Anyone remember Grippity Gravity? A track you put together, and the "car" held onto the tracks and could go upside down, etc.?  I'd love to find these again--- I remember them from about 1973.                        - Andy

I remeber this toy also from the 70's and would love to find one again.  Good luck with your search, if you find more than one please let me know.

Thanks

I had one too!  It climbed up side down and had little red bubble light on top.  I've been looking with no luck.

i am also looking for a grippity gravity set as well, i can't believe it is so hard to find

According to my families photo albums, I recieved my Grippity Gravity on Christmas 1970.  I have never seen another set and I have spent a fair amount of time at auctions, swap meets and such.  I think part of the problem is, the track was fairly frail, it easyily broke at the connection points.  (and yes, I still have mine ::)  I have been working on casting some new track sections and bringing the old toy back to life.

I too had a Grippity Gravity. If memory serves me correctly it was made by Tomy. I remember it because my first name is Tom and I was amazed that my Christmas toy came with my name on it !

I remember my Grippity Gravity as one of my favorite toys.  The little blue nubs on the tracks always broke off and it got pretty wobbly.  I seem to recall a big contraption on the upper run that the car would get into and spin around.  Although I remember the blue track pretty vividly, the little teeth in the track, the round holes, the curves, all of it, for some reason I can't picture the car at all.  I don't even remember it as a rocket -- isn't that weird.

Does anyone have a picture or know of one on the net?  I'd love to see it again, I'm sure it would bring back memories.

Just in case the picture does not show in this reply. go to the following websitehttp://www.timewarptoys.com/gallery.htm , scroll down to the letter "G" you will find a picture link for Grippidee Gravidee.  It's a great website for 50', 60's and 70's toys.  Memories of the good old days.

http://www.timewarptoys.com/gripp.jpg

my sister and brother and myself still talk about "grippity gravity." What a cool toy. I remember it had a big loop in the middle and went upside down.

I remember having this toy. I must have had a later version from the one in the photo, because the track was all blue the cars were different looking (I remember mine had two cars that took 2 C batteries). The front wheels were gears and the track had a gear rack to obtain traction. All the pieces except the turn-around and the intersection pieces had the outer railing with an upside down "L" in it's cross-section to hold (grip) the car to the track even if the car was vertical or upside down.

I remember the following track pieces:

Straight piece (don't recall how many. I would say at least 4)

Turn piece - flat left or right turn. (4 came with my set)

Curved in - for changing from horizontal to vertical and back (don't recall how many. I would say at least 4)

Curved out - for changing from vertical to horizontal and back (don't recall how many. I would say at least 4)

Turnaround piece - dead end. There was a platform with a gear mechanism to turn the car around and go back the way it came from. (2 came with my set)

Intersection piece - This piece had a switch that could be turned on or off. If the switch was off (and the rotating platform was in the correct position) the car would go straight through. If the switch was on when the car got to the platform the car the platform would rotate until the switch was turned off and then the platform would stop at the next position, allowing the car to continue in the new direction. (1 came with my set)

Flip piece - This was a special piece. It had a platform that would rotate from a right-side up horizontal to upside down. Think of it as walking forward, doing half a cartwheel and then continuing forward on your hands. This was piece had to be placed with the track going to a turn-around piece. This was because once the platform flipped it stayed in that position, so the car had to go the opposite direction to return the platform to the previous position. (1 came with my set)

A cousin found several track pieces in someone's trash and gave them to me. This gave me some additional straight, turn, curved in, curved out pieces as well as one intersection and 2 turnarounds. :D

I had a lot of fun with this toy. One year I set up a track layout under our Christmas tree. When I got older I gave it away to my youngest sister's friend's younger brother (I would say he was at least 10 years younger than me). That is also what happened to my Hot Wheels collection. I don't know what happened to them since. I now regret not keeping both the Grippity Gravity and my Hot Wheels. :\'(

I've started a Gripidee Gravidee owners and fans group at  / http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GripideeGravidee/

hi i own a grippidee gravity in mint condition with its original box (not mint) does anyone know what it may be worth on e-bay?

regards

Ian horton




I remeber this toy also from the 70's and would love to find one again.  Good luck with your search, if you find more than one please let me know.

Thanks

I own  GRIPIDEE GRAVITY IN MINT CONDITION ALTHOUGH ITS ORIGINAL BOX IS A BIT DIRTY AS IT HAS BEEN IN MY ATTIC

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT ITS WORTH ON E-BAY?

REGARDS

IAN HORTON

[I OWN A GRIPPIDDEE GRAVITY DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT IT IS WORTH?

REGARDS

iAN HORTON