KNIGHT RIDER | Knight 2000 KITT Voice Car by Kenner

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@AnalogToys
@AnalogToys 5 ай бұрын
Did you watch Knight Rider back in the 80s?
@MichaelJShaffer
@MichaelJShaffer 5 ай бұрын
@AnalogToys Never missed an episode.
@georgeaitken2719
@georgeaitken2719 5 ай бұрын
Remember them on tv at 10am on Saturdays in the late eighties on reruns managed to watch the whole run on the legend channel along with airwolf and the six million dollar man last year
@vinnyboomba9948
@vinnyboomba9948 5 ай бұрын
Every Friday night! Back in late 1983 and 84
@KensToys74
@KensToys74 5 ай бұрын
On Fridays and Sunday nights. I had the talking Knight 2000 with the Michael Knight figure. I also had the Turbo Launcher that had the larger than Hotwheels dicast car. I even had the Rough Rider Knight Rider and the Ateam van as well. It's crazy that no one ever attempted to bring those toys back to the market.
@meg-k-waldren
@meg-k-waldren 5 ай бұрын
Hell yeah!!!!
@jasonwescott3105
@jasonwescott3105 5 ай бұрын
I had this KITT car when I was a kid in the early 80's. I still have it to this day with the action figure and they both are in perfect shape.
@forumicebreaker
@forumicebreaker 5 ай бұрын
I think I was raised on Knight Rider, A-Team, and the Dukes of Hazard. And a little Wonder Woman.
@damegto
@damegto 5 ай бұрын
And a sprinkle of Charlies Angels
@JJ-uy2sg
@JJ-uy2sg 5 ай бұрын
@@damegto I still love the A Team. Show it to my kids. Although pretty much every 10mins something very un-PC happens. Could be Faceman hitting on chicks, Hannibal dressed as Chinaman or Grandma with an Uzi. It'd be cancelled in a heartbeat nowadays. But what a good show about teamwork and friendship.
@KrisTheBatSpider21
@KrisTheBatSpider21 5 ай бұрын
i was a kid in the 80s so for me it was knight rider. thundercats sliverhawks robocop. TMNT and batman. and as a man now i love everything that i grew up with.
@jerryziegner
@jerryziegner 5 ай бұрын
I’m 52 years old and I still have my Knight 2000 and the original box. I actually found two additional car doors that I painted in gloss black because as a kid I hated the fact that Kenner had added the red text on them. I even hand wrote a letter to Kenner about the possibility of adding some additional action figures for the series like Devon and Bonnie. It unfortunately didn’t happen. In my letter I wrote that despite Michael being a lone crusader that he wasn’t really that alone.
@TheRotorious13b
@TheRotorious13b 5 ай бұрын
This was my all time favorite toy as a kid, and I felt the same way about the text on the doors. I used black electrical tape to cover it on mine. I've got the Fanhome 1/8th scale KITT now. It's pricey, but definitely fills the space in my heart that the Kenner car did when I was a kid.
@KrisTheBatSpider21
@KrisTheBatSpider21 5 ай бұрын
@@TheRotorious13b and for me i got the playmobil version its close to the kenner toy.
@leewilson001
@leewilson001 5 ай бұрын
The best era for tv without question
@3POAPodcast
@3POAPodcast 5 ай бұрын
I wish I still had mine from childhood. I loved this toy and the show!
@KrisTheBatSpider21
@KrisTheBatSpider21 5 ай бұрын
you are lucky. i got the playmobil version its all most like the kenner version.
@alphatrion100
@alphatrion100 5 ай бұрын
The Playmobil Knightrider car is actually really good. It has the voice AND the scanner! I have it and the a-team van as my representations of both shows.
