My great grandpa gave me one of these when I was a young kid in the late 80s early 90s. This reminds me of him 😢. I miss him!!!

I guess the game has its flaws in terms of difficulty yes but it's kinda mesmerizing the visual effect of the car and the road in perspective, sort of fake neon 3D for an 80s toy (and I clearly see why it can cause problems in people with motion sickness).Super complex internal mechanics, you are quite an expert at that, great restoration work Randi !

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, and it is neat... just not that much of a game.

Omg, when you opened that case full of gears…😵‍💫

Oh my gosh thanks for posting this my cousin had one of these when I was a kid and we used to fight over it! Before and if you could not afford an Atari this is what you had for hours of arcade fun 😂

Man those crunchy creaky plastic sounds during disassembly take me back!

Uh, love that "A Fish called Wanda" reference. I remember when I was a kid one of my friends had one of these. And he tried very hard to convince me that it was some kind of actual high-tech computer game - I was not convinced, even at the time.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

It's neat, but not all that fun.

@adamwishneusky

3 жыл бұрын

“What was the middle thing?”

@christo930

3 жыл бұрын

At least one person has completely gutted one of these and made it into a mame machine for Outrun. There is a youtube video of it. They did a really good job.

you are the best at old mechanical gaming laptops.

I had this thing as a kid. I recall that I didn't spend much time with it due to the screen having a kind of milky opacity to it that made it hard to notice obstacles in time to react. A high score felt more dependent on the luck of the draw rather than skill. But I always thought, and still do think that the overall design is pretty sweet and had more fun using it as a controll panel for cardboard box spaceships and such.

I had a knock off a Tomy Turbo when I was a kid. Great video.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen several of those.

That brought back memories I had one these when I was a little kid.

My cousin and I got these 1 year for Christmas, my Aunt would allow us 1 present each on Christmas eve and my parents and his were all excited to hand us these things all wrapped up and pretty. They were dumbfounded how we were back to Lego 5 minutes after, one of the stupidest toys I ever got was this thing. $75-100 today? You got took lol Sorry but you did. Great videos as always ;)

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't get taken... I didn't pay shit for it, and I got a video out of it.

I had more fun watching this rebuild than I could ever have playing the game.

You molded a new gear just like that? Impressive!

I remember I was looking at it drooling in the toys store 😂😂😂🤩🤩🤩

Nice! Thanks for the memories! I had one of these when I was a kid. My mom could not afford the mini arcade that I wanted at the time (Pac Man, Galaga, Donkey Kong, Centipede, etc..) so she got me this. Brought back alot of memories! Thank you!

That toy looked so big when I was a kid!

One friend has one of these, one day he forget it at my place and i tried to "repair" it. It has pop-up headlights, it was in '88, i think.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that one was one of the knockoffs. Might have been Playtime, or Playskool.

Ah, Rani, you should have a link to your TOMY Digital Derby repair. That racing one was way better and you did have to move up and down in gears. Way better/harder than this one. lol.

As a kid I played with this am the time. Loved switching the gears. Just bought mine on ebay in original box with manual....watched this in case I needed to do some repairs.

I had the version with the screen right behind the wheel. It's so much smaller than I remember though! Guess everything seemed bigger as a kid. I remember finding the package before my aunt had a chance to gift wrap it, but she convinced me it was a replacement dash and steering wheel for her car -- which I bought, hook line and sinker as a clueless 5 year old! lol

amazing how you make parts like that.

One of my cousins had one of these. His father took the metal noisemakers out, though.

Thank you for the video Randi. This toy is a case of presentation over substance. I would like to see some more of the clockwork powered toys and amusements restored but whatever you decide to do is always welcome.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

I have several of them coming. Some really good ones too.

I remember having a game similar to this. I loved games like this.

I was in a local antique shop today and there was one of these in excellent condition with its box, the box was battered though. The game had batteries in it so I played it for a while. The price? £40. Don't know what that is in Texas steaks or whatever the local currency is. There was also a large robot in a box complete with all its remotes and stuff but I didn't check that out as I had to go and do stuff. I do need to go back to the area within the week so will take a look.

