September 6, 2009
Mattel had the world by the tail in the 1960s and ’70s, introducing countless toys that came to embody the era. The V-RROOM! motor, a toy clip-on engine that made realistic sounds, was a huge hit, and prompted Mattel to expand on the idea. Soon they were selling complete V-RROOM! bicycles and their unique tricycle, [...]
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July 6, 2009
It’s a Christmas I’ll never forget, even if I don’t recall the exact year. It was in the early ’60s, I had only recently learned to ride my bicycle, and I got a “V-RROOM!” motor for my bike. The plastic V-RROOM! motor looked like a single-cylinder motorcycle engine, and clipped to the frame of a [...]
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