Spacewarp (toy)

Spacewarp is line of build-it-yourself toy rolling ball "roller coasters" first made in the 1980s. Users cut lengths of track to the correct size from a single roll of thick plastic tubing, forming curves and loops held in place by plastic track rail holders which attach to metal rods held vertical in a black plastic base. Steel balls roll around the track and on to a battery-powered Screw conveyor that takes them to the top to start all over again.

Sets

1985-1995:

• 10
• 15 (17,000mm rail, 8 base plates)
• 20
• 30
• 40
• I (11,000mm rail, 6 base plates, toothed lift)
• II (12 base plates)
• L (6 base plates, electric lights)
• Action 1 (windmill)
• Action 2
• Blue Wings (28,000mm rail, 11 base plates)
• Space Tree
• W (8 base plates)
• Black Wolf (20,000mm rail, 8 base plates, staircase, chimes, black plastic tubing)

2005–present:

Sets are assigned a complexity level of 1 to 8.

• Desktop (preformed plastic tracks instead of plastic tubing for rails)
• 231-1/Start (5,000mm rail, 3 base plates, Level 1)
• 231-2/3500 (9,000mm rail, 2 base plates, Level 2)
• 231-3/5000 (16,000mm rail, 6 base plates, Level 3)
• 231-4 (26,000mm rail, 9 base plates, Level 4)
• 231-5/10000 (32,000mm rail, 12 base plates, Level 5)
• 231-6 (60,000mm rail, 6 base plates, Level 6)
• 231-7 (16,000mm rail, 6 base plates, Level 7)
• 231-8 (40,000mm rail, 12 base plates, Level 8)

Accessories

Additional accessories include lighting kits, a staircase, bell ringer, escalator and more.

Knock-Offs

As with many popular toys, nearly identical counterfeit editions have emerged under the Chinese "Spacerail" brand.

See also

• Rolling Ball Sculpture

External links

• Spacewarp Mission to Mars huge spacewarp project with special effects and homemade parts (Dutch)
• Photo comic review of the Spacewarp
• Scott Dee's SpaceWarp Page
• Flickr: Bandai Spacewarp