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What is this late 60s ride-on toy called???

W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
edited 2009-07-06 22:34 in General Discussion
Here is a YouTube Video of an interesting omni-directional hand powered vehicle that very closely resembles a toy that I played with as a wee tot. I remember riding this plastic Big Wheel alternative in El Paso, TX and thought it was just about the greatest thing ever. It wasn't mine though. I have never seen one since I have been wondering for years what it was called. Anyone know?

Rich H

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  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-07-02 18:07
    " Bigtot " ? Or was that a tricycle?

    Speaking of old, fun, but-slightly-weird toys, anyone remember the giant (2.5 foot) rubber ball with a big round handle? - you'd sit on it, hold the handle, and bounce down the sidewalk like a maniacal kanagroo !

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  • Chris SavageChris Savage Parallax Engineering Posts: 14,406
    edited 2009-07-02 18:14
    Is this what you were referring to? I think I had one of these or my little brother or sister did...I do remember them.

    http://www.coolest-toys.com/200811/classic-toys-krazy-kar.htm

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  • W9GFOW9GFO Posts: 4,010
    edited 2009-07-02 18:20
    Thanks Chris! That's it! The name "Krazy Car" doesn't ring a bell but I wasn't even in preschool yet so my reading probably wasn't that great.

    Rich H
  • CounterRotatingPropsCounterRotatingProps Posts: 1,132
    edited 2009-07-02 18:26
    And I found mine:

    the "hippity hop"

    http://images.google.com/images?q=hippity+hop

    (and it's not the bizarre hampster looking creature [noparse];)[/noparse]

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  • mirrormirror Posts: 322
    edited 2009-07-02 22:07
    W9GFO said...
    Here is a YouTube Video of an interesting omni-directional hand powered vehicle that very closely resembles a toy that I played with as a wee tot. I remember riding this plastic Big Wheel alternative in El Paso, TX and thought it was just about the greatest thing ever. It wasn't mine though. I have never seen one since I have been wondering for years what it was called. Anyone know?

    Rich H

    The unit was only missing two commands: Pen Up and Pen Down

    Humand powered LOGO.
  • $WMc%$WMc% Posts: 1,884
    edited 2009-07-03 07:09
    FlowRider

    I liked the Big wheel when I was a Little Kid. 2 or 3 years old?
    Many Moons ago!


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  • LoopyBytelooseLoopyByteloose Posts: 12,537
    edited 2009-07-03 16:43
    Gee... I am too old for all of these. My earliest wheeled toy, it was a little red wagon - circa early 1950s. I wasn't allowed to have a Flexi-flyer due to city street traffic. Later, I just made a skateboard with one steel wheeled roller skate split in two and a 2x4. Those steel wheels were murder as they had no traction on corners.

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  • kwinnkwinn Posts: 8,697
    edited 2009-07-03 18:09
    That was an amazing video and toy. Were those magnets on the rim to keep them together? I bet today's kids would love it.
  • hover1hover1 Posts: 1,929
    edited 2009-07-03 18:18
    W9GFO said...
    Here is a YouTube Video of an interesting omni-directional hand powered vehicle that very closely resembles a toy that I played with as a wee tot. I remember riding this plastic Big Wheel alternative in El Paso, TX and thought it was just about the greatest thing ever. It wasn't mine though. I have never seen one since I have been wondering for years what it was called. Anyone know?

    Rich H
    Kinda reminds me of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B0M8Ylt5xM

    I assembled hundreds of these for my friend that now owns the patent, when he had·large orders. He sells·a few thousands of these each year.
    Original design was done by a Boeing engineer.

    Jim
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2009-07-03 21:04
    W9GFO,

    I'm trying to remember the name.· Dang it.· I was a little too old/big for one of those.· But, the chassis was bright yellow and the wheels were red and had a white swirl on the outward face.· [noparse][[/noparse]Wasn't 'krazy kar'.]
  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2009-07-05 02:33
    PJ,

    I found this by doing a Google image search for Krazy Kar...

    http://www.timewarptoys.com/gallery.htm

    and http://www.timewarptoys.com/krazykar.jpg

    Maybe that was it, but it didn't seem right to me either. But this looks like what I remember...

    Also, see this...

    http://www.feelingretro.com/toys/Ride-On-Toys/krazy-kar.php

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    Whit+


    "We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths." - Walt Disney

    Post Edited (Whit) : 7/5/2009 2:47:25 AM GMT
  • PJAllenPJAllen Banned Posts: 5,065
    edited 2009-07-05 22:39
    Whit,

    The pic at feelingretro.com looks like "it", but I think the name's right off.
  • sylvie369sylvie369 Posts: 1,622
    edited 2009-07-05 23:36
    PJ Allen said...

    W9GFO,

    I'm trying to remember the name.· Dang it.· I was a little too old/big for one of those.· But, the chassis was bright yellow and the wheels were red and had a white swirl on the outward face.· [noparse][[/noparse]Wasn't 'krazy kar'.]

    That's how I remember it too. The "Krazy Kar" is definitely not the one I remember.
  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-07-06 02:36
    There was also a Whirly Wheels, made by Quantum Toys in Seattle.

    -Phil
  • skylightskylight Posts: 1,915
    edited 2009-07-06 22:34
    CounterRotatingProps said...
    And I found mine:

    the "hippity hop"

    http://images.google.com/images?q=hippity+hop

    (and it's not the bizarre hampster looking creature [noparse];)[/noparse]
    They were called space hoppers in the UK

    http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=space hopper&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wi
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