Comments on: Epic Win: Fisher Price Roller Skates

By: llc

llc — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:41:24 +0000

dangerous! very dangerous! roller blades are much safer.

By: Izzy

Izzy — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:25:30 +0000

Duh, those aren’t “roller skates”. They’re Barbie Cars!!!

By: Andrea C.

Andrea C. — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 04:32:57 +0000

*laughs* My two closest-to-my-age-cousins and I had one pair of these between the THREE of us when we were kids! We used to take turns wearing one skate on each foot and holding on to each other as we ‘roller-skated’ around my Uncle’s concrete basement. I haven’t thought about us doing that in AGES!

By: Korgulon

Korgulon — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:26:04 +0000

I remember these! Holy crap! I was terrible at using them because I kept trying to skate on the carpet. Despite this, I was devastated when I grew out of them and my parents informed me that we didn’t have the money for REAL roller skates.

By: kim

kim — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:30:19 +0000

I had a pair of bright orange and blue plastic chunks with wheels that barely worked, yes.
The thing I remember most is the obnoxious noise the wheels made as they scraped against the driveway.

By: Nina

Nina — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:12:51 +0000

I have a pair of the plastic ones in my garage.

By: FooBunny

FooBunny — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 04:40:14 +0000

I had the plastic ones… and used to skate all over the houes if I could. Especially in the kitchen where the floor was smooth.

The driveway that was all bumpy and cracked, on the other hand, did not turn out to be the most pleasant experience…

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:55:45 +0000

I had these and absolutely loved them. I am so loving Blasts from the Past!

By: Aimee

Aimee — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 14:42:31 +0000

hahaha, i used to have a pair of these, i used to play with them up until i was about 10/11 (i had really small feet) then i got given a pair of actual 70s roller skates that used to belong to my mum when she was a kid. Ahh good times.

By: JessicaMarie

JessicaMarie — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:03:02 +0000

I remember they didn’t work very well in the sidewalk…and couldn’t they convert into rollarblades? That took some skill.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:54:35 +0000

I had a pair of these…standing on a brick step with them I slipped and cracked my skull open.

True Story.

By: fs

fs — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:58:35 +0000

That’s what I remember too. I managed to not kill myself on these…

By: Emily

Emily — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 15:34:32 +0000

Oh my gosh. My sister just found my old skates in the garage a few days ago! I’m surprised I even owned a pair, considering the fact that I’m only 15.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 07:31:53 +0000

holy balls I had these exact skates!

By: Pinky

Pinky — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 21:45:17 +0000

20 years later….I still have the scars from face-planting in the middle of the street on these!

By: wickett55

wickett55 — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 20:00:58 +0000

Like I said they BARELY go forward. It’s little more than walking and dragging your feet on the floor.

By: M Johnson

M Johnson — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:04:00 +0000

I cant remember how old I was when I got these, over 3 and under 8, but I loved them. Oh, and this was my submission!

By: brmbug

brmbug — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:54:20 +0000

Aw, something else the metal death skates were perfect for was rolling over rolled out roll-caps in the driveway.

By: brmbug

brmbug — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:51:19 +0000

I had a hand-me-down pair of those from a cousin who apparently kept them in a window in the garage, because they were faded, cracked, and fell apart after about 4 uses. On the other hand, I used and still have a pair of metal ones that belonged to my dad. Those were great. This was the mid-late 80’s, I was the only kid around that had them, and they just barely fit on my Nike’s. I had to use household slip-pliers to adjust them until I found the last skate key in all of Texas (probably) at a 5 & dime in Dallas.

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 08:12:20 +0000

I freaking loved those things. When my dad had guys over to watch a game, I’d put them on and shuttle beer and chips back and forth.

By: rickybobby

rickybobby — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 02:05:53 +0000

I had a pair of Death Skates, too. I also remember the good ol’ skate key. Didn’t take long for me to figure out that it fit a 9/16 nut. “Honestly, I dunno how it happened! It just fell apart!”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 01:48:54 +0000

oh wow, i remember those, they were shitty as hell but amused me anyway.

By: Joei

Joei — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:50:57 +0000

As a Small Person I always wanted those Fisher Price ones, what I ended up with was a jumble sale special which looking at those pictures is possibly what would have happened if the FP ones mated with the Metal Death Skates (adjustable metal with plastic wheels and an almost leather toe bit and strap, that was red, with green laces)! But I loved them, until I fell over a few times and they were thrown to the back of the cupboard never to see the light of day again! Hell, who knows, they may still be back there!

By: littlejreece

littlejreece — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:24:38 +0000

LOL oh my god, these were awesome! I had the metal skates for a little while, and the coolest thing was that I could make SPARKS with them on the sidewalk! Its probably amazing I never caught on fire! Good times….

By: itsame

itsame — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:50:30 +0000

Lol, I had those Fisher Price ones that apparently were locked into forward only. They barely moved and made that clicky grinding noise.

By: fuzz on the concept

fuzz on the concept — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:56:05 +0000

My daughter had the plastic ones, with the forward-only setting. About six years old, I think, and she was dubious about how they were working:
“Daddy, am I skating?”
“Sure you are honey — you’re on skates and you’re moving around.”
“I don’t think I am really skating. I think I am just scooting.”

By: Casey Kasum

Casey Kasum — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:24:11 +0000

lol these things were great! Memories! Amazingly, as klutzy as I am, I never broke anything on them, that happened later on with roller blades.

