The full original track set would be quite collectible if complete, since it was the kind of toy that contained a lot of small accessories, some of which would have inevitably ended up under the couch or in the vacuum cleaner. Today, these buggies aren’t too hard to find, and are worth around $50 each, unopened. This is certainly the case with the R/C versions. Although I think there’s little doubt the original, more realistic ones – with roll cage, headlights and a spare tyre on the roof – remain the most popular and sought after. Later versions of these buggies would tend to follow the style of their R/C big brothers, moving to more sleek and aerodynamic buggy shapes (the Aero Hopper, etc). Pictured on this page is one buggy, new and unopened, and there’s something really great about the action drawings and colour used on the packaging for these kinds of toys back in the 1980s – loads of colour and retro graphics.Īs you can see, even the back of the card was filled with information, offers and a parts breakdown – the kind of effort not many toy manufacturers would go to these days. I never actually owned this slot car set at the time, but along with the original R/C Turbo/Jet Hopper itself, it was one of the truly iconic buggy-related toy products of the 1980s.
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