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Sit N' Spin
by Kenner
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This memory was added on: June 20, 2008
This site is just so cool. With all the fun toys my brothers and I had when we were kids growing up in the 70's, I just had to share them with my daughter. So over the years, we have bought the new musical sit and spin, a pink & yellow big wheel (she wasn't too thrilled over that, darn), lite brite and lite brite travel, shrinky dinks, and color forms. Not to mention all of our 'old' fun toys and games that my mom has at her house!
Dee
1970
This memory was added on: October 6, 2007
Does anyone remember how the original sit and spin worked? I have a bet with my girlfriend that the top handle was on an opposite
gear with the bottom seat, and so when you spun the top handle, it made the bottom spin the opposite direction. So you could get
yourself spinning twice as fast as today’s sit-and-spins with stationary handles. With the original sit and spin, even if you spun
the top handle and wernt sitting on the seat, the seat would still spin in the opposite direction. If I am indeed wrong, was there
another toy that worked like that other than the sit and spin?
Joe
This memory was added on: May 3, 2007
If you want to experience the thrill as an adult, go to the Teacups ride at Disneyland. You can sit there and boogie 'til you puke!!! Our daughter (born in 1975) loved her Sit n Spin, and the one she has for her daughter really feels flimsy. I'm going to scrounge around for a "real" one.
Dennis Durfee
1944
dendurfee@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: April 23,2007
I remember playing with a bright blue care bear sit n' spin on my grandparents' deck!
jamie naragon
1981
mashjaja@aol.com
This memory was added on: March 18,2007
Oh yea...lot's of fun! We would try to see how many of us could get on it at one time. Eventually with all 5 of us kids we broke the handle part off, it had one screw holding it in and I remember one of the siblings getting it in the top of the head! Have they changed! I have one for my daycare boy that plays music. I sure wish I had the old one!!
Jennifer
1967
mojojeep@msn.com
This memory was added on: March 17,2007
Just bought the "new" one and it STINKS - I am returning it. It is a OVAL and you have to sit in a certian spot - what fun is THAT?
Lookin on Ebay for the ORIGINAL!!!
This memory was added on: January 18,2007
I want a Sit N' Spin for my son. He sits on the kitchen floor and spins himself around. I used to have a Sit N' Spin - - and what did I do - - sit in the kitchen while my mother cooked. I loved that toy.
Lynn
1971
lynnradius@aol.com
This memory was added on: January 15,2007
The screen saver on my comp right now is of me on my sit-n-spin. It was Christmas 1975, I was 3 year old. My 1st FAVORITE toy.
I would like to have one built for me to ride now.
d
1972
branham311@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 3,2007
ina couple my pictures have Sit and Spin before View Master ! I sit and spin in my room til I was borned ! I shared my sit and spinning with everybody
Elizabeth L.
1975
preciousangel75@optonline.net
This memory was added on: December 14,2006
Yesterday morning, my 4 year old grandson fell off a computer chair while spinning around and I told him to never spin around like that again. He replied "But I love to spin!" I told him all about the Sit and Spin toy (didn't know they still made it) and of course he asked for it. I explained that it was an old toy and no longer in use. Went to Goodwill just browsing around because I was bored and the first thing I saw _ the original Sit & Spin ($2.50) He's playing with it now and loves it...
Carol
1957
carol_huff@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 13,2006
I used to spin on my Sit N' Spin until I felt like I was going to vomit, and I thought it was SO COOL!
Parker
1977
smoogleboogle55@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 7,2006
I don't even recall if we actually owned this or if I used it at a friends house, but I have warm memories of playing with this toy. Just bought it for my two year old, here in Germany, where you can still get it without flashing lights and noise. I hope it will be as much fun as the old model was.
Monika
1970
monika@aol.com
This memory was added on: December 2,2006
I was a little old for the Sit and Spin when it first came out. But I was small for my age, so I could use one even at 7 or 8. Remember showing the younger children of a family friend how to use one and all of us having so much fun! I bough my 2 1/2 year old nephew a modern one. Smaller and not the same. Toils not neither does it spin. But today I found an old sit and spin, for 50 cents at a church rummage sale. From the 80's or 90's and it is the real thing. Just how I remember the 70's ones except for the color. Can hardly wait to give it to the little guy!
Ellie
1967
EAGailey@comcast.net
This memory was added on: November 27,2006
I just went out looking for a Sit N Spin for my daughter. I remember loving mine sooo much! I would spin all the time. Giving myself those little stomach hills. I would laugh and start all over again. I was pretty frustrated when I saw that all you can get now are ones that have lights, and music and talk. Can't they make anything un-electronic now? All I can say is I hope my daughter likes is and I wish I could have found a retro one. Maybe my parents still have mine in the basement?!?!