By: wickett55

wickett55 — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:50:52 +0000

When you are smaller your center of gravity is lover so it it easier to balance on things like this. That’s why kids can learn to ride a two wheel bike as young as three.

By: nightlyeclipse

nightlyeclipse — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:17:17 +0000

Amen to that!

I had those too, and my kids had the updated version just a few years ago.

By: C-Leaguer

C-Leaguer — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 18:12:54 +0000

No way, these things sucked. They were death traps for toddlers and young children. They were fun for about 5 seconds, then you fell, hurt or broke something, cried to mom, swore to never wear them again, and then forgot about the last time a week later because you were a child with a not fully developed brain.

By: slainterock

slainterock — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:33:12 +0000

I broke my first bone with these things. Ah, memories.

By: moi

moi — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:06:43 +0000

if any one of those wheels came into contact with even a grain of sand, you were bound for the hospital that day…fun times, and cool scars…

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 13:38:51 +0000

I LOVE this site. You’re always coming up with totally cool stuff that I hadn’t thought of in years yet that I immediately recognize.
These skates remind me of the old, heavy cheap skateboards…the ones you could get at the department store for 9.99 that had like neon orange skulls with mohawks on them.

By: Ninjarina

Ninjarina — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:08:29 +0000

Oh god, I remember these. My brother and I lived in the inner city so we weren’t allowed to play outside and we just put these on OUR BARE FEET. Good luck trying to go around on the carpet! At least it didn’t hurt when we fell.

By: Casa

Casa — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 03:51:35 +0000

Wow! My parents wern’t the only ones that didn’t let their small children play in the street?! I thought I was the only one…

I was an 80’s baby so I had the plastic ones, not the metal death skates. Those were my moms.

Oddly enough, I could skate better when I was two and three than I can now. Gota be one of those things like how it’s easyer for kids to pick up a language or how to swim than it is for adults.

By: jones

jones — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:37:37 +0000

I remember these! I remember falling on my ass and putting them in the trash. Even at a young age, self-preservation was strong in me.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:54:47 +0000

I had the metal death skates. I loved those darn things and spent many hours skating in tiny circles on our back patio because my stepdad wouldn’t let me play in the front yard until I was ten.

By: badinerie

badinerie — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:53:45 +0000

They use these at the daycare where my (almost) two-year-old goes. I’ve seen her on them. She’s a bit awkward, and she falls down, but she’s so small it doesn’t really matter (low to the ground and light) and I haven’t heard of any emergency room worthy accidents.

By: tim

tim — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 01:01:50 +0000

My sister and I had a pair of those each. We lived in Kentucky and once when it snowed and they were left outside, they froze to the patio. We put our feet in them, tried to pull them out of the ice and the plastic wheels snapped in two! It was more funny than disappointing, somehow.

By: Retro 80's Girl

Retro 80's Girl — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:52:30 +0000

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! These were SO great… I cannot believe the major flow of memories the instant I saw the pic =:D Awww, and then remembering that the wheels would jingle as you rolled along (or did something that resembled skating at 4 yrs old)

JOY ^_^

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:50:12 +0000

Oh, I definitely remember these. The wheels like…clicked. They were loud and not very functional. *reminisces*

By: BananaFruitcake

BananaFruitcake — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:52:48 +0000

Actually, if your feet go forward, you’re more likely to land on your backside and vice versa. It’s when your body moves forward faster than your feet that you need to be worried about…

By: wondercheese

wondercheese — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:17:05 +0000

How sad. Locks on rollerskate wheels! half the fun of those things was never know if you’d break something! My sis and I used to skate in our basement with the metal death skates! They kinda sucked, because they didn’t roll very well, but they sure were fun anyway!

By: Renee

Renee — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:59:43 +0000

Funny…when i was a kid (early to mid 70’s) i had the plastic ones and they WERE NOT safe at all! As an adult, i think it was one simple design flaw…the corkscrew middle. The concept was awesome, as you grow, they grow with you(i think this is why i got a pair) Every time your foot grew, you gave the top half a quarter turn and wa-la they fit your foot! However, this didn’t mean the plastic corkscrew middle could hold your new weight.

Now this ONLY happened when you were going down an sheer cliff(felt like it when they broke) or being towed by a bike, but they would snap in the middle! The plastic corkscrew would ALWAYS give out/slip a notch or two. Now, with the middle gone, all you had left was wheels on your toes and wheels on your heel with the middle of your foot hitting the ground(im still shocked to this day my foot never snapped in half) Geez how safe is that?

As i look back i also remember being picked on for having the plastic ones…everyone else had the metal ones or actual roller skates(it was the 70’s). The word baby comes to mind…*sigh* : )

By: Slashydutchie

Slashydutchie — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 21:04:39 +0000

Yup… I don’t think there’s age-discrimination when it comes to the amazing ability to land flat on your face as opposed to landing on your bottom when the wheels could still go backwards.

Safety… yay.

By: wickett55

wickett55 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:29:18 +0000

The wheels have locks on them now. They can only move froward, and it’s kinda hard to get them to even do that, so a 2 1/2 year old can use them.

By: Slashydutchie

Slashydutchie — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:08:09 +0000

Don’t forget “Anyone Else In The House’s One-Elebenty-Ninth Emergency Room Visit”… those things always pop up near staircases for some reason… it’s a law of nature.

By: Jillian

Jillian — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:07:18 +0000

omg!! I love these!! I used to skate around in the house with them, lol! miss them, too…