For some reason, this was one of the best toys ever. It consisted of a replica Evel Knievel with his bike and a red box with a handle. The rear wheel of the bike plugged into the box and turning the handle spun a flywheel inside the box which made both very cool revving sounds and spun the rear wheel of Mr. Knievel's bike.
Once you'd got the screaming revving noise of the thing as high pitched as you possibly could you pressed and button and the World's greatest stunt cyclist was unleashed! In the adverts he did wheelies, zoomed across the floor and sped up ramps to jump over a line of toy buses.
In your bedroom, however, he turned a quick half circle before falling over, ran straight into the wardrobe or fell over immediately and lay there wiggling about as the rear wheel spent its momentum and whirred to a stop. I'm not sure why but the Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle is still very, very cool and one of the best toys I ever owned.
I remember the cool girls at school having the toy of Evil Knievel's sister, Derry Daring, which came with a pink motorbike and helmet and also did stunt - but obviously no where near as dangerous as Evel Knievel!
Do You Remember Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle?
Do You Remember Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle?
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Anonymous
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Oh man,just discoverd the Evel stunt set in our local toy shop,Had to buy for my 4 year old son.Brings back so many memories,Owned for 2 days and he has not seen it yet,I will let him have it soon honest !
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pjs420
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one of the must-have toys of the 1970s. every kid had one or knew someone who did. they were awesome.
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SilverHighJump71
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The greatest toy ever made. I am a major collector of the original toy's and have some of the newer releases as well.
The Derry Daring Stunt Set was made by Ideal Toys and was the EXACT same thing as the EK Toys, except the decals and of course the figure was different. The bike was the same as Evels. Also You didnt push a button on the energizer to release the bike, You revved it up a few times and stopped and it would take off like a bat out of Hell. Here is a link started by a good friend/collector, called the Evel Knievel Toy Museum. You can see every EK and Derry Daring Toy produced by Ideal. To the poster that said her Dad worked at Ideal Toys, we would like to hear some more stories of Your Dads job. I would also like to write a book and find out more info on the original EK Toys from the 70's. Z. F.
Here is the link.
http://www.majorhealey.net/ektm/Toy%20Exhibit%20Main.html
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Anonymous
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Hi there! Yes to answer you there were a few diffrent suits made for Evel Knievel.They were in Boxed sets and also there were carded figure sets. The most common with the action toys is the white suit you have which i think is the best anyway. Make sure you go to the EK sites above they are excellent like this site.
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Anonymous
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my husband still has his evil figure with removable helmet and bike, just stationary tosy though; however, evil's jumpsuit is red...everything else I see online he always has a white suit. Anyone know why this is>??
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Anonymous
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The Evel Knievel stunt Cycle brings back so many great happy times of my childhood. I used to get my friends over with there evel knievel toys and we would make ramps and jumps and our own stunt shows which were brilliant fun. I even had my mum make me an Evel Knievel suit and customed motorcyle helmet when i was 9. I have been collecting a lot of the original toys as well as the new ones they are just so much fun and the toys are superb. The lady Lisa who's dad created them for ideal was a genius.Thank you sir. My sons and i now do our own Stunt shows one of which is on You tube. I love this do you remember site its excellent.
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Anonymous
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SOME OF THE GREATEST TIMES IN THE MID TO LATE 70'S WAS WITH MY TOYS, WHICH WERE ALWAYS BIKES OR RACE CARS. I HAD TWO EVEL KNIEVEL STUNT CYCLES, THE STUNT CHOPPER AND LATER ON THE ROCKET CYCLE WITH THE LIGHT UP JETS. MY DAD AND I MADE MASONITE RAMPS AND USED TO MOVE THEM FURTHER AND FURTHER APART TO SEE HOW FAR WE COULD GET EVEL TO JUMP. I HAD ALL THE POPULAR 70'S TOYS LIKE MEGO, IDEAL, SCALEXTRIC, MATCHBOX AND OTHERS, BUT NOTHING MATCHED THE EXCITEMENT OF OLD EVEL, SO MUCH THAT NOW AT 36 I'M BIDDING ON MOST OF THOSE PARTICULAR TOYS I HAD SO THAT I CAN KEEP THOSE MEMORIES ALIVE AND KICKING.
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Anonymous
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i was scared whenit happened. kinda cool though:)
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Anonymous
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Oh man,Just discoverd the evel Knievel stunt set in our local toy shop,Had to buy for my 4 year old son as it was my best toy ever in the whole wide world back in the 70's.I bought it 2 days ago and will give it to him soon HONEST! Iam just bedding in the rear tyre for him.
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Anonymous
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My dad, Henry Nemeth, was one of the designers of the Evel Kneivel toys at Ideal Toys in Hollis, (Jamaica) New York, in the 1970's! We literally had cases of the motorcycles, cranks, and Evel Knievel figures! I mean, like 20-30 sets! He was always looking to better the mechanism, and always testing them. We loved it! Then we had tons of Debby (or was it Derry?) Daring dolls as well. Does anyone have any links to Ideal Toys? Also, I believe he got to meet Evel when he came to into Ideal. Then, we got to go see the Snake River jump on a special pass at what I think was the Nassau Colisseum. It was a live broadcast, and I remember how exciting it was that we got to go. I have awesome memories of my childhood, and all that we experienced having a father who designed (research & development) toys for Ideal!
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