Invention Thirteen: Gearstick Toy

There was a toy that I greatly enjoyed as a child. I have never seen it since. It was a board with a gearstick mounted on one side. With the gearstick, one drove toy cars around the board -- along roads and in and out of garages and so on. OBSERVATION: It worked with magnets and (I suspect) a scissor arm underneath the board (pictured). Since then, rare-earth magnets have come along, which are much more powerful. For this reason, I would think that one could create a much more interesting board, with two or three gearsticks, additional features, and co-operative or disruptive players. You read it first on this blog.