@phatstax2011
@phatstax2011 5 ай бұрын
This toy was, for me, the equivalent of the Red Ryder BB gun from a Christmas Story back during Christmas season of 1983. I lusted after this car every time the commercial would come on during weekday, afternoon cartoons and begged my parents for it. Unfortunately none of our local department stores or toy shops had them or knew when they could get them. About a week before Christmas, on the local 11 o'clock news, our local Zayre announced that they had a shipment due in the next morning. My dad, luckily saw both the announcement on the news and had the following day off from work and was able to get to Zayre early the next day and battled his way through the crazies trying to get Cabbage Patch dolls and was able to get one for me. I was never so excited to get a Christmas present in my life as I was or ever have been since when I unwrapped the Knight 2000 Voice Car on December 25, 1983!!! A few weeks after I had gotten it, my dad made me a lifetime customizer when he mentioned how awful those screen inaccurate Knight 2000 door stickers were and suggested that we take a little bit of lacquer thinner on a rag and remove them. I agreed and my K.I.T.T. now looked like the real one! I then noticed that my dad had some leftover chrome tape in his workshop from a roof flashing project and I asked him if we could cut out some pieces to make the rear view mirrors look more realistic. He helped me with that and I was soo pleased with how it turned out. Then, I got the idea of taking some model paint and painting the front parking lights on the fenders orange and the rear ones red, to look just as they did on TV. This was my introduction into customization, and I've been hooked ever since!!!
@LordEradicus
@LordEradicus 5 ай бұрын
OMG. I still have this toy, and this video made me dig it back up from under the desk where it's been for decades. All it needed was a good dusting and it looked like brand new, although the voice box long since stopped working. Because I never really played with it a whole lot as a kid, it really doesn't have any wear or tear on it. I'm so glad I'm an 80s kid. So many cool toys...
@impossiblepie
@impossiblepie 5 ай бұрын
I received the Knight Rider 2000 crash set for Christmas one year and loved it, no clue what happened to it but i hope to find a set one day. I agree the voice car set is pretty awesome. Great video Tony.
@CouchCit
@CouchCit 5 ай бұрын
I'll never forget getting this one Xmas as a kid, opening the box and pushing the button to be met with quite the surprise: "Mi llamo es KIT" "Mi llamo es KIT"....I was confused as hell. Somehow my parents got ahold of the Spanish version of the toy, LOL! My mom still jokes about that till this day
@matthew80127
@matthew80127 5 ай бұрын
That’s hilarious! Reminds me of a talking Barbie that said GI Joe phrases 😂
@benjaminperez7328
@benjaminperez7328 5 ай бұрын
You from SoCal or Texas?
@CouchCit
@CouchCit 5 ай бұрын
@@benjaminperez7328 NYC
@trevagraham1605
@trevagraham1605 5 ай бұрын
That's pretty cool! I would like to own that version!
@LRon-ef7ni
@LRon-ef7ni 5 ай бұрын
Definitely one of my faves. I gotta say that the Playmobile is just as fantastic if not better cuz of the real sensor light
@Khairul-Residence
@Khairul-Residence 5 ай бұрын
Great collection you have there! For me, I got the Playmobil version of Knight Rider. It may be a bit kiddish and not as retro but I think it’s the best for me. The car speaks and has the front flashing red light.
@VintageToyRush
@VintageToyRush 5 ай бұрын
I found a Street Hawk at a car boot sale for 50p - the LJN version but it sits very nicely next to KITT! Would love to find a Kenner one. Thanks for listing my restoration video!
@KrisTheBatSpider21
@KrisTheBatSpider21 5 ай бұрын
yeah the kenner one on ebay are expensive. but for me the close i gonna get is the playmobil one.
@jdshofner834
@jdshofner834 5 ай бұрын
When I was like 10 or 11 I saw this at a flea market and begged my dad to get for me. I played with it until it completely fell apart. One of my most favorite toys ever.
@primalconvoy
@primalconvoy 5 ай бұрын
I played with all my toys in the 80s everyday, but none fell apart.
@edwinsmith-jones6205
@edwinsmith-jones6205 5 ай бұрын
Ertls 1/64 scale die-cast remains my favourite vintage version of K.I.T.T. it sits, displayed, alongside Ertls' Airwolf and A Team van on my shelf. Hot Wheels produced a great K.I.T.T., as part of their (mainline) screen time series, it's nicely detailed and great value for money at a couple of quid.
