BIG TRAK (US) or Bigtrak (Europe) was a computerised toy vehicle created by Milton Bradley in 1979. This six-wheeled tank-like monster came with attractive decals, a front-mounted blue photon beam headlamp and an integrated programmable keypad that remembered up to 16 commands which it then executed in sequence. The US version was moulded in grey plastic while the European version was white. A companion unit was sold separately – the Big Trak Transporter – a trailer which could be attached to the rear that carried and dumped loads in response to Big Trak’s pre-programmed commands. Big Trak was relaunched in 2010 by Zeon Ltd who produced replicas of the original.
US. FAO Schwarz catalogue 1980/1981
The Vintage Toy Advertiser 
Sure I remember seeing ads for this toy, looks great, bet it was fun to programme 🙂
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I never had one but remember the ads on TV. Can only imagine what our family cats and dogs would have made of that thing trundling across the carpet back then 🙂
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LOL yes! I bet that happened a lot! I remember having a remote control R2D2, it didn’t move very quickly, was fun tho, it made the bleeping sounds as well 🙂
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Cool. Would have loved a remote control R2!
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It was great, a bit clunky, but lot of fun. I drove people mad with it LOL 🙂
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Paul, was it this one? – this is an early French version by the Meccano company (hopefuly you can see the pic).
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YES! That’s the one, it was great fun R2 D2, the bleeping noises it made were quite realistic as well 🙂
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