Title: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 29, 2011, 09:11:59 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 29, 2011, 09:11:59 PM
We are under the topic of TOYS, so what toy weapon would you pull out of the toybox if you were 9 years old and some nasty monster was breaking down your bedroom door?! Or even worse.......under your bed! Let's see some of that childhood weaponry!
I'll start off. I just used this pic in another post on comic ads...it is a Mattel M-16. No batteries involved. Pull the bolt back once and get 9 shots....long or short burst. Pull the bolt back 6 times and get a stream of over 50 continuous shots! And this sucker is LOUD! Manufactured in 1966. One false legend was that the M-16 actually used in Viet Nam was produced by Mattel. Actually the first versions of the military M-16 had plastic grips manufactured by Mattel.....and these grips had the Mattel logo on them. Complaints soon let to removal of the logo on the grips........Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys074.jpg)
I'll start off. I just used this pic in another post on comic ads...it is a Mattel M-16. No batteries involved. Pull the bolt back once and get 9 shots....long or short burst. Pull the bolt back 6 times and get a stream of over 50 continuous shots! And this sucker is LOUD! Manufactured in 1966. One false legend was that the M-16 actually used in Viet Nam was produced by Mattel. Actually the first versions of the military M-16 had plastic grips manufactured by Mattel.....and these grips had the Mattel logo on them. Complaints soon let to removal of the logo on the grips........Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys074.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: 60sThru80s on July 29, 2011, 09:32:52 PM
Post by: 60sThru80s on July 29, 2011, 09:32:52 PM
In my mind, it was always an outer-space monster, so it took an outer-space gun to deal with. The trusty REMCO Lost in Space gun. It had a dial you could turn to project a different color light, so even if the alien was purple, he was dead meat!
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5989522236_d611353963.jpg)
(I no longer have it, so this is not my pic. Apologies to whoever I pilfered it from a few years ago)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6122/5989522236_d611353963.jpg)
(I no longer have it, so this is not my pic. Apologies to whoever I pilfered it from a few years ago)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 29, 2011, 10:47:36 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 29, 2011, 10:47:36 PM
60sthru80s.....Remco sure had the cool toy guns in the 60's! I love that helmet too. Good news...bad news....Good news is that particular Remco gun shows up often on the E-bay....bad news......that helmet, when it does appear, is big bucks! Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Something'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: CreepysFan on July 30, 2011, 03:57:10 AM
Post by: CreepysFan on July 30, 2011, 03:57:10 AM
Can't go wrong with an U.N.C.L.E. issued deterrent. Great for Thrush Agents, monsters, and the occational sibling.
(http://i371.photobucket.com/albums/oo156/CreepysFan/ug1.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: twilitezoner on July 30, 2011, 06:40:35 AM
Post by: twilitezoner on July 30, 2011, 06:40:35 AM
Quote from: bigbud on July 29, 2011, 09:11:59 PM
We are under the topic of TOYS, so what toy weapon would you pull out of the toybox if you were 9 years old and some nasty monster was breaking down your bedroom door?! Or even worse.......under your bed! Let's see some of that childhood weaponry!
I'll start off. I just used this pic in another post on comic ads...it is a Mattel M-16. No batteries involved. Pull the bolt back once and get 9 shots....long or short burst. Pull the bolt back 6 times and get a stream of over 50 continuous shots! And this sucker is LOUD! Manufactured in 1966. One false legend was that the M-16 actually used in Viet Nam was produced by Mattel. Actually the first versions of the military M-16 had plastic grips manufactured by Mattel.....and these grips had the Mattel logo on them. Complaints soon let to removal of the logo on the grips........Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys074.jpg)
Best gun in Call of Duty :).
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Inkfink on July 30, 2011, 08:33:44 AM
Post by: Inkfink on July 30, 2011, 08:33:44 AM
I recall having that Man from U.N.C.L.E. issued to me when I was a kid secret agent. My arsenal also consisted of Agent Zero and Johnny Eagle weaponry along with a lethal attache case. Unfortunately my Dad's trench coat was too big.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 30, 2011, 09:59:50 AM
Post by: bigbud on July 30, 2011, 09:59:50 AM
The U N C L E gun set is so cool! And is in the same family as the James Bond 007 Attache Case. This is one of the favorites in my collection. The gun is so neat! First....and this is big for us monster killers....it shoots bullets (OK, only plastic ones). Gun has silencer, rifle barrel extension, scope attachment and shoulder rod extension. The REAL treat is the 007 case.....this baby is packed! Case has a hidden barrel for shooting through the closed case.......has a concealed slide out dagger.......and has a secret lock that explodes if case is opened by spies! There's a secret message code book that is also booby trapped! Plus a wallet with international passport, currency, and secret agent calling cards......What monster wouldn't cringe if Junior got one of these for Christmas! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys078.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys078.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 30, 2011, 10:01:15 AM
Post by: bigbud on July 30, 2011, 10:01:15 AM
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys080.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 30, 2011, 10:02:25 AM
Post by: bigbud on July 30, 2011, 10:02:25 AM
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys081.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scary Terry on July 30, 2011, 12:15:34 PM
Post by: Scary Terry on July 30, 2011, 12:15:34 PM
Had that 007 case -- but no box. Just sold it before moving to MO.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: MDG on July 30, 2011, 01:25:47 PM
Post by: MDG on July 30, 2011, 01:25:47 PM
I had both the UNCLE and 007 cases as a kid--all I still have is the "passport" that came w/ the UNCLE set.
That year, the two other things I really wanted (I think I was 7) was a sport jacket w/ an inside pocket where i could keep my gun(which my mother got for me), and a metal cigarette case I could "use" as a two-way radio (from my uncle Dominic).
That year, the two other things I really wanted (I think I was 7) was a sport jacket w/ an inside pocket where i could keep my gun(which my mother got for me), and a metal cigarette case I could "use" as a two-way radio (from my uncle Dominic).
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 30, 2011, 02:52:28 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 30, 2011, 02:52:28 PM
QuoteHad that 007 case -- but no box. Just sold it before moving to MO.
Not good Terry. You need all the weaponry you can lay hands on......lots of those rascally Missouri Tigers around these parts.....Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: CreepysFan on July 31, 2011, 03:28:26 PM
Post by: CreepysFan on July 31, 2011, 03:28:26 PM
That 007 Bond set is freakin awesome, bigbud. The case even has secret buttons and dagger like Bond used in " From Russia With Love" movie. Excuse me while I wipe the drool away. Killer set man, adding that to my wish list. ;D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2011, 04:11:05 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2011, 04:11:05 PM
Yea Creepysfan, it would have been every kid's dream for Christmas, birthday, or any occasion. The box is large and the toy has so many pieces and actions, PLUS it shoots! That was big with me as a kid.......Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: RICKH on July 31, 2011, 05:02:29 PM
Post by: RICKH on July 31, 2011, 05:02:29 PM
I had both the Man from U.N.C.L.E. set and the Bond attache case when I was a kid. I preferred the UNCLE gun to the Bond because it had an actual removable clip. I thought that was really nifty. I loved the attache case because of the hidden knife and the fact that the case fired a bullet. When my friends came over between these two items and my Topper Secret Sam spy gear we were well equipped for any assignment Q or Mr. Waverly gave us.
BTW, my weapons of choice were the Mattel camo tommy gun and the snub nose .38 with shoulder holster. I still have the .38 and holster, but the tommy gun is long gone.
BTW, my weapons of choice were the Mattel camo tommy gun and the snub nose .38 with shoulder holster. I still have the .38 and holster, but the tommy gun is long gone.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Dr. Madd on July 31, 2011, 06:49:37 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on July 31, 2011, 06:49:37 PM
My favorites were the cowboy revolvers, and I had a replica of the colonial flintlock
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2011, 09:30:22 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2011, 09:30:22 PM
QuoteI still have the .38 and holster, but the tommy gun is long gone.
Yea RICKH, Long gone to my house! Ha! No,no, only kidding, I didn't swipe yours (but if we had been neighbors I would have tried!). This cool Guerrilla Gun Set by Mattel has the added advantage of including a string pull, cap exploding booby-trap.......no monster sneaks in the room after dark or he gets blown-up and a full bolt-pulls worth of Mattel machine gun! Love, Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys082.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2011, 09:32:24 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2011, 09:32:24 PM
And hey! RICKH......how bout some pics of the Mattel .38!?