@kevcox5585
@kevcox5585 5 ай бұрын
Good old VTR Dave always knows how to fix those voice boxes that have a disc. He's helped me fix so many vintage toys, what a legend 👊🏼
@london19657
@london19657 5 ай бұрын
Hi Cobber. I'm a Brit that's lived in the USA for 21 years. I've enjoyed many of your videos. You have a very interesting channel. I guess our favourite toys are what we exposed to as children. I'm, a collector of 1/18 scale cars and I have the Knight Rider car. Scared to open the box. Also the elite batmoblie and the Mad max car. It's an obsession. I admire your enthusiasm. Cheers.
@davidpaulrovillard448
@davidpaulrovillard448 5 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for this!!! I still have that toy, bought it in the 80s❤ Fortunately (don‘t know, if this was changed during production) mine does not have the Knight 2000 written on the doors😊
@bleeneo101
@bleeneo101 5 ай бұрын
I was so obsessed with Knight Rider when I was 4 or 5 that I wanted to be Michael Knight. I also wanted this toy so bad when it first came out that I literally opened one up in my local K-Mart because I was so excited to see it and started playing with it in the store. Little did I know this was not aloud but needless to say I did end up with one a couple days later and then another one a few years later. I'm 44 and this was one of my favorite toys when I was a child and is forever part of my history growing up. Also loved Street Hawk as well but never knew there was a toy. If there was a toy I literally had everything. Yep I was beyond spoiled. I had all of it. Even that Evil Knievel you just displayed lol God I miss my childhood and the 80s and 90s.
@georgeowain
@georgeowain 5 ай бұрын
From what I remember in 80s UK. There were Street Hawk toys. But I believe they were originally mini stunt bike sets, where the stunt bikes were remoulded in black and label slapped with Street Hawk. Tell you something else, there was a stand-alone tv special called TV’s Top Thirty Cars. Where KITT ranked No 2. Loosing out only to the General Lee. Surprisingly, there are people in the UK, who spared no expense, having the actual car imported. And customised to reassemble KITT. Both exterior and interior.
@Slamgod
@Slamgod 5 ай бұрын
Knight Rider and A-Team were the only two programs I watch religiously ( besides Monty Python, and Dave Allen at Large on PBS) I remember a couple times getting mad at my Mom and brother when they wanted to watch something on the same night those shows were on. It’s one of the reasons my mom bought me my own 12” black and white tv. Lol! It did the trick though. 😃👍🏻
@Thunderwing88
@Thunderwing88 5 ай бұрын
I still have mine about 40 years later.
@yorkshirepauper
@yorkshirepauper 5 ай бұрын
One of my favourite and early toys I ever owned was a Knight Rider metal wind up K.I.T.T. car. Although it was disproportionate it was great to play with and make jumps for! I remember sneaking it to school with me everyday. This has just reminded me to try and find one again. 👍🏼
@SA-zoom1
@SA-zoom1 5 ай бұрын
It's a great toy. The playmobil one recently released is a great robust toy that kids of this generation can enjoy. My 4 year old loves his..
@carlo2384
@carlo2384 5 ай бұрын
The Kenner offering is great, I have fond memories of it, but I prefer Playmobil's release by every metric.
@Ace_Dangerwood
@Ace_Dangerwood 5 ай бұрын
I love mine too, it's brilliant (and looks amazing alongside the Magnum PI Ferrari when it's not being played with) (By me, in case that wasn't clear)
@JJ-uy2sg
@JJ-uy2sg 5 ай бұрын
@@Ace_Dangerwood Yeah I was gonna say, the playmobile one is superior if not vintage. Wish they made the Knight 2000 in Joe scale. Also honourable mention to the M.A.S.K Raven, pretty much doubled as Knight Rider in my childhood.
@KrisTheBatSpider21
@KrisTheBatSpider21 5 ай бұрын
@@JJ-uy2sg i got the PM version too. its close to the kenner car we can get.
