Random As Rhyme

When I originally got the idea to start the “Thing I always Wanted”  feature here on Random As Rhyme, one of the items I knew I would write about was this one. I wanted still want this item so bad it hurts, I almost more have a vendetta with it. One Christmas I asked for it, and after I opened all my gifts there was one surprise gift from Santa. I was over  joyed I knew this would be what I really wanted. I shredded the wrapping paper as quick as I could and was greeted by a globe. A friggen globe.

If the fat guy in the red suit was real he would have known that I didn’t care where Turkey was all I wanted was the Tyco Typhoon R/C Hover craft.

Thanks to X-Entertainment (which is an awesome site and one of the reasons I started this blog) I am able to  share with those of you that may have forgot, or have never seen the commercial that made me want this thing  more than pretty much anything else I can remember.

Ya I know, the volume is really low, but you don’t need volume to appreciate the action shots. What sane person would not be interested in driving this thing for five minutes let alone owning one?

None of my current remote control cars worked to well on sand, snow, or wet pavement, while the Typhoon could do all of this with ease, and look cool in the process.

I never encountered one of these hovercrafts on my block as a kid, which is good because I would have stole it from whoever had it no matter how dangerous and stupid.

Thanks to the internet though I have been able to track down a little bit of information on it. Like most things advertised back then it wasn’t quite as  amazing as it seemed. While it did actually work on all surfaces the battery didn’t last much longer than 10 minutes, and if the battery died over water it sunk.

Charging R/C vehicles in the early 90s was always a huge bummer,  especially when patience and attention spans were low. I bet a lot of R/C vehicles ended up in the backs of closets due to the inhumane 4 hour charge time of the battery packs.

Seriously think about that, four hours of charge time for ten minutes of use. How did we send people to the moon again?

Anyway lucky for  my wallet the  only one currently on ebay has a ripped skirt (so pretty useless) otherwise I would have already bid on it and mapped out a course in the pool at Lyndsey’s condo.

I have noticed though that there sure are a bunch of different remote control hover crafts out these days that I could probably pick up for not too much… hmmm maybe this something I have always wanted will turn into something I have.

This one actually kind of interests me, I have never seen a remote that works via twisting.

Until next time.