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys083.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys083.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2011, 10:07:49 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2011, 10:07:49 PM
Quoteand a metal cigarette case I could "use" as a two-way radio
Yea MDG, used it as a make believe two-way radio, huh? We got ya figured.......you were the 7 year old with the slicked back hair and black jacket leaning against the back of the school building with a cigarette hangin' from your mouth ......looking to bully us sweet, innocent, bright and studious pupils... Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: RICKH on August 01, 2011, 10:30:56 AM
Post by: RICKH on August 01, 2011, 10:30:56 AM
I'll try to post some pic of the .38 this week. If I can find my M Squad .38 I'll post some pics of that as well.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Dr. Madd on August 01, 2011, 11:59:31 AM
Post by: Dr. Madd on August 01, 2011, 11:59:31 AM
Quote from: bigbud on July 31, 2011, 09:30:22 PM
Yea RICKH, Long gone to my house! Ha! No,no, only kidding, I didn't swipe yours (but if we had been neighbors I would have tried!). This cool Guerrilla Gun Set by Mattel has the added advantage of including a string pull, cap exploding booby-trap.......no monster sneaks in the room after dark or he gets blown-up and a full bolt-pulls worth of Mattel machine gun! Love, Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys082.jpg)
Anyone got a close-up of the booby trap?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 02, 2011, 06:50:48 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 02, 2011, 06:50:48 PM
QuoteMy favorites were the cowboy revolvers
I'm with ya! And with the opening of Cowboys and Aliens it is clear that our Western ancestors needed firepower to hold off the monsters too!
Here's a cool favorite of mine. This is the Sniper Pistol by Hubley. This sucker shoots caps and is over 22 inches long! And it sold for only a buck! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys085.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 02, 2011, 06:57:36 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 02, 2011, 06:57:36 PM
QuoteAnyone got a close-up of the booby trap?
Yep, got one of those bad boys that was sold separately by Mattel. Really a cool toy. You can do the string pull action, or push the bottom button and have several seconds to get away before the booby-trap blew. The slide out metal tray hold 1-5 caps. I guess you'd get a pretty good bang with 5 in it. Directions also show how to set it off while holding it........suicide mission I would guess! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys084.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Jethro on August 03, 2011, 03:51:10 PM
Post by: Jethro on August 03, 2011, 03:51:10 PM
Quote from: bigbud on July 29, 2011, 09:11:59 PMThis gun was actually used in the John Wayne movie "The Green Berets". It is in the scene where John Wayne, angry over the death of one of his fellow Green Berets takes this soldier's M-16 and breaks off the stock by hitting it against a tree. Doubt even the the"Duke" could do that with a real one.
We are under the topic of TOYS, so what toy weapon would you pull out of the toybox if you were 9 years old and some nasty monster was breaking down your bedroom door?! Or even worse.......under your bed! Let's see some of that childhood weaponry!
I'll start off. I just used this pic in another post on comic ads...it is a Mattel M-16. No batteries involved. Pull the bolt back once and get 9 shots....long or short burst. Pull the bolt back 6 times and get a stream of over 50 continuous shots! And this sucker is LOUD! Manufactured in 1966. One false legend was that the M-16 actually used in Viet Nam was produced by Mattel. Actually the first versions of the military M-16 had plastic grips manufactured by Mattel.....and these grips had the Mattel logo on them. Complaints soon let to removal of the logo on the grips........Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys074.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on August 03, 2011, 04:27:40 PM
Post by: Scatter on August 03, 2011, 04:27:40 PM
Quote from: Jethro on August 03, 2011, 03:51:10 PM
This gun was actually used in the John Wayne movie "The Green Berets". It is in the scene where John Wayne, angry over the death of one of his fellow Green Berets takes this soldier's M-16 and breaks off the stock by hitting it against a tree. Doubt even the the"Duke" could do that with a real one.
HERESY!! The Duke could have bent a Howitzer by just breaking wind.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 04, 2011, 08:25:19 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 04, 2011, 08:25:19 PM
You tell em Scatter! Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 04, 2011, 09:23:17 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 04, 2011, 09:23:17 PM
Where's all the toy weaponry pics? Just TOY weaponry, Dr. Madd. We got an eye on you.......Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: frankenstein73 on August 06, 2011, 04:06:54 PM
Post by: frankenstein73 on August 06, 2011, 04:06:54 PM
Well by the time i found these to take pics there was already a booby trap on here(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6024/6015238129_0f9b668d40.jpg)
, so how bout a booby trap molotov cocktail combo to throw down their gullett!!!!
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/6015238037_85364ed9a5.jpg)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/6015790144_b7fae21f10.jpg)
, so how bout a booby trap molotov cocktail combo to throw down their gullett!!!!
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6144/6015238037_85364ed9a5.jpg)
(http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6027/6015790144_b7fae21f10.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Dr. Madd on August 06, 2011, 09:07:36 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on August 06, 2011, 09:07:36 PM
Lemme dig out some of my old toy guns and weapons. I always gravitated to swords.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 12, 2011, 07:26:01 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 12, 2011, 07:26:01 PM
I'll bet afew of you remember the rubber knifes and hatchets we played with as kids. This is a set of cowboy rubber weapons by Auburn Rubber Co. Mine never lasted long as a kid........gotta admit I did some chewing on the knife blades. Set contains hatchet, rubber gun, jack knife and Bowie knife........Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys086.jpg)(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys087.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys086.jpg)(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys087.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Toy Ranch on August 13, 2011, 07:40:20 AM
Post by: Toy Ranch on August 13, 2011, 07:40:20 AM
I didn't have one, but I'd have wanted this:
1964 JOHNNY SEVEN OMA TOY GUN COMMERCIAL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPhZsauluXM#)
In reality, it would have been this :o
(http://p2.la-img.com/241/1150/490175_1_l.jpg)
1964 JOHNNY SEVEN OMA TOY GUN COMMERCIAL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPhZsauluXM#)
In reality, it would have been this :o
(http://p2.la-img.com/241/1150/490175_1_l.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 13, 2011, 10:17:48 AM
Post by: bigbud on August 13, 2011, 10:17:48 AM
QuoteIn reality, it would have been this
The big-brother to the Rabbit Hunt by Marx was the set with a bear. I always thought the bear looked very cool. OK,OK........ here's a not too hard quiz.......In what movie does a mailman profess his childhood dream of getting a Johnny 7 OMA for Christmas? Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Monsters For Sale on August 15, 2011, 02:07:19 AM
Post by: Monsters For Sale on August 15, 2011, 02:07:19 AM
Quote from: bigbud on August 13, 2011, 10:17:48 AM
The big-brother to the Rabbit Hunt by Marx was the set with a bear. I always thought the bear looked very cool. OK,OK........ here's a not too hard quiz.......In what movie does a mailman profess his childhood dream of getting a Johnny 7 OMA for Christmas? Buddy
Jingle All the Way
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 03:10:15 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 03:10:15 PM
Quote from: bigbud on July 29, 2011, 09:11:59 PMOne false legend was that the M-16 actually used in Viet Nam was produced by Mattel. Actually the first versions of the military M-16 had plastic grips manufactured by Mattel.....and these grips had the Mattel logo on them. Complaints soon let to removal of the logo on the grips....
Super cool!
8)
But who on earth complained? The Viet Cong?
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 03:19:35 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 03:19:35 PM
My choice:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HamiltonInvaders4.jpg)
A Hamilton's Invaders Grenade Pistol. I have not just one but two of these beauties so I can blast away at ne'er do well ghouls, zombies and assorted riffraff with both hands! Take that - and that, vermin!
8)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HamiltonInvaders4.jpg)
A Hamilton's Invaders Grenade Pistol. I have not just one but two of these beauties so I can blast away at ne'er do well ghouls, zombies and assorted riffraff with both hands! Take that - and that, vermin!
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 03:22:17 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 03:22:17 PM
Quote from: Toy Ranch on August 13, 2011, 07:40:20 AM
I didn't have one, but I'd have wanted this:
1964 JOHNNY SEVEN OMA TOY GUN COMMERCIAL (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPhZsauluXM#)
That was the ultimate in living room weaponry alright. Evidently a lot of kids wanted one because it was the best selling toy of the year in 1964.
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Something'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 03:29:03 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 03:29:03 PM
Quote from: CreepysFan on July 30, 2011, 03:57:10 AMCan't go wrong with an U.N.C.L.E. issued deterrent. Great for Thrush Agents, monsters, and the occational sibling.(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Man_from_UNCLE_gun.webp)
I loved the Man from UNCLE show and that set has unbeatable graphics! Unfortunately it goes for a hefty price at auction these days. I've been outbid a couple of times when it's come up in Hake's memorabilia auctions.
:(
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 15, 2011, 07:09:31 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 15, 2011, 07:09:31 PM
QuoteThat was the ultimate in living room weaponry alright.
The OMA is one cool item, but ultimate.......maybe, maybe not. I'll assemble my Defender Dan and get some pics......Dan is my choice for the ultimate in kid firepower! Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 15, 2011, 07:35:48 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 15, 2011, 07:35:48 PM
So you are in the bath tub and surfacing through the soap bubbles is a 6" Marx Creature From the Black Lagoon! What ya gonna grab to put down this finned fiend!? Johnny Seven OMA? No.... Mattel M-16? No..... Man From Uncle or Bond Attache guns? No.... Rubber Auburn jack-knife? Heck NO! Don't panic, I got your weapon for this green slimmer! This is the Remco Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea Submarine gun set! Same design as the Remco Monkey Gun, but in ultra-cool colored plastic. This gun differs only in that a plastic/cardboard barrel can be attached over the pistol barrel (in pics). There is a shortage of underwater weaponry out there, so this bad-boy could be used to tame any number of underwater nasties! Ha! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys094.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys093.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys094.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys093.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 15, 2011, 07:37:55 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 15, 2011, 07:37:55 PM
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys092.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 09:22:47 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 15, 2011, 09:22:47 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 15, 2011, 07:35:48 PM
Don't panic, I got your weapon for this green slimmer! This is the Remco Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea Submarine gun set!