@trevagraham1605
@trevagraham1605 5 ай бұрын
I got my first Voice Car as a present for finishing the first grade back in 83. It is indeed my favorite toy of all time.
@dravenvandross8281
@dravenvandross8281 4 ай бұрын
This was my favorite TV show Knight Rider when I was a kid I also had that toy car with Michael Knight I just recently last year was able to buy it again it cost an arm and a leg but it was worth it awesome video man.
@rtdasilva3
@rtdasilva3 5 ай бұрын
This just brought the biggest smile & trip down memory lane. I haven't thought of this toy in decades! I remember playing with the remote control version of KITT. Thanks for the nostalgia. I may have to add some Knight Rider to my collection. Can't believe I forgot about this.
@Adarkane325xi
@Adarkane325xi 5 ай бұрын
I always thought the light at the front was RADAR or imaging device. Anyway, I had KITT and Michael, and even as a 5-6yr old i *hated* the “KNIGHT 2000” on the doors. I was like “that’s not in the show.” What can i say, i’ve been cursed with an eye for detail. I also hated Michael’s cowboy boots @2:17. The toes of the boots came to an unrealistic point.
@thrashmetaldave
@thrashmetaldave 5 ай бұрын
Sunday night and a new Analog Toys video. Excellent!
@VelvetPlatz
@VelvetPlatz 5 ай бұрын
Another great review, Tony. I loved this show when I was younger. This was a must watch in the 80s.
@jedellison591
@jedellison591 5 ай бұрын
This bought back some memories...I had the same trans am and Michael Knight action figure...back in 09 when my house burned down everything was lost except for Michael knight.i still have him,kit didn't make it
@Mr767267
@Mr767267 5 ай бұрын
This is pure Nostalgic! I'd really like some company to do it today with all the bells and whistles.
@jeremykerr3871
@jeremykerr3871 5 ай бұрын
As much as I loved Knight Rider as a kid, I just never saw the toy at any store. If I had, there is no doubt in my mind that I would have bugged my mom for it.
@the13thprince
@the13thprince 5 ай бұрын
hi Tony. great video. reminded me of those nights I could catch Knightrider on the TV and imagining that our family car was KITT.
@Mvargo97
@Mvargo97 5 ай бұрын
Excellent video! We've been spoiled with content this week!
@MichaelJShaffer
@MichaelJShaffer 5 ай бұрын
Another great video, Tony. I've always been a fan of the show and have been close to buying this toy since I was a kid. I'm glad you brought up the printed badging on the side. That's what ultimately stops me from buying it today and why I didn't want it as a kid. Excellent review. Now I'm thinking about getting one and removing the badging.
@tylerjham
@tylerjham 4 ай бұрын
They shot the season 3 opener in part at my house when I was a kid - Knight Of The Drones - So for 2 or 3 years after that al I got was KNIGHT RIDER toys for xmas, etc... This was one of them and a favorite!
@robertstiltner5105
@robertstiltner5105 5 ай бұрын
I actually had both the voice car and a pull back motorized Street hawk bike still have them both somewhere packed away.
@cgimovieman
@cgimovieman 5 ай бұрын
When I was a little kid in the 80’s I vividly remember a good friend of mine just a few blocks away who had one of these. I was never even into the show personally, but I loved playing with the voice feature. Anything like that seemed so high tech in the 80’s. Especially to a little kid. The phrase I always found funny was “Your reflexes are slow.” 😆
@Laukki
@Laukki 5 ай бұрын
Oh man I love knight rider 🤩 just watched few episodes today. I still think that black trans am is the most beautiful car in the whole world 😍 great video, thx!
@JamesWatson-k5t
@JamesWatson-k5t 5 ай бұрын
I was only able to get the matchbox/ hot wheel sized KITT cars but still had fun with them. Great review on the toy.
@Its.Chad.
@Its.Chad. 5 ай бұрын
Awesome video as always! Was definitely a big Knight Rider fan back in the day.
