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12/24/2006 11:22:17 PM · #1 |
Been talking this evening of our favorite toys from our childhood and I remember one me and all my friends had, but can't for the life of me remember what it was called or what company made it. Google can't read my mind, so perhaps the collective intelligence of DPC can do better!
This was late 60s or early 70s. It was a car and came in many models, and it had one center wheel and a T-handled 'zip strip' - it had teeth like a gear and was fed into the car by the wheel - you then pulled the t-handle bit making the wheel spin and then set the car down and it raced away.
help me find out what this was called - please!
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12/24/2006 11:27:47 PM · #2 |
Mattel SSP racers.
I had the demolition derby set. |
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12/24/2006 11:32:13 PM · #3 |
| My borther and I had those as well, but I would never have come up with the name! |
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12/24/2006 11:36:06 PM · #4 |
| My memory is that it was mid 70's. I think they were called SST cars. More on this site, but wasn't able to find any images. |
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12/24/2006 11:39:55 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
My borther and I had those as well, but I would never have come up with the name! |
Damn... those were so cool. I remember getting cuts from those darned zip-strips, but that never stopped us from trying to out-do eachother!
SSP Racers
Amazing, Spazmo - i never would've remembered that either.
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12/24/2006 11:40:35 PM · #6 |
| I think that they were called SSP racers, made by Kenner. |
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12/24/2006 11:40:49 PM · #7 |
I knew you guys would come thru!
SSP, not SST as I (and others apparently) remember.
//www.bigredtoybox.com/cgi-bin/toynfo.pl?sspindex has a pic of one.
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12/24/2006 11:42:27 PM · #8 |
I left black rubber streaks with those across my mom's hardwood floors. I then had red streaks in a particularly uncomfortable place on my body :)
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12/24/2006 11:49:37 PM · #9 |
Found a 1 minute commercial from TV for them, 1972 vintage. Beware, there is a commercial in the beginning of the link.
//tesla.liketelevision.com/liketelevision/tuner.php?channel=422&format=tv&theme=toyland
Most everything is on the web!
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12/25/2006 12:13:05 AM · #10 |
| found one on ebay for sale :-), Hell I still have a few of them burried in attic |
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12/25/2006 02:42:05 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by Prof_Fate:
I knew you guys would come thru!
SSP, not SST as I (and others apparently) remember.
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Harummph. I'm taking my BigWheel and my vroom vroom RawPower and blowin' outta here with my pal, Stretch Armstrong... |
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12/25/2006 05:46:00 AM · #12 |
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyy I remember playing with those...I was always the Tomboy!! I was worse than the boys...and beat them at their games.
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12/25/2006 11:33:07 PM · #13 |
I loved those! Had 2 or three as a kid. lso the Evil Kneivel "zip" motorcycle jump set, and then the hand crankin one! OH YEAH!!
Message edited by author 2006-12-25 23:44:00.
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