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- From: roger@wrq.com (Roger Fulton)
- Subject: TYCO Super Duper Double Looper
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.215431.481@u.washington.edu>
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- Organization: Walker Richer & Quinn, Inc., Seattle, WA
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- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 21:54:31 GMT
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- Anyone else out there give/get a TYCO Super Duper Double Looper
- slot car set for Christmas? I got one about a month ago for my 4
- yr old son for this Christmas, and I've been impatiently waiting
- since then for Christmas to roll around (my wife claims that this
- gift is at least as much for me as my son; she may be right!).
-
- Last night (Christmas eve) I set it up so that my son could wake
- up to it this morning. Everything on the set works great EXCEPT
- the Upside Down Jump (UDJ) part. I was up until 3 a.m. this
- morning trying to get the technique of jumping the UDJ. I
- re-checked the assembly to make sure that the exit/entrance ramps
- were positioned correctly (they were). I tried slow, medium, and
- fast approaches to the UDJ. I tried to follow the instructions
- exactly regarding the negotiation of the UDJ. After playing
- around with this for about 4 hrs, I made the jump only *3* times!
- I'm not THAT uncoordinated! Also, my wife made many attempts
- over the UDJ, and was no more successful than I. So, my son has
- yet to see this set, because I want it working well before I give
- it to him (it's not much fun to have to replace the car on the
- track each lap after it crashes on the UDJ).
-
- So, my questions are:
- (1) If you have this set, are you able to consistently jump the
- UDJ? If so, how?
- (2) If you have this set and have not been able to consistently
- jump the UDJ, what have you done about it?
- (3) Can the track be reconfigured to a simpler layout, like a
- figure-8? I have some concern about this, because I suspect
- that the entire track must be used to provide a proper load
- to the power supply.
- (4) Could the UDJ be replaced with a piece of flat track? Such a
- piece of track would have to have a bit of a jog in it to
- mate with the rest of the layout.
- (5) I bought this set at Target. Does anyone know what their
- return policy is regarding items that cannot be completely
- disassembled to pre-purchase state (for example, I can't
- remove the orange labels, and their are pieces of the set
- that are not made to be disassembled.) My hope is that
- Target has an unconditional "Satisfaction guaranteed or your
- money back" policy. I'll be calling them myself tomorrow to
- see what they say, but I'd like to know what others'
- experiences with them are.
-
- Thanks in advance.
-