@RandiRain

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting... Let me know. And the Texas currency is cow patties.

In England we can send stuff through the mail with batteries in it. We can't send perfume though if it has been opened and even then it's restricted to a maximum of 3 per parcel.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

I think you can here too, it just has to be declared and it has to go ground.

I love this type of engineering, very nice video

I had this when I was a kid. Loved it.

you are the master mold maker for sure. I keep wanting to try my hand at that kind of casting and mold making but its pretty intimidating to me.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it's also not cheap. But if you start with just one piece dump molds, it's pretty easy. It only gets complicated when you have multiple pieces to the mold. If you ever need any help, I'm here.

@JessHull

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain oh wow thanks for teh offer! I'll defiantly message you when I build up the confidence to try! if you check out my channel you'll see I keep various secious of native Californian ants. and always wanted to use resin and molding techniques to make better formicariums for them.

Not only that they mailed the item with batteries, but they mixed brands. You're never supposed to mix battery brands

I recently bought the Tomy Digital Daredevil and I’ve been keeping an eye out for one of these too. They are a bit pricey. I’ve started collecting Tomy toys recently and have gotten some pretty cool stuff. Really takes me back to my childhood. I wish I had taken better care of those toys when I was a kid.

@RandiRain

2 жыл бұрын

They are pricey, but they are constantly coming up for sale. Hold out. It's not that cool any way. Get the Space Turbo. Kind of the same thing but better.

@darkknight1938

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain Just watched your video on the Space Turbo. You’re right. That is way cooler and looks like more fun. I would like to get that one instead. The way you refurbish all this stuff is really amazing.

god, i had a knockoff of this toy when i was a kid, enjoyed every minute of it

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there were a few different knockoffs.

Ah man! I had one of these when i was kid! Then i would hop on my big wheel after!

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

The Big Wheel was probably way more fun.

@steveazusa

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain hahaha yeah until the plastic tires would get ruined

Another great video.... hope you are keeping safe...sane and well :)

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you... Trying to stay safe.

7:00 "Well I could either find this and wait for it from China, or... " just casually casts a gear> Love the vids Randi: entertaining and informative! Keep it up!

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Not waiting over a month for China, that's for sure.

I got this particular model as a kid. Had a lot of fun with it. 😁

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Was it more of just something to play "driving" with, more than it was a game?

@mekagoenlaputahostia

4 жыл бұрын

Randi Rain well, it had some sentimental value for me. I got it as a gift for my 10th birthday. But like you do on this video, I had a lot of fun taking it apart and putting it together again, just to see its internal mechanism 😁

So...The game's a dud. But it's still a cool working mechanical dashboard.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

It is cool, and I do like how it bends the image to look like the road is curving.

I can imagine a short .gif loop of this becoming the universal symbol for "rail game".

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

What's rail game?

@valkasolidor6727

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain Sometimes the term is used for action/shooting games where you are forced through a predetermined path without options.

It’s still amazing how all the gears do so much....

Nostalgia.😃

6:25 ! Wish I’d watched your video before repairing mine over the last couple of days. Reassembly of that box of cogs was not an enjoy process for me neither. Nice job there 👍

@RandiRain

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, there's a tricky section on this one.

8-hour Tomy Turnin' Turbo gameplay video when?

Very interesting

I remember wanting one as a kid, glad I didn't get one now! :) sell it on Ebay :)

Still got mine and its going to Bury us all it's built like a tank this one.. Though I'm flirting with the idea to find a busted one and some how turning it so it can play outrun... This would be out of this world!!!!

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

I've seen people do similar stuff with them. Expensive mod. Even broken ones cost a bit.

@001lightyear

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain and you would though that it only took an emulator and a couple of switches... But still worth it if you ask me!!! ❤️❤️

@NeilsNonsense

3 жыл бұрын

I have two of these and did the OutRun conversion with one that was beat up and not working well a couple of years ago. There are videos of it on my channel if you're interested. And Randi's correct in that it's an expensive mod. Someone asked me so I made a spreadsheet of the major parts I used at today's prices in UK. Although parts are probably cheaper in the US than the UK, and there's maybe a better/cheaper way of doing it 2 years later! Anyway the sheet is here: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Uf4W9DAKV3ttlyNbwkHlAqCAiWeGwCRp_-BqvFyH9G8/edit?usp=sharing

@001lightyear

3 жыл бұрын

@@NeilsNonsense amazing stuff!!!!