While I have to agree that the awesome Remco Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea Submarine gun would be the ideal personal defense weapon in this case, were I a lawyer I'd be ready and eager to take on the Creature's defamation of character suit for being called a "slimmer" instead of a "slimer".
:o
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 16, 2011, 09:02:54 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 16, 2011, 09:02:54 PM
Quotedefamation of character suit for being called a "slimmer" instead of a "slimer".
Yea, you got me Hep. Let me think up an excuse........maybe......."I was trying to speak Canadianese".
Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on August 17, 2011, 07:31:54 PM
Post by: Scatter on August 17, 2011, 07:31:54 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 16, 2011, 09:02:54 PM
Yea, you got me Hep. Let me think up an excuse........maybe......."I was trying to speak Canadianese".
Buddy
That won't fly either Bud...........you didn't say "EH?" even once.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 08:01:25 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 08:01:25 PM
Scatter......what do ya say we recruit afew girl scouts, invade and conquer Canada and rename it Budanada? As spoils of conquest you can have Hepcat's cat and I'll carry off his comics and models. But let's wait till mosquito season is good and over up there first......Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 09:04:32 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 09:04:32 PM
Here is a great weapon system for the backyard......this is the Clipfire .223 Combat Set AR/15 Weapon System. Long name for such fun! Has Assault Rifle, cliploading magazine, combat badge, bayonet, grenade launcher, rocket grenade, clip belt w/clip pouch, and cap storage in the rifle's handle. Really a neat gun set. Dated 1966. Not quite the gun that the Mattel M-16 is, but still a sweet suprise against little Billy nextdoor with his red clicker-pistol......Ha! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/bassclef032.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/bassclef032.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 09:11:59 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 09:11:59 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 09:04:32 PM
Here is a great weapon system for the backyard......this is the Clipfire .223 Combat Set AR/15 Weapon System by Ideal. Long name for such fun! Has Assault Rifle, cliploading magazine, combat badge, bayonet, grenade launcher, rocket grenade, clip belt w/clip pouch, and cap storage in the rifle's handle. Really a neat gun set. Dated 1966. Not quite the gun that the Mattel M-16 is, but still a sweet suprise against little Billy nextdoor with his red clicker-pistol......Ha! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/bassclef032.jpg)
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Post by: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 09:17:36 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 09:17:36 PM
Don't ask how I got this on here a second time as a quote.....I messed up somehow. I think it was them Canadianese what made me do it! Ha! Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on August 17, 2011, 09:25:12 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 17, 2011, 09:25:12 PM
You can't fool me. You were just post whoring in turning one post into three. Admit it.
::)
::)
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Post by: bigbud on August 18, 2011, 05:17:20 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 18, 2011, 05:17:20 PM
Actually Hep, you got me so paranoid about what I write that I was trying to modify the original and it burst into 2.........The second one I think has the mod............wanted to add the words "by Ideal". Buddy
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Post by: Scatter on August 19, 2011, 05:20:11 PM
Post by: Scatter on August 19, 2011, 05:20:11 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 17, 2011, 08:01:25 PM
Scatter......what do ya say we recruit afew girl scouts, invade and conquer Canada and rename it Budanada? As spoils of conquest you can have Hepcat's cat and I'll carry off his comics and models. But let's wait till mosquito season is good and over up there first......Buddy
Cool!! Then we'll open a nudist ski resort and change the flag to a marijuana leaf.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 23, 2011, 08:27:27 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 23, 2011, 08:27:27 PM
My friend Frankenstein73 sold me a white mortar shell from one of his recent garage sale finds and I was able to finish off a Remco Long Range Marine Raider Mortar. This weapon is so cool! Could have the whole block ducking as you send one of these mortar shells arcing into the sky! There is a very fragile arm that folds out with a metal sight on it.......can't believe many of those sights lasted much outside play. Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys096.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys100.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys096.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys100.jpg)
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Post by: Hepcat on August 23, 2011, 09:29:35 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 23, 2011, 09:29:35 PM
That is very strong! You could open up on the little monsters on the other side of the back alleyway.
It looks as if it should have been part of Remco's Monkey Division line.
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It looks as if it should have been part of Remco's Monkey Division line.
8)
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Post by: frankenstein73 on August 24, 2011, 08:25:13 AM
Post by: frankenstein73 on August 24, 2011, 08:25:13 AM
Wow! Looks good buddy! Nice & complete. Nothing more satisfying than completing a toy. One less thing lurking in the back of your mind, Now on to the next one!
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Post by: Moonshadow on August 24, 2011, 11:48:23 AM
Post by: Moonshadow on August 24, 2011, 11:48:23 AM
Hey, toy weapons experts, help me out with this. My older brother used to end all the neighborhood wars with this terrifying bazooka he had. This thing fired out hard plastic projectiles about the size of a pine cone. And when you got hit by one of these , it hurt! Any idea who made this, what it was called, or if anyone has a picture, that would be great. It would have been made sometime around mid to late 60s I believe.
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Post by: Hepcat on August 24, 2011, 01:15:59 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 24, 2011, 01:15:59 PM
It was probably a Remco Monkey Division or Marine Raider Bazooka similar to the Marine Raider Mortar that Bigbud posted.
;)
;)
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Post by: bigbud on August 25, 2011, 10:00:57 AM
Post by: bigbud on August 25, 2011, 10:00:57 AM
QuoteIt looks as if it should have been part of Remco's Monkey Division line.
Hep, I was thinking the same thing. I think Remco did several Marine Raider items but I'm not sure if it was before or after the Monkey Div. stuff.......research might dig up some dates........I'll try to find the time.....Buddy
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Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 04:33:27 PM
QuoteNothing more satisfying than completing a toy.
It's all due to you, Franky73, my friend! I think that mortar sat incomplete for maybe 20 years! There wasn't any real rush.........Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 05:49:26 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 05:49:26 PM
Hey moonshadow! I love them Bazookas! I'm bettin' your brother had a Monkey Division Long Range Bazooka by Remco Toys. This baby can really fling em! Check out the second photo.......Remco attached a substantial red metal railing to the bazooka. The cocking mechanism would put a definite hurt on Junior if the railing weren't there. It flies forward with alot of force when firing the bazooka round (bomb). My dog lives in terror!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys103.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys105.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys103.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys105.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 05:53:16 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 05:53:16 PM
Moonshadow, it might also have been this bazooka by Marx....and you guys and gals check out the second photo.......What's with that? We suppose to believe Mr. Soldier is holding a bazooka? No, no, no! That's just wrong! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys106.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys107.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys106.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys107.jpg)
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Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 05:58:13 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 05:58:13 PM
A third possibility is the Hillman Bazooka with very colorful shells. The happy, cheerful colored bombs might dull Mom's anger when hitting little brother in the eye with a full bazooka load! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys108.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys109.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys108.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys109.jpg)
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Post by: Scatter on August 27, 2011, 10:20:27 PM
Post by: Scatter on August 27, 2011, 10:20:27 PM
That's one sweet arsenal Buddy!
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Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 11:08:13 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 11:08:13 PM
QuoteThat's one sweet arsenal Buddy!
Quite necessary out here in the forests and mountains of Kansas.....LOL.......Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Toy Ranch on August 28, 2011, 04:22:06 PM
Post by: Toy Ranch on August 28, 2011, 04:22:06 PM
(http://p2.la-img.com/321/25864/9584821_1_l.jpg)
I used to have one of these. Shoots the darts backwards!
I used to have one of these. Shoots the darts backwards!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 28, 2011, 04:40:34 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 28, 2011, 04:40:34 PM
No monster is gonna sneak up behind ya with that tricky gun, Toy Ranch!
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Post by: Hepcat on August 31, 2011, 09:32:08 AM
Post by: Hepcat on August 31, 2011, 09:32:08 AM
Quote from: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 05:49:26 PM
Hey moonshadow! ...I'm bettin' your brother had a Monkey Division Long Range Bazooka by Remco Toys. This baby can really fling em! Check out the second photo.......Remco attached a substantial red metal railing to the bazooka. The cocking mechanism would put a definite hurt on Junior if the railing weren't there. It flies forward with alot of force when firing the bazooka round (bomb).
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys103.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys105.jpg)
So that would have been the ultimate bazooka then? Did Remco make a Marine Raider variant of the Monkey Division Bazooka as well?
???
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Post by: Dr. Madd on August 31, 2011, 11:52:46 AM
Post by: Dr. Madd on August 31, 2011, 11:52:46 AM
The Baby would wreak havoc with one of those.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 31, 2011, 09:03:08 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 31, 2011, 09:03:08 PM
QuoteDid Remco make a Marine Raider variant of the Monkey Division Bazooka as well?