@robertsinfiniterealms1308
@robertsinfiniterealms1308 5 ай бұрын
Great video tony. This is a toy I had heard a lot about but never any solid information. I honestly wasn't 100% sure of the scale until now, I had heard everything from 1:18th to 1:12th honestly. Great video.
@subraxas
@subraxas 5 ай бұрын
The K.I.T.T. from Playmobil is excellent!!! Michael French from Retroblasting has it and adores it.
@MegaKenBarlow
@MegaKenBarlow 5 ай бұрын
0:44 "..I dont personally want to display a collection of toys where the proportions are all over the place" *has huge collection of toys with proportions all over the place in the background* (Sorry Tony, that bit just made me chuckle 😄 Great vid as always). 👍
@timothyward8695
@timothyward8695 5 ай бұрын
That's not a collection. He has several collections. Action Man doesn't scale with He-Man, but they're not in the same collection.
@MegaKenBarlow
@MegaKenBarlow 5 ай бұрын
@@timothyward8695 It was seeing the gigantic Luke next to the 3.75 figures that made me chuckle specifically, then I noticed all the rest were all different sizes but yes IKWYM
@visionaryventures12
@visionaryventures12 5 ай бұрын
I recall seeing those on toy shelves. Thanks for sharing a special about it.
@1977TA
@1977TA 5 ай бұрын
As a kid in the 1980s I was a huge fan of Knight Rider. I wanted the voice car for Christmas. My mom would get Christmas catalogs from the major department stores of the era such as Sears, JC Penny, and Macy's. I saw the voice car in Service Merchandise's Christmas catalog and did my best to talk my mom into getting it for me. Unfortunately, my family was lived on welfare. $29 was simply too much money to spend on a toy car. As an adult I understand why my mom said no because adjusted for inflation that's $91, nearly $100. This was a very expensive toy in 1983 that only middle class and rich families could afford. I think Kenner not including a working scanner light was a cost cutting measure. Not sure why they felt it necessary to paint Knight 2000 on the doors. I guess they thought kids would be too dumb to know the car was KITT. The sad part about this toy is Kenner did not bother to produce other Knight Rider vehicles/figures to go with the toy line. A Goliath and Garthe Knight figure would have been nice as well as Devon Miles and Bonnie Barstow figures. A KARR version of the voice car and a FLAG headquarters playset would have been cool. All kids had was Michael and KITT. No bad guys or bad vehicles. I get that Kenner's idea was for kids to use Michael and KITT with various other toy brands they had. However, the difference in scale made this quite a challenge. Dukes's of Hazzard figures didn't end with Bo, Luke and the General Lee. You could get Daisy, Boss Hogg, and Rosco as well.
@occamsrazor4370
@occamsrazor4370 5 ай бұрын
This is fantastic Tony. Hope to add this to my pc one day. I wish Air Wolf would have made something like this, Street Hawk too.
@ruisantos6373
@ruisantos6373 5 ай бұрын
This toy is very beloved and is a beautiful model of the KNIGHT 2000 (real name).
@mathieu4204
@mathieu4204 5 ай бұрын
In my opinion, the Kenner toy was recently bested by Playmobil's rendition of Kitt. The car is fantastic and features light and sounds from the show along Michael Knight, Devon Miles and Bonnie figures. Add the fact that it's in scale with the vast offering from Playmobil and you can recreate all the Knight Rider action that you could wish for.
@jjohnson9527
@jjohnson9527 5 ай бұрын
The closest thing I had was the whip shifter KITT. Somehow I lost KITT but the shifter I still had....🙁
@franklynsanchez7261
@franklynsanchez7261 5 ай бұрын
It's also my ring tone!
@a_world_made_of_cardboard
@a_world_made_of_cardboard 5 ай бұрын
Great Video! I Loved Knight Rider. I never got any of the toys though. I did add black cardboard to my GI Joe Vamp to make it a KITT. I even simplified the conversion later by just adding a red strip at the front to be the "bouncing red light sensor" for my GI Joe version of KITT. Yes, In my world, KITT Joined GI Joe.
