The 1980s were a great time to be a kid.\u00a0 Sure, we didn’t have iPhones or XBoxes or Legos you can control by computer. We certainly had other electronic devices to keep us amused.\u00a0 I know, I know, we had the Atari 2600. However, I’m not referring to anything that required a connection to a TV. I’m talking about a toy where you could take control of an 18-wheeler and head eastbound and down, and around, and around.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Slot cars were a popular pastime in the late 1970s and early 1980s.\u00a0 Much like a model railroad, the vehicles were likewise powered by electricity from the tracks they rode upon.\u00a0 Just as a model railroad looks like the real-world version, similarly the slot cars use a plastic track that looks like a highway with small wires embedded into it to power the cars.\u00a0 As slot cars became increasingly popular, TYCO (not the international conglomerate whose CEO ran it into the ground in the early part of the 21st Century, but rather the Mattel division) introduced the HO-scale US 1 Electric Trucking line.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n