Not sure of the answer to that......I know the Marine Raider line had a tent, mess kit/helmet combo, a helmet canteen, mess kit and pom-pom gun (different colored version of the U S Navy pom-pom gun) and the Marine Raider Mortar. Not sure beyond that......Buddy
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Post by: Dr. Madd on September 03, 2011, 06:42:57 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on September 03, 2011, 06:42:57 PM
The Baby now has a toy bazooka. That said, go to the Madd Arms -Single action airsoft pistol thread to see a toy gun of my own design
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Post by: ChrisW on September 05, 2011, 02:53:00 PM
Post by: ChrisW on September 05, 2011, 02:53:00 PM
Ok, gotta get in on this gun fest. If we're talking about a zombie invasion, a weapon of choice might be the Topper Crime Buster Super Action Police Gun. It was a follow up to the Johnny Seven OMA. It has single shot capability along with a riot gun bullet spray (obviously before Kent State), Smioke Grenade, Police Siren, and a signal missle (Notify your fellow survivors that it's all clear, zombie-wise?)
While I had the Johnny Seven as a kid, I was never aware of this gun back then.
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm131/ChrisWhiteStudio/crimebuster_02.jpg)
While I had the Johnny Seven as a kid, I was never aware of this gun back then.
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm131/ChrisWhiteStudio/crimebuster_02.jpg)
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Post by: Hepcat on September 05, 2011, 05:05:30 PM
Post by: Hepcat on September 05, 2011, 05:05:30 PM
A solid choice to be sure!
8)
8)
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Post by: bigbud on September 05, 2011, 08:55:15 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 05, 2011, 08:55:15 PM
Riot gun bullet spray! Now that's something every toy gun could use! Buddy
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Post by: Moonshadow on September 05, 2011, 11:11:43 PM
Post by: Moonshadow on September 05, 2011, 11:11:43 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 27, 2011, 05:53:16 PM
Moonshadow, it might also have been this bazooka by Marx....and you guys and gals check out the second photo.......What's with that? We suppose to believe Mr. Soldier is holding a bazooka? No, no, no! That's just wrong! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys106.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys107.jpg)
HI Bud, I was on vacation the last week and only now have begun to catch up on the board. Thanks for doing some research on the bazooka! After several decades, it's hard to be sure, but I'm thinking my brother might have had the Marx one. All I can remember is once a neighbor kid got a hold of it and used it on me and the thing really hurt! The shells seemed gigantic, and were of a very solid, hard plastic. I recall them being black but that may not be accurate.
Another item we used as a weapon were those old water-pump rockets. We'd pump those up and then fire them horizontally at one another, rather than launch them into the sky. Those suckers hurt pretty good too!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on September 06, 2011, 09:15:26 AM
Post by: bigbud on September 06, 2011, 09:15:26 AM
QuoteAnother item we used as a weapon were those old water-pump rockets. We'd pump those up and then fire them horizontally at one another, rather than launch them into the sky. Those suckers hurt pretty good too!
Yea, I did that horizontal attack on my friends too! What I remember is that my intent was to get them soaked.......only one ending up soaked was me! Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on September 06, 2011, 06:25:00 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 06, 2011, 06:25:00 PM
Here's something sure to put a bump on little brother's noggin! This is the Hubley Red Fox Missile. Don't see this one too often, if at all. I don't know if the red missile can be fully appreciated in the photos......this sucker is BIG! Missile is a full 12" long and 3" in width. I believe this dates from the early to mid 60's. I would suggest a mouth shot soon as the monster tries a frightening roar! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys117.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys116.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys117.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys116.jpg)
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Post by: Hepcat on September 06, 2011, 08:39:09 PM
Post by: Hepcat on September 06, 2011, 08:39:09 PM
Looks to me as if your arsenal will stop revenuers let alone monsters in their tracks!
8)
8)
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Post by: bigbud on September 06, 2011, 09:45:17 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 06, 2011, 09:45:17 PM
QuoteLooks to me as if your arsenal will stop revenuers let alone monsters in their tracks!
On the lookout for any border-sneakin' Canadianese too! Ha! Love, Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on October 04, 2011, 06:08:22 PM
Post by: Hepcat on October 04, 2011, 06:08:22 PM
So you know the creepy critters are planning to darken your door sooner or later but you just can't afford to spring for any of the vintage weaponry in this thread? Well I, Hepcat, have the answer!
Here are my picks to protect yourself and your family from budding danger:
N-Strike Recon CS6 Nerf Gun
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/NerfGun.jpg)
Super Soaker 50
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SuperSoaker2.jpg)
That'll stop even the biggest ones in their tracks buddy boy!
;)
Here are my picks to protect yourself and your family from budding danger:
N-Strike Recon CS6 Nerf Gun
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/NerfGun.jpg)
Super Soaker 50
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/SuperSoaker2.jpg)
That'll stop even the biggest ones in their tracks buddy boy!
;)
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Post by: jimm on October 04, 2011, 09:14:33 PM
Post by: jimm on October 04, 2011, 09:14:33 PM
Awesome vintage armory, thanks for sharing
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on October 07, 2011, 08:19:22 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 07, 2011, 08:19:22 PM
Hep! Those are cool! On the lines of a Super-Soaker is this 1962 Mattel Dick Tracy Power-Jet Squad Gun. Best of both worlds! Fires Greenie perforated roll caps AND shoots a stream of water up to 35 feet!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys138.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys139.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys140.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys138.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys139.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys140.jpg)
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Post by: Scatter on October 07, 2011, 08:34:49 PM
Post by: Scatter on October 07, 2011, 08:34:49 PM
Now THAT'S a cool freaking gun Buddy!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on October 07, 2011, 08:53:44 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 07, 2011, 08:53:44 PM
Yea Gary it really is! I can't recall the toy companies doing a combination cap gun/water gun before. Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on October 07, 2011, 09:09:45 PM
Post by: Hepcat on October 07, 2011, 09:09:45 PM
Wow! What an awesome combo gun. And I love Dick Tracy too!
Are those guns tough to find these days?
???
Are those guns tough to find these days?
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on October 07, 2011, 09:12:16 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 07, 2011, 09:12:16 PM
Hi ya Hep, my Canadian friend! I don't believe they are too hard to find. Boxed maybe....but alone I've seen afew. Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on October 09, 2011, 04:27:51 PM
Post by: Hepcat on October 09, 2011, 04:27:51 PM
Does anyone still have a Daisy BB Gun?
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/21-08-201182551PM-1.jpg)
???
That'll stop marauding ghoulies cold!
;)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/21-08-201182551PM-1.jpg)
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That'll stop marauding ghoulies cold!
;)
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Post by: bigbud on October 09, 2011, 08:45:49 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 09, 2011, 08:45:49 PM
Close! This is an M-1 Carbine BB gun by Crosman Arms......Daisy's rival. My best friend had one of these in the 60's. Sharpest looking BB gun I had ever seen! About mid 90's I spotted this one at a Flea Market. Walked straight over to it and scooped it up knowing that whatever the price I finally negotiated, it would be mine!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys143.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys143.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on October 09, 2011, 08:53:40 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 09, 2011, 08:53:40 PM
Here's the thing about the Crosman M-1 Carbine......looks are deceiving. See the ammo magazine attached to the rifle? Well, it holds plenty of BBs! But!......You see the lever sticking out from the gun? You see the 2 holes in the wood stock in front of that lever? What you do is take off the magazine from the rifle, pour out one....yes one BB, pull the lever back, this slides open the front hole into which you insert your one BB, you close the lever by pulling it back, you push the barrel into the spring tension until it clicks, then you are ready to fire. All that to get off a single shot while the BB gun looks like it would rapid fire for you! Nope! Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys144.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys144.jpg)
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Post by: jimm on October 09, 2011, 09:42:05 PM
Post by: jimm on October 09, 2011, 09:42:05 PM
One cool BB gun!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on October 09, 2011, 09:45:14 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 09, 2011, 09:45:14 PM
Can't reload fast enough to bring down a FOOM.........Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on October 28, 2011, 11:31:19 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 28, 2011, 11:31:19 PM
Here's a gun I just picked up. It is a 007 cap pistol, but I am unfamiliar with it's origin. Very similar to a Remco Hamilton Invader/ Okinawa pistol, but has different cap firing mechanism, front sight, and barrel silencer. The aqua blue on the receiver and silencer is a very striking color. 2nd photo compares it to the Hamilton gun...Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys155.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys156.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys155.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys156.jpg)
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Post by: The Masked Man on November 02, 2011, 08:46:37 AM
Post by: The Masked Man on November 02, 2011, 08:46:37 AM
I had three....I guess it would depend on the Monster.....and what was in near reach....
I loved the Lone Ranger set and was rarely out of some western garb........
(http://www.icollector.com/images/238/17628/17628_0516_1_lg.jpg)
But you can't go wrong with the ol' trusty....
(http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/store/img-hydroponics/marx-m-1-rifle-mint-card-vintage-cap-gun_180628565906.jpg)
I loved the Lone Ranger set and was rarely out of some western garb........
(http://www.icollector.com/images/238/17628/17628_0516_1_lg.jpg)
But you can't go wrong with the ol' trusty....
