Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

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[Bamfster]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

Holy cow!...mine is in the basement with the mattel football, basketball and baseball. It's not in as good of shape but it still works like new. The days of sitting around trying for low ET with my friends.

[ls7gto]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

DUDE, I still have mine and it rocks . Did you know that if you have 2 you plug them together and race each other. Plus there is a way to CHEAT. okay, I mean bend the rules, it involves staging.....but I wont tell any more.
totally digging it, Doug

[ls7gto]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

SWEET JESUS
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[Biscayne]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

I've got two! I still have my old one from back in the day and I picked up one at a flea market
a while back. You mentioned that the sound was cool and loud, one of my friends got one with
a "muffler" on the back, it was a rotating section of the speaker grate that muffled the sound.
They came on the later versions and didn't sound as cool. They were great games!

[BangShiftChad]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

Holy shit the bed!!! I had one of these! Mine had the adjustable speaker grill (muffler) I loved this thing and would play it for hours. Mine disappeared sometime ago, but I want another one. If someone finds one I'll buy it. I don't know what with, but I will buy it. Wow, you suck for yet another reason Brian.

[tiresmoke!]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

Chad, being as we're roughly the same age, it bums me to no end knowing I had ZERO previous knowledge of this game.


For $385, I won't be getting familiarized anytime soon....LOL

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

Man this cracks me up. When I write some of these things I wonder to myself, "Is this the one that NO ONE is going to get?"

You guys ALWAYS reaffirm my faith in this place, so thanks for that. It rules that so many of you guys not only knew about this thing, but still have it! My favorite part is hitting the launch so perfectly you get that weird tire chirp noise.

My wife mentioned that I have managed to piss off wives across America with guys digging these babies out of their basements and stuff!

Awesome!

Doug...I'm REAL curious on the staging cheat.

Brian

[ksj1]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

Im cleaning the basement tomorrow!! I know there is one down there somewhere.If no one hears from me send a search party ;D

[Brian Lohnes]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

So when are we scheduling the Nats?


Brian

[fahrenschnell]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

Man....I missed out on that one.....Damn cheap ass parents.

Seth

[Freiburger]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

I was a bit too old for that one. But I had an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle!

[Scott Liggett]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

I remember that game. I wanted one too, but I got the Coleco Basketball game instead. Damn parents. I went through enough 9 volt batteries in it to light Chicago. Just another toy my Dad regretted buying me because of the noise.

http://www.oaktreeent.com/web_photos/Video_Games/Mattel_Electronics_Basketball_Hand-Held_Video_Game_web.jpg

[ksj1]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

I dont have one > I called my brother and my nephew was the one that had it. > Oh well,I dont have to clean the basement now ;D

[ls7gto]

Re: Tales from the Gearhead Toy Box: The Kenner Red Line

I was a bit too old for that one. But I had an Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle!

DF, Iam 43, and remember playing it in study halls in 10th grade, that was 1981.