@NeilsNonsense

3 жыл бұрын

@@001lightyear Thanks, I'm glad you like it. Despite the cost, it was something I just had to do!

Oh em gee!! Those things are so NOT cheap, unlike those batteries that were shipped in it, lol!! Love the movie reference 😂

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, no kidding.

Can't play video games anymore. Over time motion sickness got worse and worse until it took me sometimes hours to recuperate. Only games like candy crush and jewel quest are safe. Yay! Think I couldn't play this turbo thing very long either. Too bad it's easily beatable. Limitations of a repeating track. Otherwise it's decent enough.

Maybe if you pulled the motor and hooked it up to a Dremel it might be a bit more challenging for ya, Randi :) Thx for the cool vid!

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

That would be funny. Or just add more voltage until the motor fries.

You are so fun!

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Chapeau

You got a very nice brain Ms Rain 🧠

@RandiRain

Жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly

cool!

After all that work THAT's what the game play is like? I'm old enough to remember when Pong was innovative. I assure you this "game" would've been laughed at. It's value is due to rarity because anyone nostalgic over it probably rode the short bus to school.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Considering my birthday was yesterday and I turned 49, I agree. Digital Derby is way more fun than this.

@cvbabc

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain Happy Birthday Randi!!!

@cvbabc

4 жыл бұрын

You don't look a day over 47.... Joking.

@K_C_Oaks

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain happy birthday!

@Gappasaurus

4 жыл бұрын

Merry Birthmas Randi 🥳

Do you know what size the electric motor is? I took mine apart and the motor just gets hot and doesn't spin so I figure that is what's wrong with mine

@RandiRain

2 жыл бұрын

No idea, but you should be able to take the motor apart and clean it.

Liked and subscribed.. Did you have to re-lube the moving parts? If so what do you recommend?

@RandiRain

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. From what I hear, and I don't always use it, but supposedly it's lithium grease. But really, I use whatever I have.

@RetroDawn

2 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain Did see you use any grease in this one though. Did you perhaps off camera?

Could you fix the cracked gear just by supergluing it together?

@RandiRain

3 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't last. Super glue doesn't actually bond to nylon. There isn't much that does bond to nylon, which is what the gear is made of. You could glue it, it could hold for a little while, but it will just break again. It would last long enough for you to get it back together and have to take the whole thing apart again.

I HAVE ONE IN GREAT SHAPE. LIGHTS UP BUT NO SOUNDS AND MOVING. WHATCHA THINK

@RandiRain

2 жыл бұрын

If you can hear a motor turning, but nothing is moving... Gear is split. If you can't hear the motor, it's probably gummed up and needs to be cleaned. And there's probably split gears.

I see why it’s a bit expensive on eBay. That’s some heavy mechanics in that white box

What is the black resin you used.

@RandiRain

Жыл бұрын

Smooth cast onyx fast

@mrslopez137

Жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain thank you so much for replying. I’m going to try to find it on Amazon.

Awesome sauce

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

😋

I have one turns on and motor runs but dose not go into gear ⚙️

That think is crazy.

I had one of these but was given away to church.

ohh sht !!!!! i had that when i was a kid !!!!!!

Unik

@RandiRain

3 жыл бұрын

Terima kasih

The seller must be a genius shipping 4 dead heavy D cells in a toy. Have you thought about casting more gears to make available to other collectors? Probably not enough money in it to make it worth while.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

I just make them on request. If someone wants one, I will be happy to make them.

@Dzonemp

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain That is mighty nice of you. I don't work on this kind of thing, but I really enjoy your show. I'm more electronics, radio, video, and video games, that kind of thing.

wow you find stuff that I had as a kid.. I had something like this , don't know if there are variants or if only this one existed

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there were several knockoffs of this thing. At least three that I know of.

