Evel Knievel 1973 Stunt Cycle Vintage Toy by Ideal
DID YOU HAVE ONE ?
If you were a boy growing up in the seventies, most likely you were an Evel Knievel fan. The greatest daredevil of all time. His death defying motorcycle jumps were legendary and his toys were no different.
This was the toy that started it all, and the one that damn near every boy born between '69 and '79 had in his toy box. First released in 1973, the set contained three pieces—the cycle, the energizer, and Evel himself.
The cycle was a surprisingly good replica of Evel's tricked out XR750 stunt bike. Each bike was powered by Ideal's gyro powered motor, which had failed already in a handful of other projects before Ideal put it in a motorcycle and slapped Evel's name on it. The first generation toys had a sprung front end and a lot of chromed and painted parts, which made them pretty nice. Over the years, Ideal cut down on the chrome and paint to save costs, but the bikes maintained their solid sculpt.
The energizer was a big plastic bit with a crank on one side that powered up the bike's gyro motor. You just set your bike in the energizer, cranked it up (I assume we can all hear that noise now in our heads), and the bike would fly out of its own accord to perform death-defying stunts. Or, you know, fall over in a few feet right before it went over your meticulously plywood and brick ramp. The cool thing about the energizer was that all the successive Evel Knievel toy bikes (and things like the funny car and crash car) were powered the same way, so you could fit everything Ideal released into your energizer for more hair raising fun.
This is a video link to the original advert for evel
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My neighbour had one as a kid. I was only a baby at the time though.
We need a time machine to go back in to time and get all the toys keep them boxed and not open them all and then travel back to 2023 and put them all up for auction 😂 would be a multi millionaire now .
Yeah. There were obscure toys that disappeared off of shelves very quickly.
Defo I can think of many toys that people would of forgot about over the years.
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