Kenner SSP Smashup Derby TV Commercial 1973

Included 2 ramps, 2 blow apart vehicles, 2 T strips and 16 replaceable pieces! Check out the rest from my virtual toybox! ^_^

[@bobbyferrell1010]

My dad actually drove one of the cars in that commercial. Think he got paid $50 and a couple of those toys. Kenner is a Cincinnati based company most famous for the original Star Wars toys. Apparently, many other big toy companies laughed at the thought of movie toys and this little toy company in Cincinnati ended up making a fortune.

[@TomSteele93]

You are a liar! No way your dad could fit in one of those cars. People will say anything for attention these days. ;-)

[@opusmax1]

It’s interesting because many toy companies would do TV series tie-ins, probably counting on a multi-year run.

[@GorillaApe]

My dad WAS one of those cars. @@TomSteele93

[@kg6qzx]

This commercial immediately takes me back to the early 70s when I was a kid, such a trip when you see/hear something that transports you back to a simple and innocent time in your life. Wow! I have two of these sets with all original cars and ramps including the boxes. The toys made by Kenner were well built and still work to this day! Toys were made to last. This is awesome stuff!! It was a lifetime ago but joyous nonetheless!

[@kg6qzx]

Comes with everything you see rite ‘cheer!! Smash bang crack ‘EM up!

[@allisongriffiths2546]

, yep! I'm of that age. I'm a woman now but loved those toys. Innocent times. 3rd grade.

[@2nd2nun1]

One of my best Christmas presents ever growing up as a kid.

[@999manman]

Same here but i coulda sworn I got mine in 72...oh, well...the parts flying everywhere and that whining engine really made my childhood!

[@paulgrieshop5024]

Same here with me that was in the top 5 toys I got on Christmas

[@jimsmalleimb7709]

Same here!

[@George-rb6bv]

brought tears to my eyes. Feels just like it did the first time I saw the commercial. What an incredibly happy time those 70s were (the 50s and 60s too). Today it has all gone to shit. I've been getting more and more depressed with every decade that has gone by since then. I don't know how I am going to face another few decades the way the world is going today. The 70s was , to me, the last of the best times. Everything was better then - movies, sitcoms, weekly shows, the climate, food tasted better, people were happier, there was less crime, the cars were some of the best built ever in the 50s, 60s and 70s., families were a lot closer, etc, etc.

[@ELEKTROSKANSEN]

You remember the 50's and you are worried how you're gonna survive upcoming decades? Excuse me sir, but shouldn't you, like, be shopping for a coffin already..?

[@markshafer1896]

I hear you friend. I was born in 1956 and I wouldn't trade it for the world. It was the best of times, now it's the worst of times.

[@mustlovepretzels]

I had this when I was about 8. The cars would crash into each other and the parts would fly all over the place. Good times!

[@allisongriffiths2546]

I was 8 also.

[@myleghurts3546]

And mom would yell: "Pick them all up, I'm tired of stepping on hard plastic pieces all over the place!!!"

[@paulgrieshop5024]

The toy came out in 1971 they had an updated version in 1973 and a bicentennial one in 1976 it was one of the best toys ever made. I had it and cherished it anybody who was lucky enough to have this toy knows what it was like to have it.

[@frankrizzo4460]

Yes I had the 1976 bicentennial one and you are correct it truly was a great time to be a kid back then. Miss those days so much 🤔

[@PetCactusA_HarmlessLittlePrick]

I had the SSP and TTP until my parents gave most of my toys away.💔😭

[@paulgrieshop5024]

@@PetCactusA_HarmlessLittlePrick You have a second chance on ebay

[@PetCactusA_HarmlessLittlePrick]

@@paulgrieshop5024 Living in the past can get expensive.

[@paulgrieshop5024]

@@PetCactusA_HarmlessLittlePrick True but it's worth it if you want it bad enough. Also there are toys I got that I didn't know that existed at flea markets and antique malls . There is a place in Brooks Kentucky south of Louisville that us antique toy mall and it's fantastic.

[@elrojo31]

This was my favourite toy commercial from my childhood. I was mesmerized by smash up derby. Disappointed that my parents never bought this for me though... Thanks for posting this. So great.

