TOY: KITT from Chara Wheels Hot Wheels, 2001 Series (it had Japanese characters on the packaging)What is a blog about T.V. Cars without K.I.T.T.!
True story: When Knight Rider came out I named my BMX bike KITT. And I used to ride around the neighborhood with "KITT" and I was "a young loner on a crusade to champion the cause of the innocent, the helpless, the powerless"...It had super pursuit mode (pedal really fast) and turbo boost (road humps only as I was too chicken to try the actual ramps). Of course I dare not try the eject function of my "KITT" as I imagined that could be much too painful. But I digress....onto the actual KITT....
The show starred David Hasselhof, and for those too young to remember him, he was the "Hoff" from the show Baywatch. Anyway, the show had a talking car as it had artificial intelligence and had really cool functions like the aforementioned turbo boost and super pursuit mode and it was bullet proof! Watching it now though I find the show too cheesy and lame but when you're 10 it would probably be the coolest thing since Atari...err I mean PS3...The Hot Wheels car that I got was a happy accident as I never really thought I could get one as the show was cancelled when Ronald Reagan was still President. The car was just collecting dust in one of those out of the way hobby shops and when I saw it I just had to purchase it. It did come at a premium price though but it was worth it! My "KITT" may have retired but now I have my very own KITT.
Now if only I can get it to move on its own and try the ejector seat, now that would be sumthin.....
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