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Commentor Name:	Paul
Comments left:	Yep, I had this must have been about 1971, a present for Xmas. I was immediately fascinated by it. Was well into "building" type toys and anything sci-fi so this was perfect. It wasn't called "Grippity Gravity" here in the UK - mine was called something like "Spacelab 2000", it had the dark blue tracks with the toothed notches for the corresponding vehicle wheels to grip into - the front set were powered and notched, the back set smooth and just there to stop it falling off once upsidedown. My "set" included two of these vehicles, a space-shuttle shaped rocket with a red light-up plastic tail section and a round flying saucer type vehicle with a blue light-up tail. The cul-de-sacs worked by being powered by the vehicles themselves - the vehicle would enter the cul-de-sac, the power in the wheels would drive it around 180 degrees like a turntable, as soon the vehicle was free to move forward again (now facing back the way it had come) the spring-loaded turntable would spin back ready for the next vehicle. The central "junction" allowed you to connect four tracks in four directions, and again this would spin when a vehicle entered but ONLY if you switched a lever. Then you switched the lever back freeing the vehicle and thus choosing the track you wanted it to go down. I remember all this from 40 years ago, haven't seen the toy since - just goes to show what an ingenious and mesmerising toy it was. If there are toy design awards this surely should have won best of decade. Happy memories!
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