[@jveanon]

Mine too! I am 52 and could sing all the words to this song. I distinctly remember riding my bike down a long hill by our house and singing this ad. Lol . I never had the toy either !

[@sfchris]

My brother and I had the 1976 bicentennial edition of these cars. We used to send them down a long flight of hardwood stairs and launch them out the window from the second floor. While those cars were amazingly sturdy we did eventually crack the plastic.

[@ohm8458]

My God,, i'm 57 and I had a set of these. For years I often walk around the house and sing the 'jingle' from this commercial. Today I thought of looking it up on YT and to my surprise here it is...... how cool!

[@RayfieldA]

Yep! Here it is "Right c'here!" 😅

[@JayDogTitan-he6wo]

I recieved Smash up derby for Christmas in 1971 when I was 7 years old, It was my father's last Christmas as he would pass the next year two days before Christmas in 1972.

[@weirdbeard63]

I imagine my mom still has some of the pieces tangled in the dust bunnies under her couch.....

[@randallderr8519]

this is the set I got for x-mas many many years ago, and still have.

[@Bertminator]

Great toys of the past. I loved playing with this & the regular SSP racers. Had way more fun with these than sitting in front of computers all day. I've done both in my life, and what I wouldn't give to re-live the simpler days playing with those toys.

[@LSwick-ss6nm]

Those and the Evel Knevel motorcycle toy.

[@ronkagarise5512]

Had them both. Best toys ever.

[@EddieVBlueIsland]

This tune has been in my head for over 40 years -like as if Paul McCartney wrote it!

[@steve11138]

I sing it all the time too. People just look at me strange, lol. They just dont get how much fun the 70's toys were and the commercials that advertized them

[@hyacinthlynch843]

Paul McCartney? I was thinking Ray Stevens.

[@gillesgoulet2545]

I wish they would still make those. I'd buy a set for my son. It would give me a reason to play with them again. I loved those as a kid!

[@chiefscheider]

I loved the other ad that ended with "C'mon little Buggem, you can get it done. Smash, bang, crack 'em up. Smash Up Derby is fun!"

[@myredpilltherapy8601]

Where can we find this version? I feel like Al Bundy looking for that hmm him song!

[@jeffreyathey8135]

I know had a LittleBuggem and I a can't remember what the other car was.

[@constancecluney4167]

@@jeffreyathey8135 tough Tom lol, little bugged against tough Tom you ain't seen nothing yet

[@shane99ca]

"You're lookin' at the whole thang!"

[@the430movie]

I had these! I miss these days... When it was actual play!!!!

[@answerstolucky]

'comes with everything you see rightcheer.' haha

[@ronkagarise5512]

My 2 brothers and I had those, and we played with them all the time . A timeless toy that kids could use their imagination on how to and what to crash them into. The craptastic plastic of today would never take the abuse. Way too cool of a toy.

[@CuteLesbo69]

Those ramps also came in really handy for my Evel Knievel stunt cycle.

[@kencummings953]

Didn't even have to worry about batteries. That serrated T-Stick was all you needed to get the back wheels moving.

[@mthivier]

Yes, head-on collisions can be fun. Auto liability lawyer action figure sold separately.

[@kg6qzx]

We could put the Lawyer figure right in the middle of the ramp so he could get a close up view of the crash! JK LOL!!

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

Use Kenner's Oscar Goldman doll for the lawyer!

[@ryanpeterson8668]

Hahahaha...Nice one

[@rickyfrench1262]

So awesome!! I was born in 72 never had one but this is back when toys were cool and the playability was amazing.

[@adrianstealth340]

Had this for Christmas as a kid , brill toy , after each high speed crash would take ages finding all the little parts , my pull things broke & we sent them a letter & they sent us new ones

[@pip12111]

My dad's head got owned after I sent mine down our straight flight of stairs. Then he owned my ass.Great memories

[@nickhill8612]

Wow that's crazy

[@westsidesmitty1]

Yeah, back in the 70's, I'm pretty sure ours wasn't the only family where 3 kids' screeching and tearing into a truckload of toys (no few of which we'd broken by noon), the need for ''some assembly required'', visiting relatives, and spilled food and drink culminated, by bedtime in a good tannin'. At least my father would ask us ''Do I need to take my belt off?'' a half dozen times before it actually went down. No harm done. And this was a great toy. We'd run them into our Evel Knievel stunt bike (in the house). 70's ruled.

