I had a slew of these and Rough Riders. The Stompers would run underwater. The on/off selector would allow you to shift them into reverse also!!

I think Duracell and Energizer are in business today because of the amount of AA's I went through with these things.

LOL! I had a bald spot on my head from one of these, only did that once! What were the ones that floated and had paddle tires?

My cousin lost her "beautiful long blonde hair" one day because because I though it would be fun to run my Stomper through her hair.

these were great and FYI when they get stuck in hair don't panic all you have to do is take out the battery and put it back backwards it reverses and releases hair( i had to do this more than once in school). when i was in grade school kids parents paided me to fix these also the ones with paddle tires were water demons

The best part about these was modifying them to pull harder and faster. I do not recommend connecting a car battery to one (speaking from experience...LOL)

We took the double A battery out & used a 9 volt,with a small wire to make the connection the thing simply tripled the speed of a stomper with a double A in it. LOL

I had a great time with the stompers I had! The best was making new obsticals for them to climb over. Wish I still had some for my son to play with.

do you guys remember the tractor pull sled attachment. You hooked to the back like a trailer and filled the bucket with marbles and see who could pull it the farthest!!! what fun.

The foam tired ones floated on water!?!? At the age of 3~4 i had no idea! I feel completely robbed of my childhood now. Thanks Jarret!

The Stomper Track was AWESOME!!! It had hills to climb and fake rocks and at the end it would go through a turn-a-bout and go back the way it came so that if you were racing, you could have a chance at running over the losing car. The Knight Rider one was Sa-weeeeeet!!! The front red light lit up and made it look cool. By far the best/most popular in my neck of the woods. Water Stompers were pretty cool too and trying to get them to tug boat things. I think I can hear that winding tiny motor sound now.....bring back the '80s toys!

man i remember these like it was yesterday

BRING EM BACK!!!! I've got a 1 yr old and I can't find them anywhere. Stompers were the perfect toy. I had the tank and ran it through the snow in the winter, the mud in the spring, sand int the summer..

my husband has a bunch of these from when he was younger, he and our three yera old play with them every night now. We're avid tractor pullers so these toys mean a lot to us. We would like a few more though if anyone knows where to find them.

I can remember these like it was yesterday, but truth is it's been better than 20 years when I was a teen in HS these was very popular for some of the kids such as myself and a few friend who took them seriously. We would modify these by removing the plastic cover that held the motor against the gears next we would remove the wheels tires and axles next we would cut openings in the plastic frame to allow us to add larger motor, aluminum spur gears, extended axles and different wheels and tires. For the life of me I don't remember how we come across the place that we got the stuff to do this but looking back it has to be through a mail order RC or radio control hobbies company because the internet didn't exist in the mid 80's for us and the only place I know today that sells anything similar is that. The only thing that I have not seen is what he called a "wolly tire" or "wally tire" he&& I dunno the spelling but they were over sized super stick foam type tires on highly polished aluminum wheels and each mounted to the axle with a Allen head set screw. These wolly tires gripped like glue to control the throttle and speed of these bad boys when we finished modifying them we would run a good length of wire through the top or side of the plastic body and connected to a external power source and a hand held speed control er that was usually borrowed from a electrical toy race car track. In the finished stated these would pull tremendous amounts of weight considering there size. For added traction we would take a piece of metal rod, bent in the shape of a U drill holes in the front bumper and insert it into the front bumper once finished it would usually extend 1-2 inches beyond the front bumper and was used to hold weights. Me and the friend I refereed to that did this would carry these to school with us each morning faithfully and have pull offs to see who was the best. Sometimes we would attach them bumper to bumper and pull against each other the person that lost would usually jump back changes his weights, tires and wait for another turn. If that got boring we would stack up school books and see how many we could push or pull across the lunch table. When all else failed we would fold up the lunch tables to its partially incline position and see which one could climb the steepest hill. Yeah this is the way I remember the stomper toy and our way of passing the 1-2 hours wait that we usually had before school because our parents had dropped us off at school early. For a HS kid living in a small town that had nothing to offer this was a adrenalin rush as it always gathering a crowd. Looking back I think it is what Fu&& up my life, Because it was during that time that I thought I could scale that fun up and take it out into the real world and work on cars for a living it hasn\\'t been all that exciting but I\\'m sure that has a lot to do with never getting out of the small one horse town. Last and overall I would have to say that stompers toys can be a lot of fun regardless of whether they had anything to do with the choices I made in life and I would change those days if I could.

