Today we journey back to 1973 to witness the birth of one of the hottest toys of the 1970's the Ideal Evel Knievel line! If you you were a child in the mid seventies there was no way you weren't aware of this toy.Visit us at Plaid Stallions.com
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I had both that one and the chick in pink
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The EK stunt cycle may very well the greatest TOY ever made. Sure the figure was feminie looking, and a bendy. BUT for sheer enjoyment, there is nothing quite like cranking up that "energizer" and letting Evel fly across tile floor and up a homemade cardboard box ramp. And if he landed without crashing, that was just iceing on the cake.
I had the stunt cycle as a kid, and my parents got me the Playing Mantis reissue when it came out. I still get it out and reve it up now and then.
Chris
God did I love this hours and hours of fun with this and I even had the extra outfits...This is one of My Grails
Museum Super Collector
God how I loved that toy. It was virtually indestructible. Of course, it inspired me and my friends to jump our bikes over crude plywood ramps .. and right over the handlebars.
A Therefore Experience
Exactly. Don't get me wrong, I loves me Megos of course, but I'd have to say that the EK cycle was the greatest toy that actually did something. I have very fond memories of the thing......Originally Posted by Earth 2 Chris
Hey! I posted on this a couple of months ago!
"Do you believe, you believe in magic?
'Cos I believe, I believe that I do,
Yes, I can see I believe that it's magic
If your mission is magic your love will shine true."
Did someone say VIVA Knievel??
I Love the movie!! I Love the toys!!
I only had a chopper without the energizer and one EK with white suit and one red race suit EK figure growing up. It was a pain haveing to push the chopper on the ground to rev it up, my mom would never buy me the energizer for it.
It was always a treat to use my buddies so I could make it go right.
Here is some of my EK collection. This is a very old pic of my collection. Some toys I nolonger have and some them are new ones.
I've got a bunch of boxed ones now. I also have almost all the new EK toy reissues todate as well.
This is my second love to Megos and AT Gi-joes!
Lynn
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