Damn, just awesome. You've been covering territory in the latest two Histories episodes that I haven't seen anyone else do, and doing them in a way that leaves little room for improvement. I feel your channel going from one amongst the greats, to edging ahead of the rest!

I had the stunt cycle when I was a kid in the 70's. I would make makeshift ramps and have Evel jump over stacks of books and rows of Tonka trucks. We 70's kids had access to some amazing toys!

The best toy I ever had as a kid. Back when things worked as advertised.

Glad I grow up in 70s...magic stuff...

Iconic is right. Anyone who was there at the time remembers Evel and his white star-spangled jump suit!

To Evel and Elvis...you both came along at a time when we needed you guys the most! Hurry back fellas!

Some of the first toys I can ever remember loving. The amazing thing was that they worked so well.

I love how you gave zero shits about launching him full beans into the closed door! Exactly how he was treated! Awesome vid.

It shows the love is strong when Toy Story 4 homages the Evel Knievel figure and Stunt Cycle set as the (Keanu Reeves voiced) Duke Kaboom. I had the Stunt Cycle, energizer and Evel figure as a kid, and I loved it, and me and my brother had fun devising stunts, including the famous "monster jump" (ramps either side of either our childhood cat Poppy, or our dog Reggie) don't worry, Evel made these jumps and didn't hurt either pet! Such fond memories, thanks for the video! My Evel met a sad end when we decided to do a "Mountain jump" (from the top of the stairs to the hall) and he flew off the bike, which then crashed into the hall table, at which point the front wheel assembly snapped off!

I had the winding bike stunt cycle i loved that guy as a kid miss those days

Evel and the 6 Mil Man were, by far, my most fondly remembered toys from my 70's childhood. Thanks for doing a great episode on each!

I had the stunt cycle when I was a kid. One of the most fun toys ever. A couple years later, a neighbor came to our house dressed as Santa and brought me the chopper. Good times, the 70s. I actually have a Christmas photo from 74ish, with G. I. Joe Safari Jeep set, Evel's chopper, a Big Jim "The Whip" and random other things. I was all in on action figures back then.

The stupid jumps I made when I was young ,I am lucky to be alive. God bless Evel Knievel! Thanks for posting my childhood passion and my hero!

The sound of the energiser from my stunt cycle is the one noise from my childhood that sticks with me to this day. I reckon he jumped a ramp sucessfully maybe 1 time out of a 100 and slammed into a wall or door the other 99. Good times! :)

Fantastic Tony! Evel was one of my childhood heroes. Like most heroes he was flawed and complicated. I have a Stunt Cycle and winder and Scramble Van. Great memories.

"Evel triumphs again!" Brilliant. Keep up the great work Tony.

I was born in'67 and the Evel Knievel stunt cycle was my favourite toy as a kid. Along with my yellow G.I. Joe helicopter from the AT line. The only problem with the stunt cycle was the crappy plastic they used to make the drive gear on the cycle with. The drive gear used a hard but brittle plastic. After a while the teeth on the gear would start to break off. Before you knew it entire sections of the drive gear would have no teeth. Evel's last ride was off the roof of my parents garage. If only they had used an aluminum gear instead of plastic.

My favorite toy ever he was my childhood hero miss those days thanks for the memories. Evel you helped make my growing up so much fun. lconic is the only word that works.

I had these toys when I was a kid and I enjoyed them, and wish I still had them

Evelyn Knievel was my biggest Hero, and Idle ever! I did grow up to jump motorcycles, and I've broken a bunch of bones too! Evel, you are so missed, and will never be forgotten.

Thank you so much Your videos bring me back to the days when life was free easy and fun when I just a little kid playing with my toys

Cool that you actualy play with it! :)) As a kid i had a friend because he had "Cracy Racers" from clipper. A US Stationwagon and a VW Bug with two ramps, powered by flywheel. You've had to hit each other in mid air, the cars were made to loose al parts, like doors, wheels, bumpers, hoods. Couple of years ago i found a boxed set. I was so happy when i found that set. Another childhood dream fullfilled. :)) I love those vintage toys. :))

Love those old commercials 👍 I have the chopper and Evel in his white suit. Another great video with loads of information 👍🙂 Thank you

Excellent video. I was born in 73 but my older brother made sure I knew about Evel and had a later version stunt cycle.

