Short informal YouTube video (uploaded by Kenny Keller) featuring two speakers who unpack and play with a 1973 Mattel Vertibird toy helicopter. The speakers joke and demonstrate flying/hovering the toy, mention that it was taken out of its box and that the 1973 Vertibird sparked interest in helicopters for at least one speaker.
Look who it is.
I got a little astronaut somewhere. This had a hook on it. And you go out and pick up the astronaut, bring him back over and put him on the ship. You're gonna fly into your foot, probably.
Okay, let me give it a daddy. Stop it. Seriously. I'm gonna give it a try.
Oh, yeah, baby. Oh, yeah. See that landing? More power. Less power. Ow. Hasn't been used in a long time. The control controls are a little sticky.
I can do it, people.
We drug her out of the box tonight after my little interview the other night. Talking about toys. Here we go. 1973 Mattel, most definitely. Now I'm for sure what hooked me on helicopters a long time ago. You're hovering a helicopter. Nice landing. Good job.
Now you try.
A little crazy right off the bat.
Okay, now you can go.
And you know what? That is ridiculously, ridiculously fun. Nice landing. That concludes our vertibird, 2011.
