I'm trying to remember the name of a toy/game I had as a kid, back in the 70's.

I'll try and describe it:

Plastic turntable thing, moulded and coloured to look like roads, bridges, rivers, hills, etc.
"Dashboard" with steering wheel, ignition key, gearlever and light switch.
You put a Matchbox sized toy car on the "road" of the turntable and a magnet underneath the turntable acted on the car.
When you turned the ignition, the turntable rotated and you "steered" the car by turning the steering wheel, which moved the magnet side-to-side and hence the car.
There were "headlights" which were provided by a light bulb under the turntable which lit the road just ahead of the car.

I'm pretty sure there was a "lo" and "hi" gear and maybe even a reverse.

Maybe I'm the only one that had this on here, but I'd love to find out more information and try to get one!!! I had many happy hours playing with it.

Marty

 

Yea i had one of these...it was called a "steer and go"...it was brilliant....if ya find one..order me one too!!!!

 

That's the one. Matchbox Steer 'N' Go. It used to keep me quiet for hours as a kid
The car had a small magnet that hoooked on to the front wheels, and ther ewas another magnet in the arm that was controlled by the steering wheel. I think there was a small bulb there as well. which made it seem as if the car had headlights when using it in the dark.

 

I had one too, it was my favourite toy ever! I loved it, I spent hours and hours and hours happily driving my Lamborghini Countach round it

 

Found it!

 

That is one great site! You seen the other stuff on there..... ?

bigtrak, raleigh grifters (far superior to the chopper IMHO)....... Great!

(Gazes blankly into middle distance while reminiscing)

 

You know what.......................?

Scoobynet amazes me sometimes!!!!!!

Steer 'n' Go....that's it!!!

The roads are a bit wider that I remember, but they are still filled by that Yank tank!!!! LOL

Many Thanks peeps.

Oh yeah....I had a Grifter and I could wheelie it the full length of Coronation Road in Loftus!!!!!! (about 3/4 mile long!!!!) Used to hate it when you were in third gear, pedalling hard and the ****** slipped into neutral!!!!! OUCH!!!!!

Marty

 

didnt those grifters weigh an absoloute ton though i used to love mine, still have it actually just wish I had kept my chopper

 

I reckon that the grifter did way marginally more than than the 03 wagon I now have. Didn't matter how much they weighed though - they were better than choppers coss they had the handlebar grip twist gear chage thingy red, yellow and blue.

What was that stoopid white one for that just freed up the wheels?

Oh yeah, and you were a real man if you could wheelie a grifter ;-)

 

Wow, steer n go... remember a mate of mine had one...... cool!!

 

Hello

That's a good site. I used to have one of these



Steve.

 

Ah Grifters.. mine was an early dark-red metallic jobbie.. very cool.

Others who had them used to bend the mud flaps down over the tyre to make a "brrrrrrr" noise (until they wore out)

Being the very sensible person my Dad was, he bought an extended rear mud guard so that I didn't get mud all up my back..

I think the Grifter was one of the earliest bikes with almost non-existent mud guards.

Despite LOOKING like an oversized BMX, the damn thing weighed a ton.. it wasn't until I was older (I had it from age 8) that I could pull a proper wheelie. 2nd gear was yellow.. but never used that.. went from first (blue) to third (red)

 

Ooohhhh wow! That site of Scoobychick's - it mentions 'Flight Deck' as well. Land the Phantom on the aircraft carrier. Another one of the toys I used to have...

 

anyone have an evil kenivil?

 

What a class site Sal Have a look at the Hai Karate page LOL

 

Hai Karate - Wasn't it Valerie Leon who played the femme fatale pursuing the heavily-mustachio'd goy wearing said aftershave?

Pains me to admit it, but there's still a bottle of Brut aftershave in my house.

 

May be wrong here, but I remeber having a Super Flight Deck, which IIRC used to snap so frequently... great fun when working though

 

Flight Deck was the earlier version. Super Flight Deck was a bit more advanced 'cos you could launch the jet as well.
Both are mentioned on the site Sal found.

 

Just seen the T.C.R. - me and my sister used to have one of those, great fun

 

TCR? - Is that Total Control Racing? Always wanted one, ended up with a Scalextric set handed down from one of my cousins...

 

I have a boxed tomy turbo racer
The porsche thing with gear lever etc

 

I had a few of these with different road layouts but you couldnt really follow the light and drive on the roads could you; apart from around the perimiter?



Evil Knievel; Six Million Dollar Man and Flight Deck were classic games; if only the fecking string didnt keep breaking...

Simon

 

stretch armstrong was my fave, never did manage to tear mih in two

 

steer n go.... bet mine is still in the loft.. i had it witha a Renault 5 car!!!

 

Anyone any idea what this toy is called im tryin to describe......???

It was a motorbike that was air powered...you stood it on its own plinth,and pump it up with like a chunky bike pump that was built onto the plinth,you released the bike with a small lever on the base..

If anyone any idea..or where there is one available???..

Heres hopin..

Oh it was a fair few years before the eveil kneivel thing..

 

Yikes, look at the colour of that carpet.

 

I've still got the Stylophone in it's box And a Hot wheels superfast track with booster! Those connecting bits were really too tight for young hands

I had a Raleigh (sp) Commando It was really pants.

F

 

That's 'Nan-carpet' I think mine has something similar in her flat but in grey (plus the odd tea stain, at least that's what I think it is )

 

Id like to point out that I skanked the picture froma web site! I honestly dont remember what happened to these; even though I had three of them!

I always wanted one of those helicopters on a counterbalanced arm; where you could hovver and pick things up; I nealt bought one in Makro last year actually; but it was pony.....

Simon

 

Jesus! I thought no-one would remember Steer n go! I found one on e-bay ages ago but didn't bid on it. Went for about £15 IIRC.