Wow. I had that stunt cycle when I was a kid!!!! Good to see it again

Evel was a hero to alot of kids. His personality was abrasive. But when talk US pop culture icons. Evel Knevial is there. Epitome of the motorcycle love affair culture that still rides today. Evel is a legend

Brought back lots of memories

Playing Mantis revived the EK line in 1998, along with another iconic action figure, Action Jackson, originally produced by Mego in 1971.

The Greatest toy i had..so much fun..

I had the stunt cycle as a kid.....LOVED IT!!!

My best friend got one I got a cowboy and Indian train set and a womble colouring book bummer great video great memories

I had the snake river canyon rocket cycle, and it operated about as well as the real thing did! My brother had the regular stunt cycle, and I was always jealous of him!

I had a ball watching my 4 year old's reaction to your episode. Teliving my childhood through my son's eyes awesome💖🇺🇸

I grew up in the 70's but never got this series. My neighbor and best friend did so we played together. But I was always envious because they were - and still are - one of the best toys of all time.

When toys were made to last I loved my Eveil Kanevil toys and honestly put them up there with the star wars line fantastic.

I owned the Chopper as a kid. I remember the Toy Department at a Department Store had set up a table and ramp for Evel Knievel. It ended up shooting off the table and going 10 feet along the floor, the parents watching bought the toy.

So many great memories

Thank you for another wonderfully informative video! As a product of the era, I can easily attest that the Stunt Cycle was one of the greatest toys of all time and certainly my favorite. My parents weren't rich but well off and they gave me some awesome toys! I had the Scramble Van, the Chopper, the Dragster, and a couple Stunt Cycles. The Dragster kinda lost it's appeal fairly quickly and although I loved the Chopper, it wasn't nearly as fast and the front springs didn't last long. Watching those commercials reminded me the most important thing in a child's development.....imagination. Sadly, imagination isn't encouraged or even needed with kids today as everything is already done for them in our movies and video games (not to mention some really goof-ball parents). Last point is Kenner's SSP "rip cord" cars and Smash up Derby set.....another excellent line of toys from the same era. Between the SSP's and Knievel toys, even some great action figures stayed in a box....they were that good. Thanks again for the memories!

"Utterly legendary" Nicely put . Couldn't have said it better myself. Evel Knievel was a household name. Wrecked many bikes in his honor.

My favorite toy as a kid was that stunt cycle. When you reach your fastest crank end by rotating backward once to super launch the cycle.

My favorite toy growing up!

What a great program about Evel Knievel. Thank you. Born 1965; loved and worshipped Evel Knievel. At the age of 10 In 1975, I was attacked by a man who flew into a rage and nearly killed me. The physical trauma from the attack and the psychological impact caused near lifelong debilitating obsessive compulsive disorder. While still very young and trying to recover from the attack, I played with my Evel Knievel Stunt Cycle Action set for countless hours, which helped me greatly cope with the anxiety. My KZfaq profile image seen just above is a young Evel Knievel.

Great video! I had some of those toys as a kid, man what fun! I had the bike, the stunt van, and the chopper. Great memories, thanks!!

I the stunt cycle for Christmas a couple of times. I loved that toy and him as a kid. Wreck many times jumping ramps as a kid because of evel. I remember getting that thing caught in my hair when I was little and that shit hurt and hurt having my grandma get it out of my hair. One of the coolest toys ever from a real life hero. My best toy ever even better than my lone ranger and six million dollar man. I also had webbel wobbles when I was real small someone commented on those and it reminded me of having them. My next best toy came along as evel wasn't around anymore after 77 then my mom took me and my brother and a couple of cousins to see star was then I got those for Christmas. Another cool toy I had for a minute because I lost it some how was the battle star galactic space ship with the pilot. But it was never as fun or cool as evel. I remember having a rip cord thing you could put in the motorcycles back wheel a pull it out fast and you could let it go and it would take off. I had the energizer as well. I also had the team America dirt bike in the 80's and it was like the evel kenivel toy but the rider on it was hard plastic and could not be moved around like the evel figure it was just molded into the riding position.

Clearly one of the greatest toys ever made. I own 2 reproduction sets. Also 2 8inch figures and 2 twelve inch figures in white and blue outfits. I also own 2 jackets , gloves , and a motorcycle helmet. My walls have various pictures , signs , and posters of Evel. After all we had a real life action hero not just comic book heroes.

Nothing like growing up in the 70's, and nothing like the Evil Kneivel jump cycle toy. I wish I still had mine.

I actually saw Evel do an in-store appearance at Toys R Us in the mid 70s!!

