Pow-R-Trons, They’re Alive!
Produced by Ertl in 1985, the Pow-R-Trons were self-transforming robot toys that used a friction motor to drive them across the floor. Once the toy car ran into a solid object it flipped the trigger on the front of the car and instantly transformed and started driving in the direction that it came from. And there’s a Knight Rider-branded robot in the line (which I opened up this morning).
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I had one of these, that was a pretty fun gimmick.
@Mario – The one I opened today works okay. I think waiting 23 years after a toy was released before opening the box probably affects the mechanism in some way. (And dogs don’t help any.)
I so want one now!