# When I was a boy I had this toy.... **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 20, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800 "2003-01-20T14:47:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800/1 "2003-01-20T14:47:25Z")
…but I can’t remember the name of it to save my life. I want to look for one on eBay…perhaps the SD Brain trust can help. (BTW- this was between 1980 and 1985 I am guessing…) It looked like a little tank about the size of a shoe box. It had a number pad on the back. You could program it to go forward 8 feet, turn left, go forward 2 feet, turn right etc so in essence you were trying to tell it were to go. I also think it may have had a dump truck-like attachment for pulling stuff. Anyone out there have a clue on this? ---
**Author:** ![regnad\_kcin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800/2 "2003-01-20T14:56:46Z")
Bigfoot? I wouldnt bet the farm on that, but I think thats it. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800/3 "2003-01-20T15:02:23Z")
Big Trak ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800/4 "2003-01-20T15:03:45Z")
My friend had that; boy it was cool. [Big Trak](http://www.yesterdayland.com/popopedia/shows/toys/ty1159.php). ---
**Author:** ![newcrasher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b3f665/32.png) [@newcrasher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/newcrasher)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800/5 "2003-01-20T15:05:12Z")
Aw yeah aw yeah! BIG TRAK!!! Thanks a bunch! ---
**Author:** ![regnad\_kcin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800/6 "2003-01-20T15:05:17Z")
Ah, yes. I was wrong! Good thing I didnt bet the farm!! 🙂 RK ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800/7 "2003-01-20T15:08:33Z")
[“Big Trak”](http://www.bugeyedmonster.com/toys/bigtrak/)? _“This was a six-wheel-drive toy that could be programmed on a keypad to goforward and backward, turn, pause, and fire a lightbulb “laser”. Sold separately was a transport trailer that hitched on the back and could be made to dump its contents on command.”_ My friend Greg had one of these, and I was green with envy. ---
**Author:** ![regnad\_kcin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@regnad\_kcin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/regnad_kcin)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800/8 "2003-01-20T15:27:03Z")
My friend Ben had one, also. But he had everything it seems. Even without a Big Trak, though, I was able to dump my contents on command. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-i-was-a-boy-i-had-this-toy/149800/9 "2003-01-20T18:07:57Z")
Since this seems resolved, maybe I could hijack with a “When I was a girl, I didn’t” … have a computerised bike. Mid 80s, huge marketing campaign for the kids answer to KITT. I believe it was made by Raleigh, and appeared to have a cream plastic shell over the actual bike frame. On the crossbar was some sort of computer-ish thing. The name was something like Titanium, but not that (although there does appear to be a Raleigh Titanium). Can anyone remember what this is, or should I start a new thread? I gather it was fairly crap in reality, but a little part of me still wants one.