"Kenner" SSP

roddie Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:28 pm

The Hasbro "Gassers" thread made me reminisce about this favorite toy from my childhood (circa 1970) This was called the "Eliminator"!! (based on the "Laker-Special") It had a weighted gyro-wheel into which a gear-toothed "T-Stick" rip-cord engaged. They were FAST!
"Kenner" SSP Kenner10

Kenner made several different models.. including a set of "smash-up derby" cars that exploded on impact!!! I also had this set.

"Kenner" SSP Hsspsm10

Ken Cook Wed Aug 27, 2014 8:42 pm

Roddie!!!!!!!!!! my favorite tool of all times next to the Evil Knievel cycle. My fondest memories of the SSP. I still have a rip cord. I got that baby cranked up and stuck it in my sister's hair. I'll never forget that butt whooping. The grand finale however is when I broke my mother's ankle when it hit the baseboard and turned around and hit her. SSP's were banned in my house. I did have the Smash Up Derby and somewhere I still have a door. Ken

JPvelo Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:12 pm

My parents bribed me to learn how to read with the Evil Knievel motorcycle!

Jim

**Cribbs74** Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:37 pm

I had the "Tough Tom" and "Buggem" version of the Smash up Derby. Got it Christmas '81 or '82

I never had the Evel Kneivel cycle, but I have played with one and remember the hand crank. You had to get the launch just right or it would fall over otherwise.

roddie Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:47 pm

Damn Ken... that musta' HURT! The "Evil Knievel" motorcycle was an AWESOME toy!!!! These toys "DELIVERED"!! I can remember playing with them for hours.. day after day!

Yea Ron... there was a "launching-station".. and the bike had pins on the rear axle; that fit into it. "Crank it up with all your might.. and let her rip!!"

G.O. Stang Thu Aug 28, 2014 10:18 am

I had one that my dad had played with and gave to me! It was the Star Wars Van!
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sdjjadk Thu Aug 28, 2014 12:09 pm

roddie wrote:The Hasbro "Gassers" thread made me reminisce about this favorite toy from my childhood (circa 1970) This was called the "Eliminator"!! (based on the "Laker-Special") It had a weighted gyro-wheel into which a gear-toothed "T-Stick" rip-cord engaged. They were FAST!

Kenner made several different models.. including a set of "smash-up derby" cars that exploded on impact!!! I also had this set.

I remember those! I had a Zip Chord Racer but mine was a Beetle Bug.

Remember these?
"Kenner" SSP Evel-k10

I got one for Christmas one year and man did I have a blast with it until I launched it from my tree fort. It got some sick air! But in typical Evil Knievel fashion, the landing didn't go so well! Sad Goodbye

Shawn

batjac Thu Aug 28, 2014 2:25 pm

Man! I had all three of these when I was a kid living on the Naval base! I think of the SSP on occasion, but I forgot about the Derby and Knieval sets! Good Times.

The Nostalgic Mark

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