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Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Oh great, lets set up the logs again.. · Spuzz · 2005-01-09
Pretty lame toy spiffed up with Batman effects (and a Phil Silvers lookalike?) to overemphasize the entertainment factor of this. I'm sure kids bored after 10 minutes of putting the barn together, setting up the logs, switching the tracks etc. I know I would have!
★★★★ · Batteries not included · Steve Nordby · 2003-12-07
What can you do with toy cars? Race them, smash them up, or make them do stunts and run into tiny plastic logs. The least exciting option is what this toy provides, which may be why you don't hear the name "Transylgram toys" today. The Batman TV-like "SmASH!" "WHEEE" "POW!" graphics provide an extra laughability factor.
★★★★ · Tricks and tracks? · RedAliCat · 2005-01-09
Funny, it says it comes with "tricks and tracks." Seems to me that the tricks only happen with the tracks; the car doesn't appear to do any tricks without said tracks. You're right, it is SO Batman!
★★★ · Bat-mimicry · JMA · 2005-05-21
The spot's pop-art "sound effect" graphics ("Crash!" "Pow!") are clearly influenced by TV's "Batman." But the most blatant swipe from the series is the little horn figure at the very end of the commercial (behind the "Wow!" graphic). It shamelessly mimics the "bat-spin" music that accompanied scene shifts in the Batman show. The dad in the commercial is of much slighter build than Phil Silvers, and while his glasses do make him look a little like "Bilko," that probably wasn't the intention. Perusal of period photos (and of contemporary shows like "The Munsters," "The Addams Family" and…
★★★ · A few comments · Thomas Anders · 2008-03-14
Transogram was an very successful toy company. Transogram was in business since 1915. Almost all the old doctor/nurse kits were Transogram. Checkers, Chinese Checkers, Bingo Games, Michigan Rummy sets, roulette sets, Green Ghost Game, etc were from Transogram. They brought out a very early board game, "Big Business" in 1935. They also made kids furniture. If you don't know who Transogram was, you have no idea of toy history. Trik Trak actually sold a lot of units. I have an earlier version that does not have all the stunts. The car still works fine, it was a well made set. For those that…