Toy Ads That Time Forgot: Burnin’ Key Cars
The main reason I’m placing Burnin’ Key Cars in the TATTF vault is that this toy line was one of those toys I had as a kid that was just kind of there, and I never knew the actual name of until I found this ad. Bless you internet, one of life’s mysteries now solved.
This commercial features the usual mop topped kids with the token black child thrown in for good measure. It’s a pretty standard “kids going nuts with their most favorite toy in the whole world” milieu.
The cars were pretty neat, but they suffered one gigantic flaw. If you lost the key, the wheels would lock up and you were left with a toy car that was useless. Friggen fantastic. I held on to mine for years hoping that stupid key would show up. Nope, it went the way of half my G.I. Joe vehicle parts and Transformer guns, into the vortex of lost toy parts.
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