@kieronball8962
@kieronball8962 5 ай бұрын
Excellent Knight 2000 Voice car review video, Tony. Of course I was also a fan of the Night Rider show, back in the day and even followed The Hoff over to Baywatch! :) And I also loved the Automan, Street Hawk, Blue Thunder and Airwolf tv shows. Well, except for Airwolf Season 4. :)
@gprguitar9076
@gprguitar9076 5 ай бұрын
Cool Video!! I loved Knight Rider as a kid and really wanted this but sadly i didn't get it but i did have the Street Hawk motor bike that was fun and i remember it scaling well with Action Force figures..
@5um0fMe
@5um0fMe 5 ай бұрын
I was born in ‘77 so this show was on just in time to captivate me as a child. I actually never knew they made a Knight Rider toy…but I probably wouldn’t have wanted it anyway. The show was fun to watch but I got far more play value out of my other toys: Barbie, Lego, Star Wars, and Cabbage Patch Kids. I collect metal and vinyl lunchboxes of the shows, movies, and characters I loved as a kid, so you know I have a Knight Rider lunchbox! I enjoyed learning about the toy though. Excellent info and review.
@bennyhilla2558
@bennyhilla2558 5 ай бұрын
very nice video KITT-love
@danielfranceschini1
@danielfranceschini1 5 ай бұрын
The real ghostbusters / knight rider crossover ❤
@danriley5848
@danriley5848 5 ай бұрын
Great video as always, I actually had an 1989 black Pontiac Firebird that looked like kit lol.
@p.mc.4449
@p.mc.4449 5 ай бұрын
Great video. Love the Flash Gordan shirt.
@CraigAlanMurray1977
@CraigAlanMurray1977 5 ай бұрын
I did watch Knight Rider in the 80’s… 90’s… OO’s… 😂it was my favourite TV show of all time and as you know there was a great choice… Street Hawk was close, because that felt like Knight Rider on a bike😂 I had lots of Ertl cars, a bootleg with flashing lights, Knight 2000 Stunt-Buster set, Annuals, sweatshirt, T-Shirts, Stickers and a wrist racer but never had the talking car… I can’t recall ever seeing it in a catalogue or shop back in the day tbh🇬🇧 It is definitely a grail toy… great video Tony!!👍👊
@WesMordine
@WesMordine 5 ай бұрын
I had that car growing up! Unfortunately, the molecular bonding technology that made KITT nearly indestructible wasn't used in this toy's plastic.
@davidgreminger2519
@davidgreminger2519 4 ай бұрын
I have the 1/18 scale die cast Kitt car. It doesn't talk, but the red strobe light in front does, which is cool.
@djnary2896
@djnary2896 5 ай бұрын
Great review. But I had the Knight 2000 Crash Set as a kid and LOVED it! (I pretended the Comptron truck was Goliath.) It was my favorite toy that year outside of the Star Wars line.
@derektorres6260
@derektorres6260 5 ай бұрын
Thank you for more awesome content
@005AGIMA
@005AGIMA 4 ай бұрын
Love Knight Rider. In the UK it was hard to get any official KITT, so by brother and I would paint black any matchbox car that even looked remotely like KITT. The only Matchbox Pontiac of the same era weas in Red.....well it wasn't until we painted that too. We did eventually get the small Kenner KITT from an independent toyshop, but it was odd that none of the larger chains over there stocked them.
@michaelstarr5861
@michaelstarr5861 3 ай бұрын
Yes! I bought a gold '78 Firebird because of Rockford Files, (but it had a four-speed and a hood scoop and a rear deck spoiler). And after I sold that, I purchased a black 88 Firebird Formula but I had to cut an aftermarket steering wheel to look as similar to KITT's as I could muster. Couldn't get a center mounted red front light figured out though unfortunately
@Rastaphibian
@Rastaphibian 5 ай бұрын
Nice little dive into a great toy from our childhoods! I'm really hoping ACE & Ramen do a version for this. Could easily become a Smokey and the Bandit with a few magnet bits of KITT. ;) Ace do it!
