But KITT had a little switch on the bottom that let a child correct this: one setting to slow the voice down, another to speed it up.įor a five-year-old kid, this was one heck of a cool toy. If it was new, the voice sounded too fast and high-pitched if it was old, the voice was low and slow. Those brainy Kenner toy designers even thought ahead–back in those days, toys that made sounds often suffered when a new or old battery was used.

“Engaging the infrared tracking scope.”.

When you pulled on the license plate, KITT said one of six phrases: This was a full-size vehicle, complete with rolling wheels, a movable steering wheel, opening and closing doors, and best of all, it talked. But what a toy! This was no little Matchbox car. It cost $25–no small chunk of change to my parents at that time. This was my first “bonus surprise,” meaning the gift I would get when my dad got a bonus at work. Like everything else from the ’80s, Knight Rider has witnessed a minor revival in the form of a recent computer game.īut in the ’80s themselves, this toy ruled. T’s van outrun KITT? Though such a match-up never came to pass, I still enjoyed my weekly dose of KITT and his pet human. I remember wishing for a Knight Rider/A-Team crossover could Mr. Feeny) was not only more interesting than Michael Knight in that he was a talking car that was impervious to bullets and could leap over other cars, but he also had more acting skill in his aural equalizer than David Hasselhoff has in his entire body.Really, when I was a kid, nothing was cooler than a talking black sports car that could also drive itself if necessary. Let’s face it: KITT (whose voice was provided by William Daniels, who later became Boy Meets World‘s Mr. The appeal of Knight Rider 2000 Voice Car, as the toy was apparently called (I called it “KITT car and Michael Knight,” I believe) was not the cheap Michael Knight figure, but rather KITT, the talking Trans Am and true star of the television series Knight Rider. I think you’ll find the similarities disturbingly apparent.īut as a child, I was very fond of this figure–or rather, the Kenner toy set he was a part of. I offer you this photo of an albino frog for comparison.

With its lipless, tepid smile, beady eyes fixed in a zombie-like stare, and milky, translucent-looking skin, this figure resembles an albino frog more than every German’s favorite actor. Baywatch is the distinctive wind-blown coiffure. In practice, the only clue that this is Mr. Â First off, let’s get one thing straight–in theory, that pasty, blobby white shape in the picture is intended to resemble the face of actor David Hasselhoff, circa 1983.

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