HASBRO 1969 Amaze A Matics The Brain Car Corvette

The AMAZE-A-MATICS toy was a finely designed, very fun toy which was comprised of the following items:

One of four futuristic cars

Pre-programmed cards

Blank cards for your own programs

Racing pylons

Instruction Booklet, as picture above

These program cards really did mechanically program your car to execute manuevers. Each car had two spring-retained levers that rode on both edges of the cards. One controlled steering, the other controlled the gearbox on the car. Depending on the depth of the cuts on the cards, the car's steering and forward/neutral/reverse status were changed. The car pulled these cards through its undercarriage via a roller system, and the car's control levers followed the edges of the cards.

The six pre-programmed cards came with each set, and their layouts were contained in the instruction booklet. You could also cut your own cards following instructions on each card very simply. When you knew how to program well, you could set your pylons up and have the car easily drive right around them and miss them completely. The car was pretty accurate, and if you were not abusive to it, would last a long time.

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	The Chevrolet Astrovette
	Here is the real 1968 Astro-Vette.  The original  was built in the late 1960s and is not seen or widely known about. Again Hasbro was right on target.