In 1961 Deluxe Reading followed their 'Man in Space' toy set from the year before with the Deluxe 'Playmobile', a battery-operated* car dashboard affair, complete with turn key, engine sound, working horn and wipers, turn signals, a push and slide button console, adjustable visors and mirror, et cetera. All the play item required then was a passenger or two.
That's where my sister Angie came in...
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| Deluxe Reading Playmobile |
"Watch out for that tree," she cried! "You're taking the turn too tightly! Slow down! We're all gonna die!!" How Angie relished playing the part of my front seat passenger, a nervous Nellie, hysterically grabbing and clinging to me for her life's sake, impeding my ability to drive! I hadn't even turned on the ignition, before she began strangling me, much less shifting the gear out of "park"!
"Oh no, there's a chicken crossing the road!"
My mom well remembers how beset this luckless driver was by my over-the-top, overwrought sib! It was one of her favorite recollections, especially my ending up having to call out for rescue from Angie. Who knew, how terrifying a drive could be, having never even left the kitchen table!
*It took six D cells to power the device!
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