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Clean_Stand_694 t1_j9wb92z wrote

Loved that useless thing, thought it was so cool back then.

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_j9wfgpj wrote

Right? Zero useful purpose though I think we (meaning my older brother... it was his) had the trailer hookup thing so maybe, kind of useful to send snacks across the room?

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Clean_Stand_694 t1_j9wfq10 wrote

I had the trailer and I swear it was the only thing it was good for was the 30min (or less) delivery from across the room.

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spasske t1_j9wy22k wrote

Nerds appreciated that you had to “program” it to do a series of movements including distance and degrees turned. The trailer attachment was awesome.

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manifold360 t1_j9wda2s wrote

Stay nerdy

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_j9wflbw wrote

Tried not to. It did not work.

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martinbogo t1_j9ybjvl wrote

The world is better off with y'all being nerdy. Well,. I guess geeky ... In the end we did rule the world, kind of.

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pauliewotsit t1_j9weje0 wrote

After months of being badgered for one, I bought my partner one for christmas 3 or 4 years back. It came out of the box once...

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RiffBank1973 t1_j9wfp4x wrote

My brother had one back in ‘80. Was pretty cool. Discovered that winter that our garage leaked. Shouldn’t have stored it in an old fish tank. Did look pretty cool suspended in a block of ice, but wasn’t particularly functional after that. Good times.

Edit: Could be iffy on the exact dates.

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Ornage_crush t1_j9wha8h wrote

Ih crap! I totally forgot I had one of those! I had the little dump trailer with it too!

I can still hear the "PEW EW PEW!"

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_j9y316v wrote

LOL ... nailed it! Thank goodness the future didn't bring us all those futuristic sounds from back then, though just about every appliance in my house makes SOME kind of noise now.

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NOT000 t1_j9wgi6z wrote

i had that toy

"big trak"

programmable movements and sounds

i had an evil grandmother who got made at me and broke it

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ElvisArcher t1_j9wi2ti wrote

My parents had that exact same end table, and a sofa with an eerily similar pattern.

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_j9y32u4 wrote

HA! Great taste in interior deco!

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ElvisArcher t1_j9ylqkg wrote

Indeed.

The wood paneling ...wow. Ours was a bit lower rent than the paneling I see in your picture ... but to go with it, we had wall-to-wall shag carpet. Literally everywhere except the kitchen and bathrooms. A thick pair of socks in the winter, and the whole house was an experiment in static electricity. Good times.

Thanks for sharing!

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Watch_Noob_72 t1_j9wrggb wrote

I wanted one of these so… badly. My friend had one and it was like a rabid Wiggums-esque crack head for it every time we played at his house.

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_j9y35aw wrote

"rabid Wiggums-esque crack head" OMG I can completely picture this!! HAHA

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TomBug68 t1_j9wtkz9 wrote

My grandparents’ house had that same pine paneling, brown plaid sofa, and early American side table. I think they’re probably still there

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_j9y38um wrote

Funny story, the house where this pic was taken has been, perhaps unsurprisingly, updated and based on Zillow photos I can confirm, none of what was there remains.

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jar1967 t1_j9wvmg9 wrote

I had one😁

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westdl t1_j9wymy8 wrote

I remember that thing. Wonder what ever became of mine.

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taleo t1_j9xael5 wrote

Do you still have it? If so, totally unrelated, will you marry me briefly without a prenup?

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_j9y3imh wrote

HA! It was my oldest brother's and if he kept a fraction of the crap/toys he bought back in the day he'd be so stoked now in retirement! He's the one you want to marry ... but there's not even a Big Trak in it for you, so...

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taleo t1_ja3ihcj wrote

If he has a Chutes-Away, the marriage proposal will be in the mail Monday morning.

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CAPSLOCKCHAMP t1_j9xh5f4 wrote

My babysitter’s son had one of those and I thought it was the coolest thing

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burnodo2 t1_j9xjg7i wrote

I had one of those!

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43moon t1_j9ydab5 wrote

I wanted one for a few years before I finally got it for Christmas. I loved that thing. It just looked cool. I would spend so much time programming it, letting it run, then keep adjusting the program in order to get it just right.

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_ja09xjd wrote

I suspect my brother spent a fair chunk of time with it (he's 15 years older than I am, so he didn't live with us when this was taken) though I definitely commandeered it when he brought it over.

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mdjmd73 t1_j9yewr1 wrote

Hah! I had one of those. And our living room was wood paneled too. 😁👊

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_ja09nyg wrote

I remember this house where we lived in NJ had two cedar-lined closets, too, which I thought was so odd.

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reSEARCHsfr t1_j9ynwkb wrote

Gonna need you to find another one and recreate this pic. 😁

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Existing_Ad7874 t1_j9zuwgp wrote

Me and my boss were just talking about this thing the other week. That’s awesome!

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mySleepingDogsLie OP t1_ja09ai7 wrote

HA! I had completely forgotten about until the photo was sent to me and weirdly, my memory was of playing with it at my grandparents house, not mine/my parents (pictured).

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Yesterday_Is_Now t1_ja34jxm wrote

To paraphrase Jerry Maquire: “You had me at ‘Big Trak.’”

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