Takara brings back the little cars that could
Japan, the world's leading hotbed of toy trends, is brewing another hot concept--except this one harkens back a couple decades. If you were a kid in the early '80s and toy cars were your bag, chances are you are familiar with Takara's Penny Racers (called Choro-Q in Japan). What set the stubby little cars with pull-back-and-go engines apart from the crowd when they were released State-side in 1981 was that they had a special slot in the rear, just big enough for a penny. The shifting weight of the coin enabled the car to pop wheelies and perform all sorts of unpredictable stunts, and they toy got real hot, real fast.
February 1, 2002
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