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I recently had the chance to play around with one of those little £9.99 radio controlled cars. They're about the size of a walnut, really amazing and great fun if you have two on different frequencies.
During Christmas I was also able to sample the new James Bond Scaletrix sets while round at a friend's house. Their son wanted me to have a go and I found myself getting annoyed by the linear racing around a track with a single groove for each car and the one button for speed.
Thinking about both of these together, wouldn't it be a much smarter idea for the toy companies to take the technology for these radio controlled cars and use them on a similar track? You'd need larger track space and bigger borders, but it would be so much more fun to weave in and out of each other, having control of the steering as well as the speed.
This kind of things seems so obvious to me that I can't believe the toy companies haven't thought of it yet. Good though Scalelectrix was in the 80's, it's really old technology, relying on a metal strip to provide power to the cars. I hope by the time I have children (and therefore a more valid excuse to buy toys) they will think about my suggestion and create something much better.
I'm sure that there are other toys that could be advanced to make them better. What about those lightsabers? Ever since I can remember them (and I had one way back in the early days) they've been bits of plastic that glow from the bottom. Surely there's a way of making sliding fibre optics that will automatically zoom out to simulate a real lightsaber action? How about barbie dolls that can't stop talking and get moody every month? (maybe not).
Transformers are still on the market, I found out the other day, but what if they could be made to automatically transform? They'd be so much better. How about using that laser tag technology for toys as well, GI Joe and other action figures could have real battles with full battle sound. You could tell if your infantry had been hit by a tank or another soldier.
Of course, consoles give us versions of all of this on our screen, games are great that way, but they'll never replace toys. So I'm still holding out hope that the toy companies can change some of our old favorites and make them better for a new generation.
During Christmas I was also able to sample the new James Bond Scaletrix sets while round at a friend's house. Their son wanted me to have a go and I found myself getting annoyed by the linear racing around a track with a single groove for each car and the one button for speed.
Thinking about both of these together, wouldn't it be a much smarter idea for the toy companies to take the technology for these radio controlled cars and use them on a similar track? You'd need larger track space and bigger borders, but it would be so much more fun to weave in and out of each other, having control of the steering as well as the speed.
This kind of things seems so obvious to me that I can't believe the toy companies haven't thought of it yet. Good though Scalelectrix was in the 80's, it's really old technology, relying on a metal strip to provide power to the cars. I hope by the time I have children (and therefore a more valid excuse to buy toys) they will think about my suggestion and create something much better.
I'm sure that there are other toys that could be advanced to make them better. What about those lightsabers? Ever since I can remember them (and I had one way back in the early days) they've been bits of plastic that glow from the bottom. Surely there's a way of making sliding fibre optics that will automatically zoom out to simulate a real lightsaber action? How about barbie dolls that can't stop talking and get moody every month? (maybe not).
Transformers are still on the market, I found out the other day, but what if they could be made to automatically transform? They'd be so much better. How about using that laser tag technology for toys as well, GI Joe and other action figures could have real battles with full battle sound. You could tell if your infantry had been hit by a tank or another soldier.
Of course, consoles give us versions of all of this on our screen, games are great that way, but they'll never replace toys. So I'm still holding out hope that the toy companies can change some of our old favorites and make them better for a new generation.
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I recently had the chance to play around with one of those little £9.99 radio controlled cars. They're about the size of a walnut, really amazing and great fun if you have two on different frequencies.
During Christmas I was also able to sample the new James Bond Scaletrix sets while round at a friend's house. Their son wanted me to have a go and I found myself getting annoyed by the linear racing around a track with a single groove for each car and the one button for speed.
Thinking about both of these together, wouldn't it be a much smarter idea for the toy companies to take the technology for these radio controlled cars and use them on a similar track? You'd need larger track space and bigger borders, but it would be so much more fun to weave in and out of each other, having control of the steering as well as the speed.
This kind of things seems so obvious to me that I can't believe the toy companies haven't thought of it yet. Good though Scalelectrix was in the 80's, it's really old technology, relying on a metal strip to provide power to the cars. I hope by the time I have children (and therefore a more valid excuse to buy toys) they will think about my suggestion and create something much better.
I'm sure that there are other toys that could be advanced to make them better. What about those lightsabers? Ever since I can remember them (and I had one way back in the early days) they've been bits of plastic that glow from the bottom. Surely there's a way of making sliding fibre optics that will automatically zoom out to simulate a real lightsaber action? How about barbie dolls that can't stop talking and get moody every month? (maybe not).
Transformers are still on the market, I found out the other day, but what if they could be made to automatically transform? They'd be so much better. How about using that laser tag technology for toys as well, GI Joe and other action figures could have real battles with full battle sound. You could tell if your infantry had been hit by a tank or another soldier.
Of course, consoles give us versions of all of this on our screen, games are great that way, but they'll never replace toys. So I'm still holding out hope that the toy companies can change some of our old favorites and make them better for a new generation.
During Christmas I was also able to sample the new James Bond Scaletrix sets while round at a friend's house. Their son wanted me to have a go and I found myself getting annoyed by the linear racing around a track with a single groove for each car and the one button for speed.
Thinking about both of these together, wouldn't it be a much smarter idea for the toy companies to take the technology for these radio controlled cars and use them on a similar track? You'd need larger track space and bigger borders, but it would be so much more fun to weave in and out of each other, having control of the steering as well as the speed.
This kind of things seems so obvious to me that I can't believe the toy companies haven't thought of it yet. Good though Scalelectrix was in the 80's, it's really old technology, relying on a metal strip to provide power to the cars. I hope by the time I have children (and therefore a more valid excuse to buy toys) they will think about my suggestion and create something much better.
I'm sure that there are other toys that could be advanced to make them better. What about those lightsabers? Ever since I can remember them (and I had one way back in the early days) they've been bits of plastic that glow from the bottom. Surely there's a way of making sliding fibre optics that will automatically zoom out to simulate a real lightsaber action? How about barbie dolls that can't stop talking and get moody every month? (maybe not).
Transformers are still on the market, I found out the other day, but what if they could be made to automatically transform? They'd be so much better. How about using that laser tag technology for toys as well, GI Joe and other action figures could have real battles with full battle sound. You could tell if your infantry had been hit by a tank or another soldier.
Of course, consoles give us versions of all of this on our screen, games are great that way, but they'll never replace toys. So I'm still holding out hope that the toy companies can change some of our old favorites and make them better for a new generation.
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