Tobar Giant Retro Space Hopper Outdoor Toy

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In a season-7 episode of Friends, " The One Where They All Turn Thirty", Phoebe bounced for a mile on a Hippity Hop.

The idea was patented in 1968, and the first hopper balls appeared in the United States that same year, sold under the brand name Hoppity Hop. I wanted to thank you and your team for the giant party games you supplied for our party on Saturday. The space hopper became a major craze for several years and remained widely popular through the 1980s. When they were first designed, hopper balls were made from either natural or synthetic rubber, but today they're more commonly made from PVC. In the United States, the first mass-marketed hopping ball was a version of an earlier European toy—the Hoppity Hop, released by the Sun company after it introduced the ball in 1968 at the American International Toy Fair in New York.In the 1970s, Sun introduced various character versions of the Hoppity Hop, such as the Hoppity Horse or Disney's Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck (with hard plastic versions of the character's head attached to the ball).

In the British crime drama Endeavour, episode "Apollo" (2019), a child is shown bouncing on a Space Hopper in a scene contemporaneous with the 1969 Apollo mission, consistent with the toy's 1968/1969 release in the UK. We do not offer later collections or additional time however you are welcome to hire the inflatables for multiple days. Hopper balls go by many names — space hopper, hippity hop, and hoppity hop are just a few on this list. Alternatively you are welcome to pay the extra using the box on the booking form, this is found in additional questions.They're also often used by occupational therapists and other healthcare professionals to improve balance and vestibular orientation in kids. The earliest Hoppity Hops were made of rubber (usually red or blue) with a round ring handle on top and an automotive tire valve for inflation. Quick set up and nothing was too trouble for the staff - will be definitely hiring from Bellyflops again!