(http://www.hydroponicsonline.com/store/img-hydroponics/marx-m-1-rifle-mint-card-vintage-cap-gun_180628565906.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on November 02, 2011, 09:08:46 AM
Post by: Hepcat on November 02, 2011, 09:08:46 AM
I like the Lone Ranger set! Is that by Mattel? What year?
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: The Masked Man on November 02, 2011, 09:39:46 AM
Post by: The Masked Man on November 02, 2011, 09:39:46 AM
If it is swell it is Mattel....and brother it was SWELL.....the rifle would eject the spent silver shell and the pistol was a Fanner 50.
I had it during the late 60's early 70's if I remember right....
I used to fill my parents living room with cap smoke so thick you had to open the door to let it out....
I wish I still had that set.....
I had it during the late 60's early 70's if I remember right....
I used to fill my parents living room with cap smoke so thick you had to open the door to let it out....
I wish I still had that set.....
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Post by: bigbud on November 03, 2011, 09:56:33 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 03, 2011, 09:56:33 PM
Very nice set Masked Man. If you are into the Lone Ranger, we have a LR thread floating around here somewhere. Buddy
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Post by: bigbud on November 12, 2011, 07:27:35 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 12, 2011, 07:27:35 PM
Here's a cool Marx Daniel Boone rifle playset. Longrifle shoots caps, has a real wood ramrod, and a storage area in the stock (mine is missing the door, but I'll find one yet!). Comes with a powder horn, canteen, Official Club button, and Official Wilderness Scout Booklet. All on a cool card that measures 35" long! Hard to believe it sold for only $1.99! Buddy
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Post by: Scatter on November 23, 2011, 09:41:32 PM
Post by: Scatter on November 23, 2011, 09:41:32 PM
Man, I just LOVE toys from that era...............you know, back when kids still had some imagination and kept a degree of innocence past their 4th birthday.
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Post by: bigbud on November 26, 2011, 11:05:51 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 26, 2011, 11:05:51 PM
I still think there are plenty of old West monsters to put down, so here's the Rifleman Flip Special. This is really a beautiful toy gun. Produced by Hubley in 1959. Every kid that watched the Rifleman with Chuck Conners wanted one of these babies!
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Post by: RICKH on November 26, 2011, 11:48:22 PM
Post by: RICKH on November 26, 2011, 11:48:22 PM
I remember looking at that rifle as a kid and coveting it in a big way!
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Post by: bigbud on November 27, 2011, 11:50:29 AM
Post by: bigbud on November 27, 2011, 11:50:29 AM
Quotehttp://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys175.jpg
Yea, me too! I only had to wait 30 some years to get one. Yet again, if I remember right, the Mattel Shootin Shell guns were my big thing. Cap guns, even as cool as the Rifleman rifle, didn't do more than go "Pop". To go "Pop" and actually shoot a plastic bullet was an instant magnet to me.......Buddy
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Post by: Dr. Madd on November 27, 2011, 12:26:56 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on November 27, 2011, 12:26:56 PM
They don't make great toys like that anymore.
(http://mikemaeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC00307.jpg)
(http://mikemaeder.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/DSC00307.jpg)
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Post by: RICKH on November 27, 2011, 10:03:04 PM
Post by: RICKH on November 27, 2011, 10:03:04 PM
Buddy I've got a toy gun question for you. Didn't Mattel put out a line of western style secret agent guns sort of in the style of the Wild Wild West? I know the modern spy line was Secret Agent Zero M.
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Post by: bigbud on November 28, 2011, 12:24:15 AM
Post by: bigbud on November 28, 2011, 12:24:15 AM
Hey ya Rickh, I believe Mattel had the popular Agent Zero spy type guns and did a Western off-shoot. The spy stuff was Agent Zero M and the Western stuff was Agent Zero W. Agent Zero W was abit later than many of the other Fanner type guns, probably mid to late 60's. I remember the Agent Zero W pistol to be a Fanner 50 with imitation walnut grips......very different look from other Fanners. Mattel put out many variations of the Fanner......Smoking, revolving cylinder, shootin' shell, and in different themes, Ramrod, Rango, Lone Ranger, Wild Land, Chuck Conners Cowboy in Africa, and one of my favorites the Planet of the Apes Fanner 50. All great guns........second only to Mattel's incredible Fanner 45.......Buddy
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Post by: RICKH on November 28, 2011, 12:23:52 PM
Post by: RICKH on November 28, 2011, 12:23:52 PM
Thanks Buddy! I've looked for that western spy variation, but couldn't remember the name.
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Post by: bigbud on November 29, 2011, 07:25:10 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 29, 2011, 07:25:10 PM
Rick, I'd hold out for the Planet of the Apes Fanner 50......that one is just plain special. It is bronzed and is super cool.....so is the POTA Mattel tommy gun......Buddy
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Post by: RICKH on November 29, 2011, 09:14:37 PM
Post by: RICKH on November 29, 2011, 09:14:37 PM
I saw one last night while I w as searching for the Zero W guns. You are right, it looked awesome.
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Post by: bigbud on December 02, 2011, 11:37:37 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 02, 2011, 11:37:37 PM
We've done some spy stuff, a pioneer long rifle, cowboy rods, and some Viet Nam and WWII shooters.....so what about them nasty bugeyed critters that come a knockin' at our spaceship door...I mean hatch!?
Here's one of my all time favorites....It is both amazing and disappointing at the same time. This is a Marx Tom Corbett Atomic Rifle. It was produced in the '50s. The design is so incredibly beautiful! It has futuristic elements combined with the suggestion of a primitive blunderbuss rifle. Incredible! The disappointment? The fact this rifle is only a clicker gun. Pull the trigger and it makes a sound not unlike one of those metal clicker frogs (The Longest Day). An area of red and white strips above the trigger moves with the trigger too.
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Here's one of my all time favorites....It is both amazing and disappointing at the same time. This is a Marx Tom Corbett Atomic Rifle. It was produced in the '50s. The design is so incredibly beautiful! It has futuristic elements combined with the suggestion of a primitive blunderbuss rifle. Incredible! The disappointment? The fact this rifle is only a clicker gun. Pull the trigger and it makes a sound not unlike one of those metal clicker frogs (The Longest Day). An area of red and white strips above the trigger moves with the trigger too.
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Post by: Hepcat on December 03, 2011, 10:27:35 AM
Post by: Hepcat on December 03, 2011, 10:27:35 AM
Will it stop these fellows?
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Post by: bigbud on December 03, 2011, 05:05:58 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 03, 2011, 05:05:58 PM
Yes! Those big ears will definitely be injured by the mighty "click" of the Tom Corbett Atomic Rifle! Buddy
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Post by: ChrisW on December 07, 2011, 12:47:00 PM
Post by: ChrisW on December 07, 2011, 12:47:00 PM
bigbud - are all the samples you posted from your collection? If so, you've got some great examples!
The Tom Corbett rifle is a thing of beauty, all right.
I "think" I had the Rifleman rifle - the big circular lever seems real familiar...
The Tom Corbett rifle is a thing of beauty, all right.
I "think" I had the Rifleman rifle - the big circular lever seems real familiar...
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Post by: bigbud on December 09, 2011, 11:21:18 AM
Post by: bigbud on December 09, 2011, 11:21:18 AM
ChrisW, Yea, they be mine. Still hoping more UMAers will post their gun pics. I know we're all packin'!
I didn't intentionally build a toy guy collection, but could never turn one down when I found a gun at an auction or estate sale. The large loop wasn't only used on the Rifleman rifle. Marx put out one called the Cap Shooting Spinner Rifle, and I've seen others. Buddy
I didn't intentionally build a toy guy collection, but could never turn one down when I found a gun at an auction or estate sale. The large loop wasn't only used on the Rifleman rifle. Marx put out one called the Cap Shooting Spinner Rifle, and I've seen others. Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on January 04, 2012, 12:56:27 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 04, 2012, 12:56:27 PM
Does anyone have any vintage cap six guns in which rolls of caps can be shot off by means of the revolving mechanism?
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Post by: Mord on January 04, 2012, 07:04:19 PM
Post by: Mord on January 04, 2012, 07:04:19 PM
Nothing can stop the Saucermen!!!!! Except, maybe a flashlight with strong batteries.
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Post by: bigbud on January 04, 2012, 11:25:41 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 04, 2012, 11:25:41 PM
QuoteNothing can stop the Saucermen!!!!! Except, maybe a flashlight with strong batteries
Ha Ha! Mord! I got your Saucermen right in my sights........cause This is the Marx Official Captain Space Solar Scout Atomic Ray Gun! Powered by a powerful flashlight! The Search Ray Unit sends out a beam of light that can be changed from red to green to white! Plus the ray gun's muzzle flashes a beam of light described on the box as the destroyer ray unit! Bug-eyed Saucermen are doomed.......doomed I say! Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Love, Buddy
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Post by: Scary Terry on January 05, 2012, 11:33:21 AM
Post by: Scary Terry on January 05, 2012, 11:33:21 AM
The only thing cooler than that Capt. Space gun is the box it came in! I gotta invade your space and see your collection for real sometime, Bud!
