space hoppers

[shilton dipper]

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End of Summer School Term staff party.............a few empty bottles of vino on the table and..............about 10 members of the teaching staff having space hoppers races on the school track...........entertainment value...........priceless

[Richard1978]

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Yep that's the one

That looks a bit like one of my cousins when he was young.

[The Low Country]

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I remember them as hoppity horse and hoppity hop. Same thing?

Hop Balls - Hippity Hop Balls ? Jumping Balls For Ages Group 3 And UP ? Adult & Child


Space hopper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I don't know them by those names but I also remember Ridaroo's/Rideroo's. I think they were made by a different company and the difference was they didn't have a face on the front and the handles weren't two ears/antenna, instead they were joined with a bar across the top making what looked like a square handle to hold on to.

[Hooper68]

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Like this one?

Yep that's the one

[rjroggie]

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I remember them as hoppity horse and hoppity hop. Same thing?

Hop Balls - Hippity Hop Balls ? Jumping Balls For Ages Group 3 And UP ? Adult & Child


Space hopper - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[The Low Country]

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Are you sure? I thought it was the other way around. I saw an original in Town a while back, and was shocked how tiny it was

Definitely. The ears must have been about 6/7 inches long and the SH musta been a good 2 ft in height - a lot bigger than the one I got from Argos 4 my daughter.

[sixtyten]

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More than Likely. I think it must have be underinflated
(the Spacehopper, not my bum. That's still full of air)

[Heather74]

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perhaps your bum got bigger

[sixtyten]

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Are you sure? I thought it was the other way around. I saw an original in Town a while back, and was shocked how tiny it was

[The Low Country]

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Saw a space hopper just like the one in the pic, brand spanking new for sale in a shop in Springfields Shopping Centre. Sorry to say I didn't ask the price but the originals were far larger than the one I bought for my daughter about 8 years ago.

[sixtyten]

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Like this one?

[Hooper68]

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My sister had a Rupert the bear space hopper

[sixtyten]

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[Marine Boy]

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...considering it didn't help - but rather hinder - getting from A to B...

This was certainly the problem I recall having. They took quite a lot of effort to 'ride' and I never really got the fun element that I'm sure was supposed to accompany the experience! Having said that, they are an iconic toy and one of many that produce happy memories for me of great times.

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but space hoppers? For one, it seems a little odd to be bouncing up and down on a big orange rubber ball at the best of times, and considering it didn't help - but rather hinder - getting from A to B, it could be labelled a bit pointless.

I don't think there's a red-blooded male anywhere who would agree with you that watching nubile young girls bouncing up and down on space hoppers was "a bit pointless"