a tiny tamiya clodbuster kit that ran on a couple of AA batteries, loved making little courses for that to climb over
markwilliamson2001
09-12-2008, 09:29 PM
I had Lego, and Tomy Slot cars (which were miles better than scalesxtric since they had magnets on the bottom, and were miles faster as well!!!). I remember these tho, as a friend had them I think, they were fun, but I still remember screwball scramble :woot:
Bungleaio
09-12-2008, 09:30 PM
I don't remember them, I was probably playing with

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Big_trak_white_background.jpg/800px-Big_trak_white_background.jpg
blitzboy
09-12-2008, 09:33 PM
now that bring s back memories
phil c
09-12-2008, 11:31 PM
they realy do bring back memorys , i had stompers and a big foot but my neighbour had the big trak and i was dead jealous :cry:
jim76
09-12-2008, 11:42 PM
i ALWAYS wanted a big trak. so cool. :(
jim76
09-12-2008, 11:51 PM
Orange blossom Special - that was the one!

probably in the parents house somewhere still!
http://cgi.ebay.com/MB-PLAYSKOOL-ORANGE-BLOSSOM-SPECIAL-2WD-PULLING-TRUCK_W0QQitemZ280292666570QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20 081208?IMSfp=TL081208115007r28120
jim76
09-12-2008, 11:54 PM
oh no, must have one!!!
http://cgi.ebay.com/MENS-BIG-TRAK-T-SHIRT-80-S-VINTAGE-RETRO-T-TOY-BIGTRAK_W0QQitemZ370092291236QQcmdZViewItemQQptZMe n_s_Clothes?hash=item370092291236&_trksid=p3286.m63.l1177
TheRacePlace
10-12-2008, 12:08 AM
hey nick isnt the kid in the red u??? top picture
:)

i am jokin obviously
Nick Goodall
10-12-2008, 08:56 AM
hey nick isnt the kid in the red u??? top picture
:)

i am jokin obviously

Haha i have similar pics of me opening that very track set on my Birthday :lol: He obviously has more style then i did at that age though!
Danny McGee
10-12-2008, 02:18 PM
I don't remember them, I was probably playing with

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Big_trak_white_background.jpg/800px-Big_trak_white_background.jpg

bloody right it brings back memories. Ive been trying to find one of those for YEARS......... can you still get them :) i once programmed that you go down the stairs lol after that my life was crap lol
Garry Spice
10-12-2008, 04:52 PM
aww man,a BIGTRAK! I had one of those wasnt there a tipping trailer for it? how about the scalextic for the poor called TCR? heres one no one remembers they was little airplanes that went on your fingers.their name was ring raiders!!! (now thats funny)
Nick Goodall
10-12-2008, 05:15 PM
aww man,a BIGTRAK! I had one of those wasnt there a tipping trailer for it? how about the scalextic for the poor called TCR? heres one no one remembers they was little airplanes that went on your fingers.their name was ring raiders!!! (now thats funny)

Haha Garry i had Scalextric and a TCR (Total Control Racing??) set! They were cool as, slot-less racing so you could switch lanes and there was even a "jammer" car that would cruise around slowly so you had to over-take it!

Ring raiders i also remember, everyone at my school had them for a while - right around the time it was a good idea to bring Micro Machines in to school in a "bum bag" - niiiiiiiiiiiiiiice lol
Nick Goodall
10-12-2008, 05:19 PM
Garry - just for you lol

http://www.virtualtoychest.com/ringraiders/ringraiders.html

(Isn't the internet great)!
Nick Goodall
10-12-2008, 05:22 PM
Those Ring Raiders reminded me of another favourite!!

Anyone remember Manta Force?? I never had one but used to go to my mates house who had one all the time:

http://www.mantaforce.co.uk/Collection/Manta.html

http://www.mantaforce.co.uk/images/Manta/Manta4.JPG
Garry Spice
10-12-2008, 05:26 PM
thanks nick,that was a blast!!!! how about fake transformers called i think robos? and all that star wars stuff!!!
phil c
10-12-2008, 09:03 PM
wow i love this thread , i had a tcr set , was ace when the track was new or warmed up , if not it was a pig to keep the cars going round , black car was the blocker, white car and i belive red or orange were the main cars , i wish i still had it :drool:
Stu
10-12-2008, 09:14 PM
http://www.justawalktothebeach.org/Assets/RobWresized.jpg

Bikes were where it was at really.

I had that exact version, with the hexagon block tyres and fake shocks - Raleigh Striker

And no - that's not me, surprisingly.
jim76
10-12-2008, 10:14 PM
i had a striker, looked a little different to that and had a back pedal brake instead of a lever. Was awesome for skids!

still in the parents shed with the raleigh commando!
Darren Boyle
10-12-2008, 10:20 PM
Chopper and Grifter were all the rage when I first got a bike...........Luving some of these old skool toys :D
Northy
15-12-2008, 04:31 PM
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Classic-MB-Big-Trak-BIGTRAK-Good-Condition-Working_W0QQitemZ120348009842QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK _Toys_VintageToys_RL?hash=item120348009842&_trksid=p3911.c0.m14&_trkparms=72:1301|66:4|65:12|39:1|240:1318

:D
TheRacePlace
16-12-2008, 01:31 AM
:lol::lol::lol: i wuldnt want to judge!!!

Hes probably also loaded for doing that advert


Haha i have similar pics of me opening that very track set on my Birthday :lol: He obviously has more style then i did at that age though!
simoncook
16-12-2008, 11:04 AM
Does anybody remember another toy.

It was a bit like manta force, but the men where a little bigger, and they had magnets in thier feet!! If i remeber correctly, there where good guys (in White) and bad guys (in black).

The space ships had magnets etc all over them, and when you press button, loading ramps and wings etc extended. I think they where mechanical somehow and didn't need batterys.

Anybody remember these?? Its really bugging me that I can't think of the name.
JBL
16-12-2008, 08:04 PM
One of my friends had a TCR set how cool were they, I had a matchbox powertrack race and chase. Which had a leaver on the handcontrol to spin the car around. The cars were a 73 corvette and a police car with flashing lights.

I still own a Scalectric which is in my loft somewhere!

I also owned a BigTrak, which you could pretty much program to go around the house (only on one level though).