Friday, April 17, 2009

Ideal 1976 Evel Knievel Catalog

By 1976, Ideal Toys was coasting a very powerful wave of having one of the top selling toys in the country. Evel Knievel was a household name and despite announcing his retirement twice in 1975, returned to jump buses and he attempted to jump a tank full of sharks (inspired by Jaws, another Ideal toys license) which kept his name in the public eye and on Christmas wish lists.





4 comments:

Dancin' Homer said...

"The hairy monster has him trapped in Skull Canyon" - sounds like a sexual euphamism, I just can't figure out for what

Retro Hound said...

All I ever had was the bottom line Evel and cycle. I always wanted all that other stuff too, but never got any of it.

chunky B said...

I had the Scramble Van and the die cast X-2!

John III said...

I was just too little for it when they came out. I saw other kids have them, but they were older, I was only 3 or 4.

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