Kevinpreston3
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Did I have Switch and Go....
No, missed that one as a kid. In fact, I never even heard of it until I started collecting and got re-interested in toys in the late 80s early 90s.
I would be willing to bet that they stopped production on it to make way for Hot Wheels in 1967. I had to collect a few sets just to figure out what they are. Most people think they are air powered, but as you know, the switches run on air but they are battery powered.
The vehicles run along thin tubing in any configurtion you like. I once strung a spool of phone cord all over my kitchen and dining room and the ran on it fine. There are a number of sets. In fact, on the left hand side of the one picture there is an upside down box containing a Military Set.
I have 2 GT sets, Battle Set, Construction Site, Super Loaded Dump Truck set and a number of loose parts. Alot of fun, but like trains and race sets, takes some patience to get it set up right to run correctly. To your point on engineering, yes, they put alot into it, and some of the features run like clockwork...all from switches and flippers.
As an example, there is a dump truck section of track that if you go one way over it, it is just normal. If you cross it the other way, a tab on the side of the road flips the truck into reverse, it backs up into a small path, then another upright forces the truck to dump the marbles, which all file neatly out into a hopper. The the truck switches into forward and goes on its merry way. Ingenious!
You control what route you want it to take by squeezing plastic accordion type units which pressurize the track and move all the switches....so you move to an alternate route.
Alot of fun in a box.
No, missed that one as a kid. In fact, I never even heard of it until I started collecting and got re-interested in toys in the late 80s early 90s.
I would be willing to bet that they stopped production on it to make way for Hot Wheels in 1967. I had to collect a few sets just to figure out what they are. Most people think they are air powered, but as you know, the switches run on air but they are battery powered.
The vehicles run along thin tubing in any configurtion you like. I once strung a spool of phone cord all over my kitchen and dining room and the ran on it fine. There are a number of sets. In fact, on the left hand side of the one picture there is an upside down box containing a Military Set.
I have 2 GT sets, Battle Set, Construction Site, Super Loaded Dump Truck set and a number of loose parts. Alot of fun, but like trains and race sets, takes some patience to get it set up right to run correctly. To your point on engineering, yes, they put alot into it, and some of the features run like clockwork...all from switches and flippers.
As an example, there is a dump truck section of track that if you go one way over it, it is just normal. If you cross it the other way, a tab on the side of the road flips the truck into reverse, it backs up into a small path, then another upright forces the truck to dump the marbles, which all file neatly out into a hopper. The the truck switches into forward and goes on its merry way. Ingenious!
You control what route you want it to take by squeezing plastic accordion type units which pressurize the track and move all the switches....so you move to an alternate route.
Alot of fun in a box.
