This is one of 4 sets made by Medicom in 2002. Each set featured a Lightcycle, a figure, and some third item.

Have I mentioned that I am a total TRON nerd? Oh man, I love that movie, and because I am an obsessive collector, I have to buy all TRON merchandise I can get my hands on.

This is one of 4 sets made by Medicom in 2002. Each set featured a Lightcycle, a figure, and some third item. This set (Set C) contains:

• Warrior with staff
  
  
• Recognizer
  
  
• Yellow Lightcycle
  
  

Yes, that’s right, a RECOGNIZER toy! How cool is that? The recognizer actually has two modes; flight mode and attack mode, where the legs come together to smash opponents. Medicom really pulled this off well. They even managed to make the parts of the toy look like they were floating by using a piece of clear acrylic to hold it all together. Genius.

The Lightcycle is equally cool. While smaller than the TOMY version, this Lightcycle still looks just like it did in the movie. The canopy is removable, but there is no seat for a figure. One cool addition is the addition of a motion trail. It’s a plastic piece that replicates the trail left behind the Lightcycles as they raced around the game grid.

The warrior figure is your average Kubrick. The sculpt and paint are great, and it comes with a staff.

I got lucky with this set. I stumbled upon it on a clearance shelf in a Tokyo Toy store for a measly 500 yen. Now I have to hunt down the other sets….

In 2002 NECA reissued the classic Tomy Red and Yellow cycles, along with a previously unreleased Blue Light Cycle.

In 2002 NECA reissued the classic Tomy Red and Yellow cycles, along with a previously unreleased Blue Light Cycle from the movie Tron. Each Light Cycle came with a figure and ripcord.

The cycles were identical to their Tomy counterparts. The only difference I can find is the copyright mark. The figures issued were of a lesser quality than the originals '“ the molds are not as sharp, and the plastic is not as glossy or bright. The cycle and figure are from new molds, not old Tomy molds.

There were 10,000 of each figure produced and 5,000 of each Light Cycle produced. A prototype of an orange Light Cycle was made, but the toy never made it to production.

The blue Light Cycle comes with a Flynn figure and disc weapon.

For more details about my love affair with Tron, please see my review of the original Tomy yellow Light Cycle

It was the summer of 1982. This was before my younger three siblings were born, so it was just my Mom, my Dad, my Sister and I. They took us to the theatre to see E.T. at the Showcase Cinemas in Lawrence, Massachusetts. I was nine years old.

I remember waiting in line while my Dad went up to go get tickets. He walks back to us and says there are exactly two seats left for E.T., so he also got two tickets to Tron. It was decided then that my Mom and I would see Tron, and my Dad would take my Sister to see E.T.

And with that decision, a lifelong obsession began. I fell in love with Tron, and to this day, it is one of my favorite movies.

At that time, back in 1982, my aunt was living in California, and when she called to ask what I wanted for my birthday, I asked for a Light Cycle. She got me one and to this day, she still tells me what a pain in the ass it was to find that toy.

I still have that Light Cycle today. Sure, it is beat up and missing the ripcord, but it was - and is, one of my favorite toys.

The Tron Light Cycles were made by Tomy in 1982. They released two versions '“ Red and Yellow; Red being harder to find. Each cycle was made of hard plastic and featured an opening cockpit and rip-cord action. You would insert a long ripcord into a hole near the rear wheel, and then 'œrip' it out. The heavy weight of the wheel made a wonderful noise, and made the Light Cycle act like a gyroscope. I remember placing that thing on the ground and watching it fly across the room; inevitably to smash into some appliance in the kitchen. No matter what I did to this toy, it never broke. Eventually the ripcord got brittle and cracked, but the cycle remained intact.

One of the things that made this toy great is that it looks almost exactly like it did in the movie. The only discrepancy is in the cockpit. In the movie, the drivers ride lying on their stomach, but the toy requires the figures to be in a sitting position. Any of the four Tron figures could fit in the seat.

In 2002 NECA reissued the Red and Yellow cycles, along with a previously unreleased Blue Light Cycle