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Subject: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: Rhiannon on 11/24/04 at 3:51 pm
Awesome toy! Why don't they make them anymore?
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: gord on 11/24/04 at 5:42 pm
how funny, I was just asking someone about big wheels a few weeks ago, I wasn't sure if they were still being made. I remember them as a kid in the early 70's :)
I'd like to know the reason too why they're not on the market??
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: JamieMcBain on 11/24/04 at 7:23 pm
how funny, I was just asking someone about big wheels a few weeks ago, I wasn't sure if they were still being made. I remember them as a kid in the early 70's :)
I'd like to know the reason too why they're not on the market??
Here's a website that may intrest everyone... hope it helps!
http://www.gearboxtoys.com/bigwheel.html
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: jayblaq on 11/25/04 at 8:58 am
Yes of course I remember mine! Classic!
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: JamesMcDone on 11/25/04 at 5:05 pm
I can't believe that they are back.
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: Howard on 11/25/04 at 8:08 pm
I think I remember having one when I was about 5 years old.
Howard
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: dinikid on 11/25/04 at 9:12 pm
I remeber an urban ledgend going around about Big Wheels. They said this kids front tire wore out (remember they were made of hard plastic) and a piece chipped off and lodged into his skull. Remember click-clacks? they were hard glass balls you banged together hahaha
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: Davester on 11/25/04 at 10:30 pm
Hey, wow! Forgot about these...
Big Wheels were the shiznik with my friends and I. Everybody had one of these although memories of my Big Wheel are more from the mid/late 70's rather than the 80's. Got mine at a Toys-R-Us.
Don't know about the urban legend but I do recall the thin plastic wheels wearing out pretty quickly after riding them on the pavement in front of the house, not cool...
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: AL-B on 11/26/04 at 3:18 pm
I loved that "spinout lever", which was that hand brake that would lock up one of the back tires and you'd spin out. Also, I remember we'd turn out Big Wheels upside down and turn the front wheel with the pedals and pretend it was an "ice cream machine."
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: MLB on 12/01/04 at 8:50 pm
yep, we raced ours(even tho we were "only" girls) up and down the sidewalk all year the christmas we got them. I think it was about 83? The majority of the body was all blue with I think yellow handles. We crashed and stopped fast quite often speeding too fast down the sidewalk that had a steep decent right into the street. usually tho' our condo'complex didn't get a lot of daytime traffic so we were alright.
Subject: Re: Anyone remember Big Wheels?
Written By: tracie on 12/07/04 at 1:09 am
I've still got my Big Wheel out in the garage! My husband wants me to throw it away, but no way! It's the pink and blue one. :) My front tire is worn all the way through.
ICE CREAM MACHINE - Ok, my sister and I used to put our Big Wheels upside down and play ice cream machine. WHY DID WE CALL IT THAT?! I mean, where does that come from? When I think of it now I have no clue why we thought it was an ice cream machine. Is it from something?!