Space Hopper

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Basic Information
Accession Number:	2000F251
Collection:	Social History – Millenibrum Project 2000
Date:	1970 c – 1970 c

Maker Information
Maker:	Mettoy – View history
Notes
Space Hoppers were described in the promotional advertisements as the ‘amazing inflatable riding ball’. Most people will recall the orange model, although blue ones – now rare – were made too. The Space Hopper was inflated by means of a bicycle pump before going on to provide children of the 60s and 70s with many happy hours of bouncing.
Presented by Alan Giles, 2000.