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Post by: Mord on January 05, 2012, 06:42:55 PM
Post by: Mord on January 05, 2012, 06:42:55 PM
OK, Buddy, I already see their little green arms up in the air in a gesture of surrender. Have mercy on them, their only weapon is a tiny space-age pitchfork. BTW, that's one amazing weapon!!!
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Post by: bigbud on January 05, 2012, 06:55:30 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 05, 2012, 06:55:30 PM
QuoteI gotta invade your space and see your collection for real sometime, Bud!
Terry.......no doubt we'll get together in the future. Basement is a total wreck for last couple of days. Found one box with a lid that was imploding due to weight on it and things just snowballed from there! Comics, toys, musical instruments, magazines, and me everywhere! Buddy
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Post by: Moonshadow on January 05, 2012, 10:33:41 PM
Post by: Moonshadow on January 05, 2012, 10:33:41 PM
That atomic ray gun is awesome! I'd run all around the house with it, if I had one!
Anybody got a picture of the Planet of the Apes rifle from the early 70s? I had one but sadly it has gone to the big toy chest in the sky. As I recall it had a cylindrical magazine. It was from Mattel, and made a loud crack when you fired.
Anybody got a picture of the Planet of the Apes rifle from the early 70s? I had one but sadly it has gone to the big toy chest in the sky. As I recall it had a cylindrical magazine. It was from Mattel, and made a loud crack when you fired.
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Post by: Scatter on January 06, 2012, 12:40:33 AM
Post by: Scatter on January 06, 2012, 12:40:33 AM
Buddy, that is ANOTHER incredible toy!! You're right when you say this is the finest era in toymaking. What I love most beside the cool designs is the way the toymakers played to the naivete and innocence of their target audience. It struck me as I looked at the packaging........
"CAPTAIN SPACE, SOLAR SCOUT" "ATOMIC RAY GUN" "SUPER BEAM"
Kids today would roll their eyes at that kind of campy writ, but back then it comported perfectly with their mid century sensibilities. The innocence and ingenuousness of the kids for whom this was created is revealed in the manner it was advertised. A 10 year old today is so very far removed (and sadly so) from what a 10 year old was in the late 50s and early 60s.
"CAPTAIN SPACE, SOLAR SCOUT" "ATOMIC RAY GUN" "SUPER BEAM"
Kids today would roll their eyes at that kind of campy writ, but back then it comported perfectly with their mid century sensibilities. The innocence and ingenuousness of the kids for whom this was created is revealed in the manner it was advertised. A 10 year old today is so very far removed (and sadly so) from what a 10 year old was in the late 50s and early 60s.
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Post by: Hepcat on January 06, 2012, 11:17:39 AM
Post by: Hepcat on January 06, 2012, 11:17:39 AM
Quote from: Scatter on January 06, 2012, 12:40:33 AMWhat I love most beside the cool designs is the way the toymakers played to the naivete and innocence of their target audience.
"CAPTAIN SPACE, SOLAR SCOUT" "ATOMIC RAY GUN" "SUPER BEAM"
Yes, and they still get me today, and probably most of the rest of us!
;)
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Post by: ChrisW on January 06, 2012, 12:47:01 PM
Post by: ChrisW on January 06, 2012, 12:47:01 PM
Love those flowing lines...another great piece of super-atomic-age weaponry!
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Post by: bigbud on January 06, 2012, 02:14:44 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 06, 2012, 02:14:44 PM
QuoteA 10 year old today is so very far removed (and sadly so) from what a 10 year old was in the late 50s and early 60s.
Naw.......Gary, ya can't be too down on today's kids. They are apart of their environment for sure, but the parents have alot to say about that environment. I think of you as an example....... doesn't matter the time period, your kids will grow up with the best of love and family. That can be hoped of any kid in any era. Your lament of the 50's and early 60's echoes the same words spoken by parents IN the 50's and 60's. Those parents could recall a childhood of the 20's and 30's. It's all good, if we work at making it good. Buddy
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Post by: Type3Toys on January 06, 2012, 02:56:10 PM
Post by: Type3Toys on January 06, 2012, 02:56:10 PM
Quote from: The Masked Man on November 02, 2011, 08:46:37 AM
I had three....I guess it would depend on the Monster.....and what was in near reach....
I loved the Lone Ranger set and was rarely out of some western garb........
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But you can't go wrong with the ol' trusty....
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There it is! My favorite gun as a kid, the M-1
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Post by: Scatter on January 06, 2012, 04:12:54 PM
Post by: Scatter on January 06, 2012, 04:12:54 PM
Quote from: bigbud on January 06, 2012, 02:14:44 PM
Naw.......Gary, ya can't be too down on today's kids. They are apart of their environment for sure, but the parents have alot to say about that environment. I think of you as an example....... doesn't matter the time period, your kids will grow up with the best of love and family. That can be hoped of any kid in any era. Your lament of the 50's and early 60's echoes the same words spoken by parents IN the 50's and 60's. Those parents could recall a childhood of the 20's and 30's. It's all good, if we work at making it good. Buddy
I'm not down on the kids of today, I just realize that childhood innocence is much shorter-lived than it used to be. The media cocoon we live in exposes them to more than we would like, sooner than we would like it. It's a shame.
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Post by: bigbud on January 06, 2012, 07:23:17 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 06, 2012, 07:23:17 PM
Gary.....simple solution......you all come to Kansas......we move everyone into the basement.......no TV, no radio, no computer.........we play in the old toys, read old comics and magazines, and only come up if UPS has an E-bay toy delivery......oh....wait.....no computer= no more toys.......this may not work out.....Buddy
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Post by: Scatter on January 06, 2012, 07:31:33 PM
Post by: Scatter on January 06, 2012, 07:31:33 PM
Hey, sounds good to me!! You and I can use the computer. We're corrupted already. :D
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Post by: bigbud on January 06, 2012, 08:13:51 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 06, 2012, 08:13:51 PM
QuoteThere it is! My favorite gun as a kid, the M-1
Hey, thought I had one of those! As usual stacked under some stuff. This is a cool playset with an M-1 in it. Love those Snooper Scopes. Peaking up over the couch was the best reason for owning a coach! The M-1 is a cap-firing rifle with a 2 part bullet. Buddy
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Post by: jimm on January 07, 2012, 10:01:50 PM
Post by: jimm on January 07, 2012, 10:01:50 PM
Your gun collection deserves its own wall, thanks for sharing it!
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Post by: bigbud on January 09, 2012, 11:58:27 AM
Post by: bigbud on January 09, 2012, 11:58:27 AM
Jimm, You and Scatter come on over. I'll arm myself with a Topper OMA that has bullets and bombs, give you guys acouple of my 98 cent clicker guns, and we'll go play War out in the field. (Can't wait to bop the OMA's grenade missile off Scatter's noggin ...Heh-heh) Love, Buddy
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Post by: Scatter on January 10, 2012, 09:20:37 PM
Post by: Scatter on January 10, 2012, 09:20:37 PM
You're gonna need more than that to splatter Scatter!
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Post by: bigbud on January 10, 2012, 11:50:06 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 10, 2012, 11:50:06 PM
There you are! Quit hiding behind those thin trees!
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Post by: Bruzilla on January 20, 2012, 05:09:04 PM
Post by: Bruzilla on January 20, 2012, 05:09:04 PM
Quote from: bigbud on October 09, 2011, 08:53:40 PM
Here's the thing about the Crosman M-1 Carbine......looks are deceiving. See the ammo magazine attached to the rifle? Well, it holds plenty of BBs! But!......You see the lever sticking out from the gun? You see the 2 holes in the wood stock in front of that lever? What you do is take off the magazine from the rifle, pour out one....yes one BB, pull the lever back, this slides open the front hole into which you insert your one BB, you close the lever by pulling it back, you push the barrel into the spring tension until it clicks, then you are ready to fire. All that to get off a single shot while the BB gun looks like it would rapid fire for you! Nope! Buddy
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I bought one of those carbines way back in 1969 or so and still have it (and the box it came in). If you can only load one BB at a time, then something is wrong with it. The internal magazine holds 23 BBs. Make sure the barrel is tilted upwards when you pull the slide handle back and pour the BBs in the hole.
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Post by: Bruzilla on January 20, 2012, 05:16:08 PM
Post by: Bruzilla on January 20, 2012, 05:16:08 PM
I've been looking for one of my old monster killers for years but haven't found one. It was a fullsize police-type revolver made out of black plastic. It came with five silver/grey plastic bullets that you loaded into the cylinder from the front. You pushed a bullet in against a spring in the chamber, then turned the cylinder to the next chamber and the front of the revolver frame held the bullets in place until you pulled the trigger and exposed a loaded chamber to the open barrel. We had several of these guns, and quickly lost the bullets, so we cut down pieces of crayons to the right length and made new bullets. Only problem was when a shot missed and hit the wall it left colorful evidence for our parents to find. :)
Anyone know who made these revolvers or what they were called? I think they were like $1 at Kresges or Murphy's stores in Pittsburgh.
Anyone know who made these revolvers or what they were called? I think they were like $1 at Kresges or Murphy's stores in Pittsburgh.
