Micro Machines

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Thought Micro Machines had left you for dust? Then think again. Not only are these nifty little toys still very much available to buy, but if you delve deep down the back of the sofa, you may just find one, as that's where they used to go missing back in the glory days.Micro Machines really were very small, measuring no more than a a few centimetres in length. And that was the appeal! You could easily sneak a pile of your favourites into school via your coat pocket. If you needed to transport more than that - for a trip to your friend's house possibly - there was a "lorry" available to buy in which you could park your Micro Machines. For those kids lacking in the imagination department (were you one of them?), you could also buy dedicated Micro Machine playlets. These included a factory and a racing test track playset, plus one that transformed from a truck into a jungle. Yep, the 90s was all about Transformers-esque changes.The range of toys was manufactured by Galoob (now part of Hasbro) in the mid-90s as the original scale component machines. You may remember the TV ad for the Micro Machines, which featured the talents of the world's fastest talker, John Moschitta Jr.It wasn't just cars that were included in the Micro Machines range, you could also get trains, fire engines, tanks, boats, aeroplanes, helicopters and motorbikes. For a while there were even Star Trek Micro Machines, Power Rangers, Indiana Jones and James Bond designs. And a more revolutionary move was the launch of the Insiders range, which featured Micro Machines with another, even smaller Micro Machine inside it, colour-changing cars that turned a new shade when they were left in the sun and models that made noises when you pressed them. Wowzers!Micro Machines withstood competition from other miniature marvels, including Hot Wheels toys and Matchbox models (which were larger). And for a while outsold their competitors to be the largest selling toy car line in the US. They even got chosen to cameo in 1990 hit Christmas movie, Home Alone. In the film, Macaulay Culkin's character Kevin releases loads of Micro Machines at the bottom of the stairs as a hazard to the burglars in his family home. And as most Micro Machine owners will be more than aware, stepping on one of these little lovelies was always enough to cause a few expletives and a tumble to the ground. Ouchy!

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[Richard1978]

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I had a few plus some of the playsets.

When I got too old for them they went to a school fair.

[Sly]

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I loved Micro Machines. I only ever had 3, they came in a special matchbox carry case and had the pull back and go system in them. My friend had hundreds of them though, loads of every vehicle imaginable.

Also, on a side note, could the person putting the OP punctuate the wall of text into paragraphs please? It's really hard work reading a massive wall of text, it wouldn't be the first time I've given up reading one of these posts simply because it feels like information overload due to everything being so close and packed together. Thank you.

[Retrogames]

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I always kind of presume the op cuts and pastes these from other sites, losing the formatting along the way?

Anyway- micro machines. They were going for a bomb on ebay a few years back for some reason. The megadrive games are classics, i've had kids at school playing on the 'shared pad' 8 player setup and honestly they loved it more than any HD modern £40 racing game.

[Heather74]

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I always kind of presume the op cuts and pastes these from other sites, losing the formatting along the way?

Nope they are taken from the main Doyourember website,then they are fed here... they are actually posted by members of the public just like here , the above one is quite long, it use to only feed the first few lines.

click the little more link and you'll see exactly what I mean

[Retrogames]

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There's a main website??? I've never ventured beyond the forum then! Ah, that makes so much sense, I was doubtful there was any sort of plagarism- this place is too unique- and that explains the article style of the prose as opposed to the forum style writing we'd usually expect here.

Well then op, as a teacher i'd say that to progress you reall have to think about setting your work out in cohesive paragraphs. Good, readable, original work but slightly hampered by the stylistic restrictions. Keep it up and you'll have that O-Level pass sewn up.

[mrgreedy]

Are they the ones you pull back to wind up and release?