[donkey_brains]

Wow. I love being reminded of stuff like this. Those cars were so cool.

Edit: I took one of these cars apart as a kid to see how it worked. This site brought back a lot of memories. The little coil spring inside the gear. I have to get my hands on one of these now…

[bluescrn]

The original 80s Darda cars were great fun, with enough power to get around great big loops. One of those childhood toys I wish I'd took more care of and kept hold of...

They did still produce a version relatively recently (looks like they're discontinued entirely now?), but the cars were significantly lighter and less powerful, all-plastic where the originals had metal bodies

[smackeyacky]

I bought a Honda Civic toy from an auto parts store recently. I thought it was purely static but it has a spring pull back motion and also flashes the lights and honks the horn when you open the doors.

Then I leaned on it and discovered it makes a starting noise and vrooms the engine.

I felt like I was 10 years old again.