@SJReid82
@SJReid82 5 ай бұрын
Ah man I remember my brother had this when we were kids, but it got destroyed somehow. Probably by me. Loved Knight Rder. I think we had about five different toy cars; that talking one, a slight smaller one, a ridable pedal-powered one, two different matchbox versions; one a standard Matchbox racer, and one with beefy wheels that I think you could launch from a launcher pad thing, or it had the internal ratcheting mechanism that you could launch by pressing down on the car while pulling it back then letting go and let fly.
@jonhufford6980
@jonhufford6980 3 ай бұрын
I have a knight rider toy from the 80’s that I’m fond of and I think it needs consideration. It’s a LJN rough rider battery powered car. They’re a little bigger than a hot wheels. It has a gear shift on its top where you can control reverse, faster, slower etc. and it has the red glowing orb on its front grill. I just thought I’d mention it.
@JulesDesmond
@JulesDesmond 5 ай бұрын
Hi Tony. What are the stands you’re using on He-man in this vid?
@DamonCzanik
@DamonCzanik 5 ай бұрын
I had this. Even as a kid, I thought it was stupid to have KNIGHT 2000 on the side. Why? It's not like that on the show. You didn't see Darth Vader with DARTH VADER on his chest. Or, something similar like C3-P0 and R2D2. I did not like it. As an adult, I figure it's probably some issue with the GM Pontiac licensing or something stupid like that. Funny note: I saw this when I was young, and thought KITT was real. At Universal Studios they said you could sit in KITT and talk to him. I was so excited. I even wore my Knight Rider T-Shirt to show KITT how big of a fan I was. The car was accurate (and awesome) but I was saddened to realize it was just some guy doing a horrible impression through a radio. I realized that day KITT was all fake. It was more traumatic than realizing Santa Claus wasn't real. Recently, I made my own KITT voicebox. Powered by ChatGPT, I even cloned the voice. It's surreal to talk to KITT as an adult. We now live in a world of self driving cars, computer screens in cars, bulletproof glass, and now talking AI. We're living in the future.
@jonathanrowlands1234
@jonathanrowlands1234 5 ай бұрын
Hi Tony, greetings from North Wales. Palitoy only sold the Kenner Street Hawk friction bike in the UK, (yellow window box), it was still labelled Kenner with a small sticker on the back stating it was distributed by Palitoy. The rest of those mock ups in the catalogue never made it off the page. Kenner scrapped the launch when Street Hawk was cancelled in 1985. The prototypes are still out there and a Norman Tuttle first shot figure came up on ebay a few months ago. Glasslite did a whole range of Street Hawk vehicles but these were mainly generic trucks and a few different versions of the Kenner bike. There was meant to be a Command Centre playset with the 70's Kenner pump action speed bike thing, police bike, Honda scrambler and of course Street Hawk, all with a corresponding figure.
@AnalogToys
@AnalogToys 5 ай бұрын
Thanks for the info mate!
@wildernessnerd7820
@wildernessnerd7820 5 ай бұрын
Genius. Thats my ringtone as well!
@charlesgardner4875
@charlesgardner4875 4 ай бұрын
I wish they would release this today would buy it in heart beat.
@mumfnah
@mumfnah 5 ай бұрын
Still watch the programme, have the DVD and bought it on Google TV. I only had the Matchbox or Hotwheels KITT as a child though. Still have a Hotwheels one which i picked up some years ago, along with a BTTF DeLorean and the 66 Batmobile, just to have on the shelf
5 ай бұрын
damn i had that as a kid sadly i lost it when i moved plus i think my michael broke.
@Dr.JHamilton
@Dr.JHamilton 5 ай бұрын
Still got mine. Unfortunately my voice feature doesn't work.
