OMG THANK YOU! I had one of these as a kid, but couldn't remember the name! We used to have competitions to have it go from the living room, out to the kitchen, through the table legs, and back again. I was 5 years old, and wouldn't have another programming opportunity until 3 years later when we got a C64.

Ha ha, I'm 42 and always wanted a BigTrak too. I finally bought one a couple years ago when they remade them. Sucks though it does not have the dump wagon accessory.

http://www.bigtrakxtr.co.uk/home

>My "real" professional experience started in 1987 with a contract to write a video game from a major publisher. >So yes, it's not hard for someone to have "more experience" than you in general programming.

Do you know how many people were doing that? you are way over estimating the amount of people in the world with your experience.

> over estimating the amount of people

You said "No way a 40 year old guy have more experience than me". To disprove an absolute statement you only need one example.

That said, a significant fraction of my friends from those days were doing similar things. I won't deny that I'm particularly good at programming, but all of those friends could also claim more experience than you.

My grade school had a Big Trak. Loved that thing. I saw there was a new version coming out that works with a phone app and thought about getting it for my great-nephews. But there's so many interactive toys out there like it I have to wonder if they'd think it was cool.