These were the first big craze I went through in school. First grade in 1979-80. These things would climb anything. I think I had a blue chevy blazer or a bronce truck. They are available on ebay now.

YES!! I had the Amphibian, a green one. Wish they made them still so my 4yo and 3yo could play with them. Also, I saw a Matchbox version that looks very similar at Target last night.

I was more of a Rough Riders fan. But my best friend, Tony, was a die hard Stompers supporter. We'd challenge each other to off-road races and obstacles! With no bills, jobs, kids, or other responsibilities at that age, that was the best! Man, I miss those trucks!

I Loved The Little Things We Use Us To Have Truck Pulls. I Wish I Still Had The. If I Could Find Some I Would Bye Them Right Now!!! And I Am 43 years I would Start A Truck Pull.

We had so much fun with these toys as kids and i have been looking for some for my boy to play with, wish i could find some to buy,we used to hook them up to 12v car batteries with about 15ft of wire u talking about moving fast lol. sometimes it would just stripe the gears right out.

YES! The Matchbox ones at target are STOMPERS reincarnate! I bought two for my son Noah and daughter Addisyn. They have been playing with them all day. Lovn it. Grab some and its after school in the 80's all over again

Stompers Rule! Way back in the day, stompers were so big that all of my friends and their fathers would compete in highly organized pulls at the truck stop restaurant in Taylorstown, PA. I remember we had a custom built sled, with multiple classes, and we even had a homemade bar/ track that had a layer of astro turf for the pulling surface. Trophies were handed out and there were judges and rules, it was unreal. Many dads spent a lot of time on their breaks from the mills and mines to hot rod these things, it was awesome and unforgettable. I can't believe there are men who were boys in the 80's that never even heard of stompers. They sure missed out on some real fun.

WE WOULD MODIFY OUR STOMPERS IN THE MID 80S USING PARTS THAT WE BOUGHT OFF OF AN OLD GUY WHO AT THE TIME STILL HAD A HOBBY SHOP.THE SHOP WAS PROBABLY 30 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME AND HE HAD PILES OF BOXES THAT WERE FULL OF BRAND NEW SLOT CAR PARTS.AGAIN MOST OF THOSE PARTS DATING BACK TO THE SIXTIES. THE KICKER WAS EVEN THOUGH SLOT CARS HAD GONE OUT YEARS BEFORE HE WOULD ONLY ALLOW US TO BUY OUT OF ONE BOX AT A TIME. WE HAD A FIELD DAY WITH THESE PARTS.WE WOULD RUN HAIRDRYER MOTORS WITH VARIABLE SPEED TYCO TRAIN CONTROLLERS.WHAT A BLAST.WE ALSO WERE IN HIGH SCOOL AT THE TIME.MY SON IS EIGHT AND HE LIKES TO LOOK AT THEM AND ASK A MILLION QUESTIONS ABOUT THEM. AND IT MAKES MY SMILE JUST THINKING ABOUT RUNNING THOSE TRUCKS BACK THEN.!!!

just got my newborn (2 days old) three water demons off of ebay

I have often wondered if we could somehow buy the molds or make some molds?

Someone really needs to come out with a new model. These were the best toys ever.

stompers are great. My friends and I still play with them. If you want to check it out, go to youtube.com and look up 4x4 stomper pulls and look for us. We have compotions every week. We have truck pulls in the dirt and its all sanctioned and with rules. Hope you enjoy. STOMPERS ROCK!!!!!!

These were from back in my day. My son is 12 years old and so enthused by these. His dad still has his but of course aren't played with now. Does anyone know I could find a modern day version of these or even an old one? I understand Tinco Toys produced some in 2001 but I can't even find any thing out about those. My son would love one of these for Christmas. If anyone has one for sale or knows where I can get one please e-mail me at Hiddenintentions72@gmail.com Thanks

Are the new Matchbox power scouts actually stompers reborn? one of the sets has the cords to guide the trucks and I remember those cords from the 80's. I am looking for new toys for my 5 year to get into. I see to be looking back at the 80's with legos, g.i. joe and now stompers. http://www.matchbox.com/showcase/product.aspx?product_number=M0148&category_id=7564§ion= Let me know if anyone has these and likes them. Bring back the tractor pulls!!!

i love those things. i still have 12 of them and they all but one run. i have a pull sled also. my 4 + 5 year olds love them. we get them out and have pulls all the time. they say "hook'em up". i bought them some of the matchbox scouts, they play with them alot, but they are not stompers, you know what i mean.