Michelle
1980
This memory was added on: November 6,2006
I had recently purchased a new sit and spin for my frinnds child. We put it together not only does it spin slower and built cheaper,it is not age appropriate to the age stated on the box. Children at age 18 months do not have that much upper body strength. Waste of money /waste of time. Dont bother buying one unless you can find the retro model.
Sarah
1973
This memory was added on: October 30,2006
My friend had a sit and spin. I loved going to his house and playing with it. I'd take my Big Wheel over to his house, and we'd take turns playing on the sit and spin on his kitchen floor. His mom would serve us Kool Aid in those metal tumblers..great memories
Big Petee
1965
peterlucas@spherion.com
This memory was added on: October 17,2006
The old Sit 'n Puke! I din't have one, but my younger brothers did and it occupied them for long preiods of time until...
george
1958
george9999@gmail.com
This memory was added on: October 3,2006
My Granny bought one at a yard sale for a quarter! There was never a quarter better spent! We played with that toy so much! Probably my favorite toy of all time!
Stephanie
1979
stephanie_pigman@msn.com
This memory was added on: May 25,2006
I bought a vintage Tonka Sit n Spin and a vintage Playskol Sit n Spin for by boys and they LOVED them. However, they are not built the same. One does work better than the other. They've been in storage and I'm now bringing them out for my daughter
R. Michael
1963
baila27@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: April 29,2006
my 2 year old daughter loves the sit n spin. i love the way it looks so mod + she gets exercise. she said, "i'm having too much fun"
i'm going to get her a sit n splash too, if i can find one
mod*mom
modmommy@gmail.com
This memory was added on: April 27,2006
I loved the sit and spin so much that I got myself going so fastt hat I flew of of it and hit my head on our fireplace. Required something like 10 stiches and like 50 gray hairs for my mom.
This memory was added on: April 27,2006
When I was a little girl I had a sit and spin it was awesome. Back in 1993, when my first son turned 3 I bought him one and he was absolutly thrilled. Now my youngest son is just turning 3 and I bought him a sit and spin and its a piece of junk he barely fits on it and he is a slender child and it states that its for 18 months to 5 1/2 years, yea right... bring back the awesome style we had or even the one my now 15 year old had when he was 3. Dont waste your money on the new one trust me it really isnt worth wasting your time with.
Heather
1969
brandihandi@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: March 26,2006
Unfortunately, for all of you who loved your Sit 'N Spin from your younger years, your child will not have the same experience. The Sit 'N Spin of today is flimsy, undersized, prone to tipping over, and spins at such a slow rate it should be called a Sit 'n Turn. Please save yourself the trouble of buying and returning this thing - it's not worth it.
ron
1969
ronald_chinn@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: February 3,2006
I loved the sit n' spin!
Jeff
1982
nolaboy82@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: January 24,2006
I had one. My daughter will have one. YEA SIT AND SPIN!
Rob
1972
This memory was added on: December 27,2005
I loved my sit n spin...I purchased one for my 3 year old daughter for christmas....but it's SO not the same!!! My dad could get on my sit n spin when I was little and go so fast. I tried getting on my daughter's this year and it STUNK! And I can't find the retro one anywhere!!! Does anyone know where I can find one?? The new ones are alot smaller, and don't go NEAR as fast....
shauna
1974
srafferty530@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 14,2005
I remember Sit n' Spins! They were the best! Everytime I see one... It reminds me of the joy and plesure I got out of them.
Thank you. Oh so dearly.
Rita
1969
gmahottie@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 9,2005
oh my god. the most incredible invention in history! my older brother and i used to try our damndest to sit on it together on our linoleum kitchen floor. once we could stay on without falling off, while it was still stationary, one quick spin and we'd both fly off. that's it...i'm diggin mine outta storage...
erin
1982
This memory was added on: December 9,2005
I never saw a sit n spin til I was too big for them. It was my friend's, and I used it anyways, but then I broke it and we couldn't use it anymore. She was really mad at me, even though she was too big for it too.
Belle
8/21/72
bellebaby@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: December 7,2005
I loved the sit n spin. I found a way to take the handle off and then crouch down on it and then spin myself with my hands on the floor. I could spin so much faster that way, it was awesome.
I just bought my son a sit n spin today for a Christmas gift.