@farerse

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain well I'm from Scandinavia so I don't know if "Tomy" was the one sold here

Ever lot of mechanical 'smartitued' :) ; however, not easy to really see how it's working ("crash test " or the latteral sliding of the drawing drum for example..)

Feels like some cars are missing. Especially on the right side :) Is it still broken or really that simple?

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

The images are on the drum that spins. That's all there is.

@SauronsDad

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain Thank you for this info, Randi. Well, then the game design is an epic fail indeed :) Love Your channel.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

@@SauronsDad Thank you very much.

You didn't show how the collision detection works on this one.

My car won't go, everything else works😢, used cheap batteries is that it?

@RandiRain

Жыл бұрын

Doubt it... Most of the time it's a cracked gear.

@mcalislr

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Randi. We took it apart watching your vid. No cracked gears. My husband thinks the throttle gear isn't going up and down like it should. Any ideas? And you didn't say what a bear the white case was to align back up LOL😂.

Epic!

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@AlexanderWeurding

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain When playing it feels like the movie "The Thirteenth Floor"

@GoldKingsMan

3 жыл бұрын

Alexander Weurding Ya cause it eventually stops right at the end (border)

I’m no gear head. But I’m aware a tachometer is often referred to as a “tach”. Never heard it called a “tacho” before. Pretty sure that’s what’s sold at the local bar on tuesdays.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

I didn't even notice that. It's a toy from Japan, and when I was in Japan I saw a t-shirt that said "Happy Merry Christmas". So they don't have a strong hold on the English language. But I do love a good tacho, but I am from Texas, so of course I do.

@TachyonDriver

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain Hi Randi. Late to the party on this one, but tacho for tachometer is in use over here in the UK. These mechanical "video games" are fascinating, thanks for doing what you do!

Holy shit do nothing and turn in a score of 69...hella yes! My favorite. Why does this remind of Randi? kzread.info/dash/bejne/pK6N08GglJvLiaw.html

Wait... You've got a federal law that prohibits mailing devices with batteries inside? I kind of get the logic behind it though.

@RandiRain

3 жыл бұрын

i think you can mail them, they just have to go ground.

@BeautifulAngelBlossom

3 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain Only thing i think are Electronics Devices that like phones and MP3 players and Laptops where batteries have to come can be shipped by air .

Can you do me a gear as well😂

@RandiRain

6 ай бұрын

If I knew where that mold was. But I tend to make them "hot", which means it goes off fast, but the rubber breaks down faster too.

its illegal to mail LITHIUM batteries,.aybe not regular ones.I

DISAPPOINTED! Yeah I still use that line for when things don't go to my liking. Haha It's K-k-k-k-Ken c-c-c-coming to k-k-k-kill me! Great movie. I remember the Tomy Turbo but I didn't have one. My cousin had one and I'm pretty sure I remember thinking it was kinda boring anyway.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

The hanging of John Cleese upside down out the window could be argued to be the funniest thing in any movie. That was one hell of an apology.

@X-Gen-001

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain It sure was. Classic John. That scene always reminded me of when he used to get in to trouble with Mrs. Fawlty. BASIL!!

Still got mine from the past, complete in box! ;-)

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

That's like gold if ebay is to be believed.

the just broke a federal law and you gonna tell? c'mon just stop it with these fixations.

I remember it going faster.

The electromechanical engineering is excellent, but the game is dreck

Thanks for the motion sickness!

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

You should see it in person.

Since we're getting close to the election maybe you could see if any president robots exist. Some viewers might misinterpret it as a statement for or against someone, so maybe that's a bad idea.

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that doesn't sound like something for me.

@cvbabc

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain Right. Just throwing ideas out there. I was also remembering that robotic arm sold by Radio Shack thirty yeaes ago, but it doesn't have any personality. LOL. Have a great day!

@rivards1

4 жыл бұрын

@@RandiRain Oh, like you wouldn't be first in line to tear open the Disneyland Robo-Lincoln!

You swore !!! 🤭

@RandiRain

4 жыл бұрын

Wait until you see the video of the robot I am fixing right now. Swearing has kept me from throwing it against the wall.

@bmontada

4 жыл бұрын

Randi Rain lmao!!! Hope you had a great birthday!!!