Had them when i was a teenager and still have 'em today. My son thinks they are just as awesome as i did way back then! I even have the pulling sets from back in the day. They are available on ebay.

I had one Stomper and one Scout. The stomper was fast but the scout would run over anything I put in it's path. Then I started messing with the motors to make them go faster. For some reason, packing the battery area with tin foil made the stomper fly across the playground (used to race them at recess) Ah, the good old days

New Bright has a line of 'mini-monsters' very much like the Stompers. They sell at the Dollar General store for $3. I searched for a month to find a Stomper and this is as close as I can find. Bought four them and my 9yr old is totally digging it. There are 9 trucks in the line, but multiple color matterns make about three dozen available trucks. Have fun!!!

I had a few of these back in the early 80's that i bought from k-mart.. these were great toys, not like most of the stupid over priced toys they make today. Back then they kept it simple, and it worked.

We bought them by the case. Then modify them .WE traveled all over the state of K,Y. pulling them had a great time .My family gotten bored this winter and we,re getting out them out and start playing again.

simply the coolest toy of my childhood next to transformers

I was born at the end of 1979 so I was a kid when Stompers were in their heyday. I think I had almost every one of them! I recently bought one off ebay still in the unopened package. I still love these so much that I had a STOMPER windshield decal (like the toys had) made for my Dodge Ram 4x4! Now I have a grown up life size version!

My favorite one is the Ford Bronco full size, those foam tires, it looked like it had a lift kit on them. If they only made more of these, my boys would love them.

Hey Guys Yea know what you Mean the 1980's toys were the best......much fun....I had many stompers growing up me and many of my friends. My friend took a stomper one time tied it to some fishing line while he was fishing at the river sunk it he could feel the line vibrating reeled the stomper back up was still a going. Tough as nails Miss em in fact I just bought a rough rider on ebay many stompers and rough riders on there right now. Many of the prices seem to range $20.00 and Higher depending on condition . Does anyone remember how much stompers cost back in the 80's been trying to remember......Take Care.....David.

Although I'm a girl, I LOVED Stompers! I wish I still had mine. I thought the headlights were the coolest thing. I remember when cheap plastic ones came in the Happy Meals, too.

Does anyone know what these sold for originaly,,,I rember having them, but we were dirt poor, so they couldn't have been much,,,just wandering because I was looking to buy one on ebay, and about sh** myself when I saw how much they were going for.

Stompers rule!!My favorite ones were the O.G.ones with the spike rubber tires.They seemed to climb better than the lower profile ones with squggly lines cut into them!BRING THEM BACK!!!!!!

my brother and i would get them in our christmas stockings....we would make track for them out of the encyclopedia set ......many fun days with them for sure

For years we'd take my brother's stompers collection to the beach and make huge tracks in the sand. Get all the stompers going at one time, running around the track. Everyone on the beach stopped to watch. Wish we could find some more. The old stompers have just about had it.

Loved growing up with Stompers in the 80's.. Just bought my 4yr old some of the Matchbox Power Scouts. They seem to be ok but don't climb like the old Stompers did, these need more weight in front. They have no headlights and no reverse but they will do, maybe I'm a little biast. Had them for a day and felt the need to start moding. Pulled the tires off and added a set of rubber tracks from a Lego set and it works great! They are modestin price but still enough where I am weary of letting my son take them outside.(I know. I feel ashamed admitting that)

Yeah, I remember these. My brother and I had quite a few of them. We had 2 Semis, and sent away for the flatbed trailer that we'd haul our tanks on. I had a fire truck, 2 water demons (Explorer in bright green and a military one), the Knight Rider one, 280Z in red (my first one), and my brother had a playset for army men that you could run the tanks through with plastic baracade blocks, and adjustable sections. I'm 35 now, and I can remember this like it was yesterday. They need to bring these back, because my 7 year old nephew would love them!!!

we used to use a pull sled and powered the stompers with a train transformer. blew up plenty. tried hooking one to a light cord. BAD move blew me across the room and left a weird burn mark on the desk.

You know what, these were great trucks and useful too. My young lad had one and it could climb over anything! I actually used his stomper to pull a ball of string through some Big O drainage pipe once to use as a tracer to pull some wire through! Any one know where I can get one now? Keithmanser@hotmail.com

I saw these things called Matchbox Power Scouts, and I instantly thought about stompers. I also had the truck pull trailer. Anyway, these new things are of course, not nearly as cool, but still if you're looking for something similar it may be worth it to google them.