Skip-It

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Skip-It is a children's toy invented by Victor Petrusek and manufactured by Tiger Electronics. During its initial release in the late-1980s, the Skip-It apparatus became a commercial success through its avid advertisements on daytime Nickelodeon broadcasting as well as other children's programming. The 'Skip-It' apparatus was designed to be affixed to the child's ankle via a small plastic hoop and spun around in a 360 degree rotation while continuously skipped by the user.

During a second production occurring in the early-1990s, the toy was manufactured with a counter on the Skip-It ball; designed to make the number of skips impeccably accurate.

Some Skip-Its have colorful glitter filled and covered plastic decorations that can be slid on in order to make colorful patterns while being twirled about. The Toys "R" Us website sells ribbon streamers, charms and stickers to decorate Skip Its. However, they no longer sell the actual Skip-Its themselves.^[1]

There was a model which may have been called skiparoo or skip-a-roo that is from the 60s that was all plastic and had a red bell-shaped end.

There was also a model called the "lemon twist" which was made in the seventies. It was black PVC piping and had a big lemon at the end. It had little rocks inside that made noise as you twisted.

References

1. ^ Toys "R" Us - Skip It Sales Section, Toys "R" Us, June 16, 2009.

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