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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.wanted
Subject: Toys Wanted
Message-ID: <762@vortex.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 27-Aug-85 23:56:45 EDT
Article-I.D.: vortex.762
Posted: Tue Aug 27 23:56:45 1985
Date-Received: Fri, 30-Aug-85 06:15:49 EDT
Organization: Vortex Technology, Los Angeles
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As long as we're talking about toys... there are four items
I've been searching out for a long time:

1) "Mr. Machine":

   Strange mechancial man toy that rolled around and made noises.
   Clear plastic, all parts could be removed (gears, etc. -- made
   of colored plastic) without tools and reassembled easily.

2) "Hydro-Dynamic Building Set"

   One of the sets that was built up from red plastic interlocking
   girders.  This unit had all sorts of plastic tubing, siphons,
   valves, and one or two pumps so that you could build up complex
   simulated chemical plants and such.  Made by either Eldon
   or Remco ("Every boy wants a Remco toy... and so do girls!")

3) "Robot Commando"

   Large plastic robot.  Probably wouldn't meet safety standards
   today.  Rolled on two large hind wheels.  Controlled from a remote
   control unit at the end of a flexible cable.  Could be sent 
   forward, back, right or left.  Had a fake "voice command" that
   activated when you blew at a plate in the remote control.
   Arms could spin and shoot out little red plastic balls.  A nasty
   missile could be fired from his head (seriously! -- the head would
   open and this missile would shoot out.  Talk about a basing plan...)

4) "Mystic Skull"

   A "board game" of sorts.  A plastic skull drops to select the number
   of pins you got to stick into your opponent's plastic voodoo doll.
   (I kid you not).

I implore anybody who has any of these toys in their possession
and might be willing to part with them on some basis to
contact me!  Thanks.

--Lauren--
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