[@andrewthornhill7042]

@Kevin Pippin You said it! My smile's for remembering the 1970s....

[@robscott9414]

@@westsidesmitty1Apparently, our dads went to the same school together! Went down just like you said!

[@TesserId]

OMG. I can't believe I actually remember this ad.

[@yemyrrej]

I got this set when I was a kid. I think I played with them every time the commercial aired. They eventually broke into pieces that wouldn't go back together. They sure were tough, though. The only childhood toys I have from that era are my tonkas. More steel than my new car.

[@colt-one]

What a product. A toy that's supposed to break and leave the user happy about it.

[@ryanpeterson8668]

Brilliant concept... destructive tendencies made fun

[@Seemsayin]

I saw this on tv when I was about 6. Had to have it. Got it for my birthday. I couldn't believe my eyes when I unwrapped it! (Being an upper, lower-class kid, unexpectedly receiving something that I really wanted, but thought I'd never have... you tend to cherish these moments. Anyhoo...) Right up until I discovered Star Trek (Yeah... I know.)... this was the coolest thing I had ever seen. I LOVED IT! Bestest present I ever got. "Comes with everything you see... right cheer." That, and a boxful of HotWheels... life was good.

[@reesepacker7983]

Smash Up Derby , Evel Kinevel , Six Million Dollar Man ...soooo quintessential 70's..the 70's BEFORE Star Wars toys

[@ronkagarise5512]

Hey, get out of my toy box. Same toys. And all the fun

[@patrickvanrinsvelt4466]

Great toy. I was never inside playing...

[@kepler240]

Wanted one of these so bad when I was a kid, but never got it.

[@stephenwilliams926]

Had this it was knackered after a days play. The rip pulls were worn out and the parts would break for real lol.

[@chris_iapetus]

My god how I loved those. Best toys ever.

[@MustafarRecRoom]

Playing Smash Up Derby with my brother while watching Killdozer on the Zenith console TV…..good times.

[@fiend4129]

it took about SIX years to get it in France...

[@BruceMacFarlane007]

I had one of these,played with it till it died.

[@overcum1]

I lost track of the cars, but kept the ramps and used them when I started collecting Evel Knievel!

[@TheThetrimby1973]

This is childhood here

[@eoppen]

I remember that commercial.

[@Igaveyoumyfakename]

I totally had the green station wagon as a kid. "...comes with evrathang you see rite cheer!"

[@jpbjr64]

Loved, Loved, Loved my SSP's!

[@3goallead]

I still have mine, with all the pieces, but not the rip cords. I was 8 in 1973.

[@jeremiesinnett1521]

My dad see this commercial when he was young

[@Carriesaglock]

I had these as a kid.

[@vsmichael1]

ill never forget me getting these,i thought they was da chit then.

[@SkizBoots]

Looked this up because Joal said it in the Warrior of the Lost World MST3K Episode. Glad I did this is great.

[@carluzjubahib9993]

(c)1973,2022 Hasbro inc.

[@thevizkid]

me and my brother had this set! we would run the cars into each other at break neck speed! pieces flying everywhere! I lost a couple of tires!

[@mikeschuler2946]

Best toy ever

[@theeDameAlexander510]

I totally had these toys 😃

[@jpsned]

I had these and loved them. I also remember this commercial and think it was the first time I'd ever heard someone say "rat cher."

[@gillesjacques1022]

Had the set, used to fly them off the ramp, they sure could fly. Crash them into things, parts would fly off, then put them back on. After awhile, the parts got damaged, after too mary crashes and the teeth on the t wore out after awhile. They were fun too play with, miss those cars, that's when you actually had toys that were fun to play with. Way better than hand held games, or cell phones, kids today don't know the meaning of real fun toys.

[@magnacore11]

I've had the later version of these toys...from about 1982 Kick ass product!

[@Trund27]

My brother had these and we would take little home movies of them smahing up, or running over a fully articulated GI Joe doll!

[@Aearonjer]

I had the ultra chrome set ute and vw beetle (released by toltoys in australia), Fond memories. (we had demo derbys on saturday nights on a dirt track speedway) Yeah, not a lot of string theory going on.

