Toyfair 1974: Ideal’s Evel Knievel was one of the hottest action figures going as this less than subtle ad from Ideal suggests, if you grew up in suburbia chances are you knew at least one kid with this thing.More Fun: 1975 Evel Knievel Catalog
Monster Squad was a 1976 NBC saturday morning series that married the classic monsters with the 60’s Batman series ( Stanley Ralph Ross who developed Monster Squad wrote 17 episodes of Batman).In a nutshell, Museum night watchman Walter (a pre Love Boat Fred Grandy) is an aspiring criminologist, his crime computer brings to life the […]
Ideal’s Evel Knievel was one of the most popular toy lines of the early 1970’s, by 1975 Ideal hoped to expand the line by adding adventure to it and of course bringing the girls in with Derry Daring. Click here to see the catalog.
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then Ideal Toys certainly was sweet talking George Lucas with their line S.T.A.R Team toys in 1978. Each action figure had a vaguely “galaxy, far, far away” look to them. Also included is Ideal’s electronic action figures Electroman and Zogg, enjoy.
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.Coming Next Week: Plaidstallions jumps forward to 1982
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