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Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2012, 08:39:25 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2012, 08:39:25 PM
Bruzilla.......you mean I can load 23 BBs into that little hole rather than just one? I haven't tried that. Sure it won't fire 23 BBs with one shot? That wouldn't be cool. I don't usually play with this stuff, but I might load 4 or 5 BBs to see what happens. But again, the magazine has no function on the Crossman M-1 but to store BBs, the BBs inside the magazine have no path to the gun barrel what-so-ever......Buddy
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Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2012, 08:47:16 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2012, 08:47:16 PM
Bruzilla! Thanks for putting me right on the M-1. That internal magazine make alot of sense. Now I know! Buddy
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Post by: CreationWiz on January 22, 2012, 09:24:35 PM
Post by: CreationWiz on January 22, 2012, 09:24:35 PM
(http://www.landlcollectables.com/catalog/images/Action_Adventure/TGJohnny7MIB111016Small.jpg)
Man you just can't beat 7 SEVEN weapons in one!
Man you just can't beat 7 SEVEN weapons in one!
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Post by: bigbud on January 22, 2012, 10:18:28 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 22, 2012, 10:18:28 PM
Jingle All The Way! The Johnny Seven OMA is one sweet weapon! Nice set Creationwiz! I see you even have the white bullets. Have you had your OMA long? Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on January 23, 2012, 11:35:48 AM
Post by: Hepcat on January 23, 2012, 11:35:48 AM
Quote from: CreationWiz on January 22, 2012, 09:24:35 PM
(http://www.landlcollectables.com/catalog/images/Action_Adventure/TGJohnny7MIB111016Small.jpg)
Man you just can't beat 7 SEVEN weapons in one!
Oh man that is awesome! It doesn't look as if it's ever been taken out of the box!
:o
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Post by: Gasport on January 23, 2012, 08:13:58 PM
Post by: Gasport on January 23, 2012, 08:13:58 PM
Beautiful example! How i wish i still had mine from back in the day...I remember being overwhelmed by how big it was. Must have been 6 or 7 at the time. It was almost the same size as me!
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Post by: Hepcat on January 27, 2012, 09:44:21 AM
Post by: Hepcat on January 27, 2012, 09:44:21 AM
Here's a picture I lifted off the web of a weapon designed precisely to stop monsters in their tracks:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AHorrorHouse.jpg)
cl:)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AHorrorHouse.jpg)
cl:)
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Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2012, 11:39:08 AM
Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2012, 11:39:08 AM
That set is absolutely gorgeous!
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Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2012, 06:34:01 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2012, 06:34:01 PM
QuoteAnybody got a picture of the Planet of the Apes rifle from the early 70s?
Nope....... no rifle, but I got the Planet of the Apes Tommy gun. It is super neat-o! The finish on the POTA weapons by Mattel is very special. The bronze and antiquated painted finish was only used on these guns, and it's a knockout! Also, unlike all the other Mattel Tommy guns, the POTA gun does not shoot caps. The cap loading door usually found on other Mattel Tommy guns does not open, it is molded to the gun's magazine.............
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1496.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1495.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1497.jpg)
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Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2012, 06:56:33 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2012, 06:56:33 PM
Just HAD to add this pic! Yes, once again the Scatter Shower Kong has surfaced! What better weapon to "Give him alittle something for the effort" than a POTA Tommy gun? ....... Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1503.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1503.jpg)
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Post by: Scatter on January 27, 2012, 08:37:56 PM
Post by: Scatter on January 27, 2012, 08:37:56 PM
Pretty lame attacking me right out of the shower, naked and unarmed. Well...........there's always poo, so I'm never COMPLETELY without the means to protect myself. DUCK BUDDY!!!
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Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2012, 10:23:24 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2012, 10:23:24 PM
Yea, I've caught that monkey act at the zoo! Just like at a baseball game..........the crowd goes wild! A real hit on a hot Summer day. Buddy
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Post by: jimm on January 28, 2012, 12:26:21 AM
Post by: jimm on January 28, 2012, 12:26:21 AM
Quote from: Hepcat on January 27, 2012, 09:44:21 AM
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AHorrorHouse.jpg)
cl:)
Gosh darn thats cool! So is anything POTA!
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Post by: Mord on January 28, 2012, 04:19:38 PM
Post by: Mord on January 28, 2012, 04:19:38 PM
Hey, Buddy, since you're THE toy weopons guy... do you happen to have a THRUSH rifle from the Man from UNCLE? I haven't seen one since my childhood.
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Post by: missdead13 on January 28, 2012, 06:25:32 PM
Post by: missdead13 on January 28, 2012, 06:25:32 PM
Love guns. I seem to have an overflow of them. I keep them in giant glass jars with lids, like candy jars. I dont have any still in their original boxes. i just come across them at antique stores or the like, and feel compelled to make it/them MINE :)
Don't you think its a bummer how all the new cap guns are plastic / junkie , poorly made and have stupid brightly colored plastic tips on the end of the gun? they are so ugly and boring! ugh.
I buy " ammo" (modern, like the cheap rolls from walmart or the drugstore ), and try to makeshift "load" my old metal cap guns with the rolls.. it doesnt work that well. I only get one shot , out of like 5? does anyone else have this problem? That is why I'll say and continue to say " older is better" ;) ESPECIALLY, when it comes to my toys :D
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns1.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns6.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns2.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns3.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns4.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns5.jpg)
Don't you think its a bummer how all the new cap guns are plastic / junkie , poorly made and have stupid brightly colored plastic tips on the end of the gun? they are so ugly and boring! ugh.
I buy " ammo" (modern, like the cheap rolls from walmart or the drugstore ), and try to makeshift "load" my old metal cap guns with the rolls.. it doesnt work that well. I only get one shot , out of like 5? does anyone else have this problem? That is why I'll say and continue to say " older is better" ;) ESPECIALLY, when it comes to my toys :D
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns1.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns6.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns2.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns3.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns4.jpg)
(http://i1048.photobucket.com/albums/s366/missdead1313/guns5.jpg)
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Post by: missdead13 on January 28, 2012, 06:27:39 PM
Post by: missdead13 on January 28, 2012, 06:27:39 PM
Quote from: jimm on January 28, 2012, 12:26:21 AM
Gosh darn thats cool! So is anything POTA!
I HAVEEEEE TO OBTAIN THIS TOY. IM ON A MISSION !!!
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Post by: bigbud on January 28, 2012, 07:48:02 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 28, 2012, 07:48:02 PM
Hi ya Mord......nope, no Thrush gun. I have the Ideal Clipfire AR 15, which I'm sure is the gun that Ideal turned into the Thrush rifle. The big difference being the ultra cool scope attached to the Thrush gun. Buddy
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Post by: jimm on January 28, 2012, 08:20:34 PM
Post by: jimm on January 28, 2012, 08:20:34 PM
I found a couple nice old guns at an antique store. Guy wanted 250 for the matched pair though, High? Yes, no, maybe?
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Post by: missdead13 on January 28, 2012, 09:55:03 PM
Post by: missdead13 on January 28, 2012, 09:55:03 PM
Quote from: jimm on January 28, 2012, 08:20:34 PMwhat kind of guns were they?
I found a couple nice old guns at an antique store. Guy wanted 250 for the matched pair though, High? Yes, no, maybe?
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Post by: bigbud on January 28, 2012, 10:12:14 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 28, 2012, 10:12:14 PM
Darn Jimm......that ain't much info..............matched pair of what guns? Buddy
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Post by: bigbud on January 28, 2012, 10:19:16 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 28, 2012, 10:19:16 PM
Quote
I HAVEEEEE TO OBTAIN THIS TOY. IM ON A MISSION !!!
Back woman! Back! I'd have nothing appropriate to drive the apes from my door! Buddy
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Post by: missdead13 on January 29, 2012, 05:03:05 PM
Post by: missdead13 on January 29, 2012, 05:03:05 PM
Quote from: bigbud on January 28, 2012, 10:19:16 PM
Back woman! Back! I'd have nothing appropriate to drive the apes from my door! Buddy
Hey. You saw all my weapons.. lol..
I WILL come armed...
might even get out my slingshots ;) potato gun? :D
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Post by: Hepcat on January 30, 2012, 10:38:26 AM
Post by: Hepcat on January 30, 2012, 10:38:26 AM
Quote from: missdead13 on January 28, 2012, 06:25:32 PMI buy " ammo" (modern, like the cheap rolls from walmart or the drugstore ), and try to makeshift "load" my old metal cap guns with the rolls.. it doesnt work that well. I only get one shot , out of like 5? does anyone else have this problem?
Are you trying to load eight shot rings of this sort:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Acap2.jpg)
Into cap guns designed for rolls like this?
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ACaps.jpg)
???
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Post by: bigbud on February 01, 2012, 01:11:53 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 01, 2012, 01:11:53 PM
Quotepotato gun?
