Big Wheel Pins and Buttons
Description: In the year 1977, if you were just too big for a “Big Wheel,” there was only one alternative: Marx’s Green Machine. If you owned one, the other kids on your street would be “green” with envy. Selling for just under twenty dollars, this pedal-operated hot rod featured adjustable bucket seats, “hug the road tip-proof-design,” stick-shift controls and as per-size mag-style wheel with a honeycomb design on it. It was the perfect ride, according to promotional materials, “for guys 8 9, 10 years old who really know how to ride.” Hopefully, the green machine was for gals who knew how to ride too.
Description: Big Wheel is a brand of low-riding tricycle, made mostly of plastic, with a large front wheel and exceptionally low seat. Introduced by Louis Marx and Company in 1969 and manufactured in Girard, Pennsylvania, the Big Wheel was a very popular toy in the 1970s in the United States, partly because of its low cost and partly because consumer groups said it was a safer alternative to the traditional tricycle or bicycle. Its low center of gravity made it a stable tricycle for children to ride, minimizing both tip-overs and severity of any related falls.
Description: This classic hot rod ran on pedal-power! It makes a great gift for the 1970s speedster in your life.
Classic Speedster Born To Ride Big Wheel Pin
by Slightly Unhinged
$2.75 $3.25
Description: If you're a Big Wheel survivor or know someone who is, then you need to get this awesome design. Cool, new, popular, recent, trending, top pick, best seller, top seller, editors pick, number 1 ranked, hot, recommended, liked, great artwork, t-shirt design, must have, recommended choice, featured, All designs, best selling t-shirt graphics, best trending
Description: Fisher's Big Wheel was a discount department store chain. It was formed in 1939 following the consolidation of the Fisher Dry Goods company and a hardware store called Big Wheel. Fisher's Big Wheel was primarily located in smaller towns which were not already served by other discount retailers. At its peak, the chain comprised more than 100 stores in 8 states. The chain declared bankruptcy in 1993, selling some stores and closing others. Fisher's Big Wheel closed in 1994.
Description: Fisher's Big Wheel was a discount department store chain. It was formed in 1939 following the consolidation of the Fisher Dry Goods company and a hardware store called Big Wheel. Fisher's Big Wheel was primarily located in smaller towns which were not already served by other discount retailers. At its peak, the chain comprised more than 100 stores in 8 states. The chain declared bankruptcy in 1993, selling some stores and closing others. Fisher's Big Wheel closed in 1994.
Description: Cap'n Crunch is a corn and oat breakfast cereal manufactured by Quaker Oats Company, a subsidiary of PepsiCo since 2001. After introducing the original cereal in 1963, marketed simply as Cap'n Crunch, Quaker Oats has since introduced numerous flavors and seasonal variations, some for a limited time — and currently offers a Cap'n Crunch product line. the gimmick of Cap'n Crunch was that it kept it's crunch, even in milk, other cereals at the time got soggy in milk, while Cap'n Crunch didn't The character, Horatio Magellan Crunch, captains a ship called the Guppy, and was born on Crunch Island, a magical island off the coast of Ohio and in the Sea of Milk—with talking trees, crazy creatures and a mountain (Mt. Crunchmore)
Cap'n Crunch Riding a Big Wheel WHAT!!! Distressed and Vintage Style Pin
by offsetvinylfilm
$2.75 $3.25
Description: Who isn't spooked by The Shining? When the audience first sees the creepy Grady twins standing at the end of that long hallway in front of Danny on his tricycle, it's one of the weirdest and greatest moments in cinema. One of my signature art styles is to superimpose two images over each other, which I did here with the iconic carpet pattern in the hallways of the Overlook Hotel over the silhouette of our young hero, Danny Torrance.
