Tuesday, June 7, 2016

009 Crash

Crash is the TDD daredevil.

For all intents and purposes, he is a parody of Robert Knievel, aka Evel Knievel. 

In the 1960s and 70s, Evel Knievel made dozens of high-profile motorcycle jumps.  Mostly these were ramp-to-ramp jumps over several cars, trucks, or buses.  He was heavily promoted in his day and known for his flamboyant attire.  He even had a line of action figures and a biopic movie made in 1971.

Knievel is also known for his failed attempt to jump the Snake River Canyon in Idaho on a rocket-powered motorcycle.  He survived the unfortunate crash and lived to be 69 years of age.

His son, Robbie, also became a well-known stunt performer.  Whereas his father did his jumps mostly on Harley-Davidson motorcycles, Robbie was more into motorcross bikes.

Anyway, Crash has figures in G1, G2, and G3.

He even has a G4 figure in the Trick Dudes series. This figure does the "360 Shov-It" trick.  

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