This
week at Flashbak, I remembered Marx Toy’s Green Machine.
Here’s
a snippet and the url (http://flashbak.com/hottest-ride-town-remembering-marxs-green-machine-60649/)
“In
the year 1977, if you were just too big for a “Big Wheel,” there was only one
alternative: Marx’s The Green Machine.
Selling
for just under twenty dollars, this pedal-operated hot rod had adjustable
bucket seats, “hug the road
tip-proof-design,” stick-shift controls and as per-size mag-style wheel
with a honeycomb design on it.
It
was the perfect ride, according to promotional materials, “for guys 8 9, 10 years old who really know
how to ride.”
Hopefully,
it was for gals who knew how to ride too.
Other
ads described the Green Machine as “mean,”
and the “ultimate in low-slung style and
performance” with a “low center of
gravity…”
Please
continue reading at Flashbak.
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