Skip-It — introduced?

Introduced: Early 1980s; the counter version in the early 1990s.

Skip-It — how it worked?

How it worked: A hoop around one ankle, a ball on a cord; swing it in a circle and hop over it.

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When did Skip-It come out?

Skip-It

Introduced: Early 1980s; the counter version in the early 1990s
Made by: Tiger Electronics
How it worked: A hoop around one ankle, a ball on a cord; swing it in a circle and hop over it
Still made?: Revived versions exist

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An ankle hoop with a ball on a rope. You swung it around one leg and skipped over it with the other, and the '90s version added a counter so you could prove you did it 500 times.

The commercial jingle is burned into younger Gen X and the bruise on the ankle bone is burned into everyone. Skip-It was the sidewalk toy of the era, and it ran on nothing but your own leg.

Sources: Wikipedia — Skip-It

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