This was way ahead of its time. One thing I remember that I did not see talked about here was that they provided (or maybe you could “send away for” ) a blank disk that they said you could cut yourself to make your own flight pattern. I know I am not making this up about the blank disk. Does anyone else remember that

Anyway, now that I found this i will send him the link and so boastfully give him a big “I told you so”

or as they say up in my neck of the PA woods… I will “chuv it down his troat”

Many people don’t know it cause it was far less known than the plane but the Mattel Superstar airplane had a brother car that used the same mechanism (or a very, very similar one).

What happened to me was probably that my father realized that I could have lost the plane too easily cause there was not a place near where I lived in which to fly it without it getting lost quickly on the roof of a house or something like that so he brought me the car instead.

It was called similarly, it was called the The Superstar Racecar if I’m not mistaken and it used a very similar rechargeable battery with electric motor unit just like the plane except of course that it was driving the wheels instead of the propeller. I remember the unit being yellow in color.

It used several yellow discs (4) just like the airplane. I remember clearly the 4 discs patterns, One was for straight driving (kept the wheels always straight), one made it go in perfect circles, the other one made it go around in an oval pattern and the last one had a pattern that completed a circuit too like the last two but was a bit more elaborated sort of like those simpler slot car track shapes.

It had a blue body (a color very similar to.. let’s say cookie monster’s fur) with a very beautiful shape and just like the plane it was its own design meaning that it wasn’t a scale car like a camaro or similar.

It had a totally black plastic part representing the car glass windows and if I’m not mistaken it had decals that were white, black and perhaps red too.

It had foam tires that were somewhat greyish and unfortunately were the weakest part of the design cause they were the part that got worn the fastest. Despite that they lasted long enough to have lot’s of fun with it and I remember it being quite sturdy cause it took quite a few hits without breaking and it was quite fast for a toy car.

I also remember that it had this peculiar electric motor sound, it was this rhythmic kinda high pitched whine when it accelerated that I never forgot: wee, wee, wee, wee, wee, whee, whee, whee, wheeeeeeeeeeeeee… it was very cool ja,ja,ja I loved it!

It was one of the best toys that I ever had and one I loved a lot as a child, I always remember this plane and the car with lot’s of nostalgia but those were good, good memories.

Sell it direct to another collector and have fun!