JonD
1973
This memory was added on: December 6,2005
i totally remember throwing up!!!!! It was SO great!!!! Then my mom made me throw it away. I think she gave it to the neighboor with the annoying kids she didn't like!
jen
11/30/83
jenstar8621@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 4,2005
I loved my Sit and Spin. I would spend hours....not all at the same time...playing on it. I always wondered if it was still even available. I have nephews that are 3 and 4 years old and that is going to be one of the presents that they receive this year. I hope that they get as much use and enjoyment from it that I did.
Shannon
1973
shaymcg21@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: November 30,2005
I remember looking out at my back porch when I was a little girl and seeing my sit-n-spin! I can't believe it! I miss it!
Whitney
1987
wmoss@fitzgerald-brooks.com
This memory was added on: November 29,2005
We bought a Sit-N-Spin for our daughter at Christmas in 1980. She had just recd a new pair of boots, too so when she got ready to ride her sit-n-spin she walked up to it with the little big girl look and would spin and spin until she became dizzy. The smile on her face was priceless. I can still see it my mind. She's now 27 and you can bet I am getting one for her little girl who's two now. The memories come alive again.
Rhea
This memory was added on: November 12,2005
Ah, yes, Sit 'n Spin. I LOVED this thing. My friend has a memory of me when we were 3 years old. She came over to play and I was spinning and spinning on my Sit 'n Spin and my friend REALLY wanted to get on it because she didn't have one. So she waited patiently for me to get off of it and when I FINALLY did, she asked if she could have a turn. I said, "NO!" and hopped back on for another Sit 'n Spin marathon. I was such a brat.
Tracy
1970
This memory was added on: October 30,2005
Grown-ups didn't understand the appeal. My mom used to call it the "sit and puke"!
Rob
1967
robvolpi@aol.com
This memory was added on: July 25,2005
Sit N' spin is by far my most loved toy as a child. I would sit n' spin for hours. I loved it and never got dizzy! My mom would play records and I would sit spin and sing! When I got to big for it (them, as I went through 4) I took to standing and spinning in my room while listening to music. I know it sounds freakish and I may be the only person in the world who does this, but I still spin and listen to music (at age 28) every day. It's my form of meditation and I owe it all to my Sit n'Spin!
GB
1977
This memory was added on: July 18,2005
I loved sit and spin it was probably my favorite toy....my mom loved it too because I was occupied. I wish they made them for adults I would definately buy one :)
Meg
1973
mls722@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: June 9,2005
I'd always thought Sit N' Spins were an 80's thing. I never had one, but the kid up the block from me had one. I remember distinctly, silently, cursing the darn thing. I hated it, but I couldn't stop myself from sitting on it -- everyone else seemed to have so much fun on it. Without fail, it made me sick, and I wouldn't so much as look at it for the rest of the day. My friend was an animal, his house a constant zoo, and one day someone finally broke it. I was so happy, as if finally I'd won out over my nemesis.
Danny
1979
This memory was added on: May 30,2005
Oh yeah, spin till you fall off and the room gets that "Batman" look to it.
Tattooed Steve
1969
sales@tattooedsteve.com
This memory was added on: March 11,2005
It's the odd jingle and tv ad I remember the most...even then it seemed, well, a bit off.
Patrick
1966
This memory was added on: February 5,2005
I was thinking the red chair with the handle in the back was this toy.
It was shaped egg like. Red I think with a white seat. The handle was punched out in the back. Am I calling it the wrong thing?
Whatever that rocking seat was....I snuck people in when I was thirteen when my parents went out. It turned into a huge party, and someone rode this tippy red chair thing down the steps, and knocked over my mom's china cabinet, and broke all her Hummell's.
Boy did I get in trouble.
Noelle
1960
This memory was added on: February 4,2005
This was the toy everyone in pre-school wanted wanted at playtime. It was so fun!
Kim
1979
This memory was added on: January 28,2005
By brother and I each had a sit n' spin. I would spin on it until I was nauseous and fell over. I kept using it until I couldn't possibly fit on it anymore, and the sticker at the top of the handle was all torn off.
Andrea
1971
This memory was added on: January 28,2005
They need to have these for adults. I know I would buy one. It was for sure my favorite thing when I was little. I don't know why, cause I had really good equillibrium and rarely got dizzy from it - but it still gave me hours of entertainment.
Kimberly
1972
peacedaily@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 25,2004
OMG. I loved this Toy. Would spin for hours. I remember when I got to big and coudn't fit. I had to give it to a cousing :(
I also remember the sound it made. Like there were rocks or marbles inside.
KEWL.
LR
1970
show2n@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: December 23,2004
i loved sit and spin till of course i got to dizzy to stay on
ad
1973
This memory was added on: December 18,2004
The sit n' spin was my all time FAVORITE!! I am now trying to find one for my toddler. I don't want the one with all of the lights. Please e-mail me at hartyeats@hotmail.com if you know where to find one! Thanks!!!