[@fotisboys]

Oh man I had the very same set I think das bought it for me at about 1980

[@geoffreyofanjou6974]

My sister just found one of these sets in her attic.

[@KageZX10RRonin]

Holy wow ! i was looking these up today , when I was a kid there was nothing like the thrill of that mid air impact and all the pieces flying ( or ejecting ) off . I have a nephew who totally breaks things , but these are indestructable ( and breaking them is kinda the point ) What was retail when these were new ? I looked them up on ebay , fresh set in wrapper all the pieces , $500 . one car all the pieces and rip cord $200- $250 .Near full set in poor condition two cars , ripcords and minimal pieces , $150-$200 .

[@paulgrieshop5024]

You can find one get it you wont regret it. One of the best toys ever made.

[@tigerbug69]

I still have the ramp. Great to see the advert. Thanks!👍

[@MrSsfsfsf]

"Come on little Bug-um, you can git it done / Crash bang smash em' up, Smash up derby's fun"

[@phelpsmarc]

I had this. It was cool as fk.

[@BFl0]

What this commercial needed was slow-motion for the mid-air collision. Still cool.

[@rufus3898]

Mine always fell apart long before the crash.🤣

[@redline2115]

Coming soon, “The KIA Boys Steal ‘Em and Smash ‘Em Play Set!” Order now for Christmas!

[@Cryten1974]

LoL, I had this when I was a kid, sideboards still have the dints in them from where the cars smashed into them

[@gioknows]

I remember a different commercial. The lyrics were different.

[@elc1960]

@odantoro Thanks for your response. The tears I shed over the cars I wrecked were caused purely by the capitalist in me, while the laughter over the wrecks was due to the sheer fun we had in our destructive little acts . . . having had time to think about it since my original comment, I would have to agree with you. We did have loads of fun.

[@worldoftone]

Oh yeah, got this one for Christmas 1973. HA HA! Loved it!

[@may2888]

Hard to make them hit in the air, but I loved them

[@JMIRAMON1981]

COMERCIALS WERE EXAGERATED, MAKING THEM SENSATIONAL ie BIGWHEELS , ROCK UM SOCK UM ROBOTS.

[@bpotp]

I bet it took them a hundred takes to get them to crash in mid air.

[@gogogo39]

Smash-ups were fun as a 10 year old watching TV in 1973. Fender benders (or worse) as an adult are less amusing.

[@itiswhatitaintanditaintwha1427]

"Comes with everything you see right chere!"

[@jeffreyathey8135]

That line sounds like it's said by Jim Stafford but the singing part doesn't really sound much like him

[@r-prizzle2168]

Had this with my brother but our mother returned it for some reason. We thought it was cool.

[@WoodApe100]

the pieces ended up in the vacuum cleaner and my mother wasn't happy...she should have been paying better attention at her job.

[@bladerunnersn]

I've got those

[@chrisrenken9303]

I had these

[@annoyingfeatures]

protest to jasmin toys (they make smash up derby now) to remake smash up derby like it used to be and not with suvs like they do now

[@atomicninjazyuranger5418]

Awesome

[@elc1960]

My friends and I didn't waste our time with this - we used our Matchbox, Johnny Lightning and Hot Wheels cars instead! We called our stupid little contests "Car Wrestling" (after a concept we saw in an episode of "Speed Racer"). They took a long time to break, but when they did we laughed. Idiots that we were, we now look at the vintage cars we had and have to fight back tears at all the money we could have gotten for them had we kept them intact and sold them on eBay. God, were we stupid.

[@friedchucky7012]

Idk if you'll ever get this comment. But you can find scp cars for around $50 on eBay and up in $ I hope this can bring you Joy. Good luck

[@PlazmaSilvaraGMS]

my favorite was super stocker

[@meyou-dv8ns]

Whats that last word he says? LOL Love it

[@Igaveyoumyfakename]

"cheer." Giggity.

[@Gerkinstock]

I had this toy but recall the cars looking more like Volkswagen bugs.

[@shigerumiyamoto9791]

Does anybody know where I can get these today!?

[@timpriddy349]

the stick teeth woreout.....i had a vw bug and toyota pickup

[@That_AMC_Guy]

Appalachian-Americans may find this ad offensive. lol

[@annoyingfeatures]

i need one but you are to mean to give me one