@mojoe4204
@mojoe4204 5 ай бұрын
Loved this show as a kid!!!❤
@TandLtoys
@TandLtoys 5 ай бұрын
Tony thanks for sharing I've been wanting this toy for so long but I'm so scared to buy one because of the voice box not working or something like that getting the Michael figure is easy but the car gosh darn it's so hard to get a one in good condition
@toyfarmer2129
@toyfarmer2129 5 ай бұрын
I had this as a kid
@paulmcnamara2908
@paulmcnamara2908 5 ай бұрын
I had the Matsushiro RC K.I.T.T. and in a cruel irony was smashed by my Playskool Big Foot landing on it after falling down the stairs! Sat at the top and watched kitts demise in slow-motion!
@elcowabungahe-man6156
@elcowabungahe-man6156 5 ай бұрын
This car is one of mine 3 favorite cars of the 80s
@venger78
@venger78 5 ай бұрын
When I was a kid I had been promised a toy and had my eye on a Street Hawk bike similar to what you had in that photo. When it came time to get said figure, I changed my mind and chose the battle armor he man and skeletor two pack instead. I always wondered why I changed my mind, and it all came back to me when I saw the photo in your video. Great history and review as always mate. Just found this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIqqk5Z5mtNrpJY
@26col
@26col 5 ай бұрын
I need to find one of these to go alongside my Ertl ones.
@mlseries2553
@mlseries2553 5 ай бұрын
🏎️ 💨 💨 loved the video!
@DareDevils_Den
@DareDevils_Den 5 ай бұрын
I had that KITT, and absolutely loved it! On a sidenote, my younger brother lost a tooth to it being thrown across the swimming pool in 86. Not my fault I can promise you.😂
@jayt1077
@jayt1077 5 ай бұрын
I was introduced to Knight Rider by an uncle of mine who showed me this toy from his youth. He happened to have two of them and he comically referred to the one that didn't work as KARR.
@shawnpowell2155
@shawnpowell2155 5 ай бұрын
I had KIT always chasing the GENERAL LEE jumping over something but the duke boys always got away. Man I miss both toys.
@arctrooper999
@arctrooper999 5 ай бұрын
In 1984 I wasn't looking for a Knight 2000, I was looking for those V figures and shuttle craft I saw in the two part miniseries!
@colt5189
@colt5189 5 ай бұрын
I had that talking Knight Rider car back in the 80's. My favorite show of the 80's is probably a tie between Knight Rider and MacGyver.
@cb3391
@cb3391 5 ай бұрын
I can't believe we didn't get all 6 phrases....😂 Subbed
@myharryface
@myharryface 5 ай бұрын
I had this toy! I also was annoyed by the doors. I used a sander to smooth out the lettering and then did some model paint work to match. It was the best my 10 year old self could do.
@laststopwatchchannel
@laststopwatchchannel 5 ай бұрын
I had this car as a child. you could change the speed of KITTs voice by moving a lever inside the underside of the car.
@WyldstaarStudios
@WyldstaarStudios 5 ай бұрын
I wanted a Knight Rider back in the day, but never got one due to both the price and the scale. If KITT had been done in the standard 3.75" of the time, and had a simple light on the front, I'd have had one for sure. These days, I've been eyeing that Playmobil Knight Rider set.
@Bigdaddyweese
@Bigdaddyweese 5 ай бұрын
Yes I had this toy and the Michael Knight figure
@CollaborativeDataAccounts
@CollaborativeDataAccounts 5 ай бұрын
K.I.T.T. was voiced by the legendary William Daniels. I had this toy and it was awesome.
@vinnyboomba9948
@vinnyboomba9948 5 ай бұрын
0:55. Love the t shirt! Flash! Aaaahh
@chrisKnight2001
@chrisKnight2001 5 ай бұрын
Knight Rider has and always be my favourite, I have almost all the toy merchandise including the voice car. I also have some Street Hawk bikes in 3 different sizes, the smaller two could be knock offs or cheaper toys.... however the larger one looks very similar to the one at the top of the page. As for the ones at the bottom with separate figure I've never seen before. I know there was a Street Hawk funskool India GI Joe bike and Rider but I've never managed to acquire one
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