Katie
1980
hartyeats@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: November 16,2004
I loved Sit 'n Spin. I've tried explaining it to children today and they look at me like I have three heads. "What, you just sit and spin around and around and thought it was fun?" They just don't get it!
Tracy
1968
This memory was added on: October 14,2004
I loved my sit-N-spin. I used it at my grandparents house because they had tile flooes and my cousin and I would both sit on it together and spin it as fast as we could and giggle uncontrollably. Then when my son turned 3 we got one for him.
Quaintance
1975
lollibones75@yahoo.com
This memory was added on: October 4,2004
I have so many memories from this thing... I was playing tag with my cousin and he ran onto the Sit N' Spin, and spun off of it... that was hysterical. I remember spinning myself on that thing until the room spun or until I would hurl. I guess that's where my fear of the Teacup ride came from.
Although those years are way behind me, I feel like I've lived through them. I know everything about them anyway... Child of the Sixties... that's what mother calls me!
Mary
1990
MiniMary12@aol.com
This memory was added on: September 1,2004
I don't remember sit n spin.
Craig J Osborne Esq
1978
Craig_Osborne@Hotmail.com
This memory was added on: August 22,2004
I remember spending all day on the sit n spin that my cousin had whenever I was over there to play with him. That was so much fun.
Sarah
1982
laprincipessa82@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: August 9,2004
There was a good one. I would spin in different places, but the most memorable and most fun was in our livingroom at our house whil the Tv played in the background. I must have spent forever on that thing until I was almost five.
Larry G
1971
shadyarcady@aol.com
This memory was added on: July 2,2004
I would spin, and spin, and spin, and spin.... eventually I'd tip over. When I got a little older, I took to standing on it and twisting. Until I'd tip over, that is.
Crystal
1977
This memory was added on: June 28,2004
MY FRIENDS AND I WOULD SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE COULD FIT ON IT AND STILL EFFECTIVELY SPIN. AND OF COURSE THE PERSON ON THE BOTTOM WOULD BE CRUSHED AS WELL AS HAVING THE BACK OF HIS HEAD GRADING ALONG THE ASPHALT.
TOM
1969
This memory was added on: May 10,2004
i had one also. me and my friends would have contests to see how dizzy we would get. we would stand up and fall over.
chris
1971
chrisdavis89@hotmail.com
This memory was added on: February 26,2004
am I the only one that rode this thing tandem?
egotrip
1971
egotrip_av@excite.com
This memory was added on: January 5,2004
Mine was called sh** and spin because I use to use it when I needed to go....
Kelly
1965
This memory was added on: December 20,2003
My theory: Sit and Spin is the as-yet-unidentified cause of autism.
maria
1968
crowamonghens@aol.com
This memory was added on: October 14,2003
SOME KIDS GO ,WHEN THEY SIT AND SPIN!
This memory was added on: August 19,2003
i wonder if the little girl in the photo was on the verge of hurling. she looks a little green around the gills.
1967
This memory was added on: July 7,2003
I used to spin on mine all the time. I was a small kid so I remember using it long after I probably should have. We didn't get rid of it until I couldn't ride it anymore. I used to spin on it so fast that I would pull the handle out and fall off laughing. What a great toy.
Jessica
1977
jmelby@email.com
This memory was added on: June 5,2003
I remember spinning on this thing over and over (around and around) and over until I just fell off and lay there on the floor so dizzy I couldn't stand up. What did that teach me? Nothing. I'd just do it again and again. My Mom would eventually make me quit it - but only if I made myself actually vomit. ah, the joys of childhood.
Katrina
1970
katrina@louisville.edu
This memory was added on: May 26,2003
I remember when I would see the commercials for the sit-n-spin on t.v. I thought we HAD to have one! I never got one, but my neighbor had one, and we played with it for hours. It was a great toy. I bought one for my kids and they hardly use it. :( oh well!
mindy
1972
This memory was added on: May 9,2003
I think I know why there are no memories of sit and spin. People just don't want to rember spinning themselves sick.
AJ
1969
abetzel@msn.com
This memory was added on: May 9,2003
I remember Sit N' Spin well, it was one of my favorite toys. I remember mine was orange. But the thing I remember most about it was when my teenage brother (who was six foot six inches tall) decided to ride on it and of course he broke it. I was SOOOO mad at him! The family joke to this day is that I still haven't totally forgiven him for breaking my sit n' spin.
Beth
1971
rebl_rn@yahoo.com
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