Great vid. That box art is brilliant, remember it well 👍🏻

Grew up in the 70s and I spent hours playing with this toy. Crazy but dust flew out of my ears just now watching this video. The toy commercial's theme music jogged memories of the tune!! Can't believe my mind still stored a part of this ad song. LOL.

About the only toy I do remember from my childhood 💕

I was a GI Joe and Six Million Dollar kid, my best friend had Big Jim and Evel Knievel. I fondly remember many hours of action and adventure with these toys in the mid and late 70's.

When you launched the motorcycle over the Scramble Van I about lost my mind! Such a cool toy set.

I am a 1970 baby and grew up watching Knievel every chance I got. Me and all the other boys in the neighborhood buitl all manner of unsafe and nearly deadly ramps with whatever we could come up with and tried to be just like Evil Knievel back then. I even had one of those newer AMF styled bikes in the mid-late 70's and even had my big Evil Knievel bicycle flag attached to the back wheel flying high throughout the neighborhood.

As a kid in the UK at the time I must say I never had one and I knew very few kids who ever did. A very recognisable toy all the same, mainly due to the intensive advertising. There was a persistent myth about these bikes that the adverts hugely exaggerated the speed such that they came off at more of a dribble than a rush and not fast enough to actually jump anything. I can see now that they were indeed pretty quick but the existence of the myth is kind of proof that many kids had no direct experience of the toy. Other Ideal toys such as Buckaroo! , Kerplunk, Shaker Maker and Mousetrap (the only one which you mention) were much more common here, plus my favourite Ideal game (and forerunner of Robowars ;-), Battling Tops.

They need to start remaking all the old toys from the past. Also remake the original boxes as well. Long live Evel Knievel & the 70's!

Lots of memories with this one. My brother and me shared a single Evel Knievel toy but the excitement it provided was big enough for the both of us AND our friends who came over to see the elaborate Stunt Shows we put together for him to go through. Great video, Sr. The BEST coverage of this toy ever made.

I was on needles and pins as a kid watching watching his televised Snake River Canyon jump. I had the motorcycle, Scramble van, and later had the rocket which looked nothing the Snake River rocket. These were some of the best toys of my childhood!

That stunt bike was an awesome toy, I never had one but my best friend did, many hours playing with that..... And then trying to recreate the jumps on my Raleigh Tomahawk!.... How I lived past 10 years old I'll never know! Lol 😂

This video captures the love I have for the Stunt Cycle, which, I received nearly 49 years ago to the day. I consider this the greatest toy ever made but I am biased. Certainly, the best video on the subject. Thank you so much for putting it together.

4:10 we were suckers for those kind of commercials. Also bought ricochet racers and crashem up derby with similar commercials.

I had the Stunt Cycle... it was great toy! Off the stairs, down a hill, across a parking lot.... got about three years of use and abuse out of it. Later, I got the Van, second hand from a relative.

The Stunt Cycle was a Christmas gift - lovingly thrashed as a kid (First Edition, since I remember how quickly the “chrome” pipes were scuffed off to be white). But my Evel survives (white jumpsuit version), and I still have the Scramble Van intact just as seen here (including accessories). A truly GREAT toy, and rare in that the point was to actually see how much damage it could take (just like Evel himself)!

It's amazing how high the noise floor is on these old '70s commercials. And this is what they sounded like because of their "money saving" ways of recording the audio.

Being someone who grew up in the 1970s and was a friend of Evel Knievel's later in his life this was a very good look into the history of his toys. Even though not everything you said was accurate it was still very insightful for those who don't know the legend of the EK Ideal toy line. Greatest toys ever made.

I had the turbo cycle as a kid. Rubber made sense. Hitting doors,walls who knows what else?! Lol! Really enjoyed this! Keep it up!

Fantastic video Tony. You did the toy's and the man himself justice!!

I just want to say , thankyou sooo much for doing this video Mr , much appreciated

I had one. Loved it, cranked it to my heart's delight. Why run him into the wall, rather make a day of it and do it proper: ramps, curbs, driveways basically emulating what's in the tv commercial. Well, anyway, none the less TY for the trip back to my childhood. Ahhhhh.

Memories 1976 Stunt Cycle👍👍

Great video! So nostalgic. We grew up in the greatest time!

The Evel Kenievel toys were without question some of the finest and most fun toys ever made. They just worked. Took a helluva lot of play and were solid. Even to this day you can't lay hands on the cycle and base and not want to spin it up. (Oh and a tip for Analog Toys from an old 70's kid. The trick for getting the vehicles to launch from the base without having to push them with a finger is to backspin the crank just a hair. As you are winding it jut reverse by a fraction of an inch and off it goes)

Remember it well. Love my Evel. He did many jumps in my back yard.

