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There was also an episode of the popular kids TV show Blue Peter, where they showed you how to make Tracy Island. I believe that helped boost it's popularity.
by hi_hi 2y ago
There was also an episode of the popular kids TV show Blue Peter, where they showed you how to make Tracy Island. I believe that helped boost it's popularity.
- ChrisKnott 2y agoI think that was downstream to deal with the fact the real toy was expensive and hard to get due to demand. IIRC it was Blue Peter's most requested instructions ever. Quite a signficant public service by whoever designed that when you think about it.
- Symbiote 2y agoThe original instructions are online! https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/makes/tracyisland.pdf https://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/classic/bluepeter/makes/tracyisla... Via https://www.bbc.com/videos/c511wey54g4o https://www.bbc.com/videos/c511wey54g4o ("1993: Tracy Island - Blue Peter") The next video in the archive is about "this new thing called the Internet", from 1994 https://www.bbc.com/videos/czv20818q2no https://www.bbc.com/videos/czv20818q2no
- simonjgreen 2y agoThis was huge. Everyone in my class was trying to build it! It occasionally gets talked about to this day
- _joel 2y agoWith Anthea Turner, no less... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_iV7R8rTM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM_iV7R8rTM
- hi_hi 2y agoBack in the good old days, when kids had attention spans!
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- hi_hi 2y agoFor all those who didn't have the privilege of growing up as a kid in the 90's, this went viral before going viral was a thing :-) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UzWkEHOdZA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UzWkEHOdZA