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eBay Find: A 1980s Dystopian Sci-Fi Truck From "The Highwayman" (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by nslatz@lemmy.world to c/sciencefiction@lemmy.world
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If you are old enought to remember this show, you now make noises when you sit down. As a ten year old, this was the coolest truck on TV, the trailer would split open from the top and there was a helicopter hidden inside.

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[–] nslatz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Link to article doesn't seem to appear, so here it is: https://silodrome.com/the-highwayman-truck/

[–] moitoi@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The base of this creation is a pushback tug used in the airport. They adapted it for trailers.

[–] xylene@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Ha! I thought that's what it was.

[–] rm_dash_r_star@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

I recognized the tug part right off. That's a lot of custom bodywork. These days they just CG stuff like that. Back then they actually had to make props. Sometimes they did a pretty poor job, but that one is high end. I'm actually old enough to have seen that show, but I don't remember ever watching it.

[–] cardboardchris@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

wow, I haven't thought about that show in decades. it was awesome

[–] nslatz@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if it would be as good today as a rematch, might be better left in our memories.

[–] stanleytweedle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Damn, I missed that show but for some reason this makes me think of a live action version of the cartoon M.A.S.K.

[–] Transcendant@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Damn, proper blast from the past. Had completely forgotten about the M..A.S.K toys I had when I was 3 or 4 until I read your comment, just looked them up on wiki.

Our parents could only remember their toys (unless somehow kept some), cool that we can just look it up online and see a full size image.