Got one for my 8th birthday in 1973. There were three of us on my street that had them and my pal Bill had the van and sky cycle. They were tough reliable and fun. And yes we also jumped our 20" bikes over everything we could think of. Even each other!

I'm a 80's child but I love the the trip back in time . I would of loved to play with this toy , or would play with it now

He was an absolute icon. I never really heard much of toys about Evel Knievel, at least until Disney parodied it

I remember living in the projects I had the stunt cycle with the crank. It was everything to me. .my cousins had one too. Brings back memories.

Simply, one of the greatest toys ever.

Before the Kenner Star Wars toys, I collected the Evel Knievel toys as a child. I had the figure with the white outfit, the motorcycle, the rocket, and the stunt stadium. I don't know what happed to them. When we moved in 1981, a lot of our toys vanished.

King of the Stuntmen, Viva Knievel!

I had the shirts i had the bicycle i had the scrambler van and stunt cycle and the Evel Knievel jet cycle too … thanks Evel for the great jumps and childhood memories..i Love motorcycles because of you and ride every chance i get!

Wow! I have to really commend you here. I had a LOT of these you mentioned and it bought back a lot of memories. Your research, details, and narration are really spot on. Thank you for this impeccable video you’ve posted. Will be watching for your next live chat.

Great video! My EK Stunt Cycle lost a fight with a passing car the day I got it. The plastic bike shell was destroyed but the bike still worked somewhat. I miss it to this day.

Excellent video! Thanks man I was a little little kid when this came out and I remember having the motorcycle set.

Man that was great - Much Thanx! The Evel Knievel toys were hands down the coolest of the 70's. Crank It Up!!!

That rrrRRRrrrrRRReVVVVV!!!! You are playing with my earliest memories!🙂 I was born in 1970, and had pretty much everything you just reviewed. This and Weebles (wobble but they don't fall down) are the first ad campaigns I can remember ever seeing. And this toy is truly King.

Super video and nice job filming this! I was born in 1966 and remember watching these toy commercials thinking..."How many takes did it...take!...to film the motorcycle tracking so straight." It was not that it could not happen but unusual. The interesting thing is that the stunt cycles were really an interactive stunt toy. I am guessing that not many survive today. I did not have one but a kid about a block away did and I remember seeing it in action. Overall, these toys were pretty interesting. Some toys in the 70s were really well thought out and led to the awesome toys of the 80s. Thanks for this walk down memory lane!

Excellent video - very well done!

Great Video and educational. I am always learning something new from your programs. Keep making more!

There actually was a reissue in the late 90's of the Stunt Cycle, I recieved one brand new in the box on Christmas of 97/98 I believe. As a kid from the 90s who grew up with the shift to Video Games taking over as the big toy for kids, the Stunt Cycle was my favorite toy ever! It really held up to alot of abuse. I was fortunate enough to have my father's Scramble Van complete in the box, so I would use it for my jumps. I'm glad they are making these again today, but I hear they break very easily unlike the originals.

Had a few of these in the 70s, but the cycle and choppa really struggled indoors on the shaggy carpet, so outside into the backyard we went; a much more viable arena!

Loved the noise the stunt chopper made when you wound it up, and the stunts it did on a dirt track.

i knew kids that had these stunt cycles and i was so jealous.

I had the Chopper and this Jet motorcycle...these were just awesome! Sometimes I even managed to do a full 360° turn with the Chopper after jumping over a ramp :-) ! BTW...you just have to abruptly stop turning the crank to let Evel go...no need to push him ;-) !

The stunt cycle and the Shogun Godzilla were in my top 5 toys of that time for me

I was a destructive kid. I set everything on fire including the scramble van. I put Evel in a body cast with plaster when my dad was redoing the walls at home.

Really enjoyed this Tony. Took me back to being 6 ,making ramps out of my dads soul records and watching Knievel live at Wembley.

I have to mention, whoever that narrator for the commercials is, he's the same guy to do the Sunbow G.I. Joe cartoon narrations and Hasbro Joe toys and a million other commercials. What a legend and I don't even know his name! But his voice is a great part of my childhood.

My favorite toys when I was a kid... Still have them, terribly beaten after 50 years...

I always wanted this when I was a kid, never did get one, but my brother's friend had one, and we got to watch him set up ramps and do jumps.

Mine died launching it from the top of the stairs! great video Tony :)