Speaking of monster trucks, anyone have Stompers as a kid?

I had several of them along with that sled.  Of course, I had to mod them.  Started with gluing extra body parts on, then moved to more power.  Instead of the single AA battery, connect a couple of wires to a six volt camp lantern battery.  Great fun.  Then decided (unwisely) to cut the outlet end off an extension cord and plug into house ac current.  GREAT fun!

I always wanted the sled. Had all kinds of fun with the couple that I had. They ate through that one AA battery way too fast. 

Yep, had several including the sled. Also a semi and a 2wd Camaro that the front wheels could be locked into a turn so it would run in circles. My favorite toys growing up.

I had a few of them, and we sent off for a Pontiac Firebird in Gold. I think it involved a certain number of proof of purchase cut-outs and a check for shipping and handling.

Don't let them get near hair, or you'll have a Stomper stuck to your head crying while your mom finds the scissors.

I also had some that had a cone-shaped wheel that would support two-wheeled running, and one that had a propeller in the back and a giant hovercraft body so it was amphibious.

I was totally a stomper kid. I must have had dozens of them and was always taking them apart for some reason. I remember thinking I was hopping them up but don't remember what I did

I do know that me twiddling screwdrivers on my toys as a wee kiddo made my father very proud. 

Lol, I took a lot more of those apart then ever got put back together.

Hell yeah I had stompers. 

Still do! 

Yes! I want to say that I had a blue '57 Nomad. 

Loved Stompers... I had a number of them, and IIRC at one point had a 6x6 big rig.

Hey, they did exist!

Not a Stomper, but I do still have this:

Don't look them up on Ebay. Original Schaper ones, especially in the package, sell for ludicrous money. I've looked. 

Somehow I never heard of these nor had any, but they look awesome.

In reply to Appleseed :

Yeah, they had faded to memory until a few years ago I went by PacoMotorsports office and he had a couple on his desk.  I was bitten by the nostalgia bug for about a minute until I learned the prices they command now.  

I had that yellow BRAT and I think a white Bronco.

I'm sure I have told this story here before, but in about 1977-78 we moved to a very old farmhouse on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.  We built a huge new barn / garage / workshop about 50 yards behind the house.  During construction we ran 3 or 4 4" PVC conduits between the basements for utilities.

When we installed power and phone service to the shop, we were trying to figure out the easiest way to pull the wires.  I took one of the Stompers and tied a string to the rollbar.   After fresh batteries, I turned it on and put it in one end of the 4" PVC.

It buzzed away out of sight and I kept feeding it string.  About 5 minutes later my dad at the other end could see the headlights reflecting down the conduit.  A couple minutes after that, it popped out the other end, still towing the pull string behind it.

Worked perfectly.

Still have some, but not as many as I once did. Sadly all are non-op at this point. They still make great office decorations though.

And one of the competing brand Rough Riders:

Tamiya Mini 4wd trucks seem like a spiritual successor in a way. I've had a few, and they trundle along in a very similar way. 

I loved those things, and spent hours playing with them.

I had the blue blazer and one other one, don't remember which.  Pretty sure sand box duty did mine in.