Missdead13, I got me one of them too!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1505.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1507.jpg)
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Post by: missdead13 on February 06, 2012, 10:52:17 PM
Post by: missdead13 on February 06, 2012, 10:52:17 PM
Quote from: bigbud on February 01, 2012, 01:11:53 PM
Missdead13, I got me one of them too!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1505.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1507.jpg)
thats a cool one !!!!! ;D
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Post by: missdead13 on February 06, 2012, 10:55:29 PM
Post by: missdead13 on February 06, 2012, 10:55:29 PM
Quote from: Hepcat on January 30, 2012, 10:38:26 AMhahahha.. no no no... its just the modern version of the rolls dont seem to fit into my old guns that well.. and theres hardly any " umph!!! " when i fire.. i dont know if they do that on purpose now, for " safety" reasons?? Id rather play with danger and see the sparks and hear it go " bang bang bang" with each shot. :D
Are you trying to load eight shot rings of this sort:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Acap2.jpg)
Into cap guns designed for rolls like this?
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/ACaps.jpg)
???
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Post by: bigbud on February 07, 2012, 07:32:16 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 07, 2012, 07:32:16 PM
should be able to find plenty of old caps on E-bay. Zillions of un-fired caps out there, I'm sure........Buddy
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Post by: bigbud on February 08, 2012, 06:57:39 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 08, 2012, 06:57:39 PM
Here's a Multiple Toymaker James Bond Automatic Shooting Camera (movie camera). It fires large golden bullets and includes a leather grain camera case. It is dated 1966....there was a ton of spy and secret agent merchandise during the early Bond years...........Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1515.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1516.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1517.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1515.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1516.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1517.jpg)
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Post by: Hepcat on February 09, 2012, 10:31:24 AM
Post by: Hepcat on February 09, 2012, 10:31:24 AM
Is that the same Multiple Toymakers that was previously Multiple Plastics Corporation? That would indicate that any toys or figures with the MPC logo came out no later than 1966.
???
???
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Post by: bigbud on February 10, 2012, 11:23:31 AM
Post by: bigbud on February 10, 2012, 11:23:31 AM
Hep, that would be interesting info. I'm off to the Friday flea market in town then into KC for a mall art show..........Your assignment is to have an answer to this question by the time I get back. .................. Or........... The Scatter/Bigbud invasion of Canada is back on. Don't make me do it! I haven't crossed over the Kansas border in some time! Plus I'd have to wait on that rascal from Florida to join up. Invasions are so complicated nowadays............ Buddy
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Post by: Scatter on February 10, 2012, 06:37:17 PM
Post by: Scatter on February 10, 2012, 06:37:17 PM
Bud, we can't go until after UP's operation. Taking over Canada is a 3 man job. Of course, that's only if they bring in their military. ;D
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Post by: bigbud on February 10, 2012, 10:24:16 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 10, 2012, 10:24:16 PM
We'll speak Canadinaese and fool em till we get to Hep's house. But UP can come along anyway. Once there we'll strip off all the diversion (our clothes) and make Hep sing America the Beautiful in all our invasion glory........ smells like victory! (or model kit glue, whichever).......Buddy
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Post by: ToyMemories on February 11, 2012, 01:49:34 AM
Post by: ToyMemories on February 11, 2012, 01:49:34 AM
Quote from: Hepcat on February 09, 2012, 10:31:24 AMThe MPC (Multiple Products Corporation) logo was pretty much used consistently on their items from the 1950's to the end (and is still on some of the re-issue stuff), so no that wouldn't be the case... I usually say "Multiple Toymakers, aka MPC". Without packaging some of their stuff can be pretty hard to date.
Is that the same Multiple Toymakers that was previously Multiple Plastics Corporation? That would indicate that any toys or figures with the MPC logo came out no later than 1966.???
What can be annoying is much wishful thinking (or deceit, with eBay sellers) when they say "MPC=Marx Products Corporation" (NOT the case, ever)
(In case of attack, I'd take the Marx Wanted Dead or Alive Mare's Laig rifle, one of my favorites!)
(http://www.toymemories.com/images/378_TMprotoMaresLegHalves.jpg)
(original hand-made prototype carved out of plastic that was used to make one of the cap gun molds, with production gun halves)
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Post by: bigbud on February 11, 2012, 07:33:42 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 11, 2012, 07:33:42 PM
Wow......that original sculpt and prototype stuff is amazing! Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on February 13, 2012, 10:57:50 AM
Post by: Hepcat on February 13, 2012, 10:57:50 AM
Quote from: missdead13 on February 06, 2012, 10:55:29 PMits just the modern version of the rolls dont seem to fit into my old guns that well.. and theres hardly any " umph!!! " when i fire.. i dont know if they do that on purpose now, for " safety" reasons?? Id rather play with danger and see the sparks and hear it go " bang bang bang" with each shot.
Yes, caps have probably been dumbed down along with everything else. Let's see now:
1. Diet pop and caffeine free colas.
2. Decaffeinated coffee.
3. Sugar free gum.
4. Mild and light/lite cigarettes.
5. Light/lite beer.
6. Low sodium Ritz and other crackers.
7. Light potato chips.
8. Light/low salad dressings, cold cuts etc.
9. Toys that fire projectiles are long banned.
10. Metal lunch boxes for kids have also been banned.
11. Cartoons that were already censored for sexual content by the Motion Picture Association have been further censored for violence/racism for TV.
It is to scream. Everything's been dumbed down to hell.
>:(
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Post by: Mord on February 13, 2012, 12:42:21 PM
Post by: Mord on February 13, 2012, 12:42:21 PM
If you can't survive your childhood toys, you have no chance to make it in the real world.
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Post by: bigbud on February 13, 2012, 01:16:54 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 13, 2012, 01:16:54 PM
So very true, Mord. But I think in this "new" world you have to survive eager lawyers and parents just as eager to point a finger of blame at anyone but themselves.
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Post by: Hepcat on February 13, 2012, 01:23:04 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 13, 2012, 01:23:04 PM
Very true!
:)
:)
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Post by: bigbud on February 13, 2012, 01:24:38 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 13, 2012, 01:24:38 PM
I'm pointing a finger at Canada right now and asking why ya let this snow cut loose on us!? Buddy
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Post by: bigbud on February 14, 2012, 11:15:34 AM
Post by: bigbud on February 14, 2012, 11:15:34 AM
Here's a very cool aerial cannon. One of those shoot-your-eye-out toys. It was produced by Harvill manufacturing. I would date it at late 50's or early 60's. The cannon is all metal, with plastic projectiles. Cannon barrel is 12" long. 2 metal wheels are turned for side-to-side movement and elevation. Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1527.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1528.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1527.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1528.jpg)
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Post by: Dr. Madd on February 14, 2012, 02:30:31 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on February 14, 2012, 02:30:31 PM
Charp: That's a nanny state for you.
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Post by: Hepcat on February 14, 2012, 03:20:42 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 14, 2012, 03:20:42 PM
Huh? When and what did Charp post?
???
???
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Post by: Scatter on February 14, 2012, 07:33:03 PM
Post by: Scatter on February 14, 2012, 07:33:03 PM
Sweet armament Bud!!
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Post by: bigbud on February 15, 2012, 12:34:01 AM
Post by: bigbud on February 15, 2012, 12:34:01 AM
Thanks Gary.......... I haven't seen many of these around. Suppose to have rubber tips to put on the projectiles........long gone. That allows for much more "ouch" power when hit by one.....Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on February 22, 2012, 12:39:54 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 22, 2012, 12:39:54 PM
Quote from: bigbud on February 13, 2012, 01:16:54 PM
So very true, Mord. But I think in this "new" world you have to survive eager lawyers and parents just as eager to point a finger of blame at anyone but themselves.
Yes, and those very same parents are the ones that closet their kids in front of the TV because of their paranoia for the great outdoors. Then when these kids somehow still dare to give vent to their youthful exuberance/enthusiasm, the parents eagerly embrace some quack's diagnosis of their kids as hyperactive and drug them with Ritalin. And of course it's not surprising that these modern parents so eagerly embrace drugging their kids after a lifetime of abusing tobacco, alcohol, LSD, cannabis, valium and Prozac themselves. But of course they seek to protect their children from the "deleterious" effects of sugar and have their kids ingest chemical sweeteners such as Aspartame, Nutra-Sweet and saccharin instead. Twould appear that cancer doesn't rank high up as an evil in the minds of these parents.
Like I say, it is to scream....
::)
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Post by: bigbud on February 23, 2012, 11:20:04 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 23, 2012, 11:20:04 PM
Hep............it's only a toy cannon. I'll share with ya. Love, Buddy
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Post by: bigbud on March 13, 2012, 03:52:58 PM
Post by: bigbud on March 13, 2012, 03:52:58 PM
Did you think this subject would just fade......slip away? No! That ain't gonna happen! Here's a Kenner gun from 1964. And it has a snappy name....."The Gun That Shoots Around The Corner". Box shows junior shooting around a wall and up over the living room recliner. Bop Dad and he'd never know where it came from.....you may not get your red ball back though........Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1593.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1592.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1591.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1593.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1592.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1591.jpg)
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Post by: jimm on March 13, 2012, 07:07:42 PM
Post by: jimm on March 13, 2012, 07:07:42 PM
How do you resist shooting some of these fantastic guns??
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Post by: frankenstein73 on March 13, 2012, 07:26:22 PM
Post by: frankenstein73 on March 13, 2012, 07:26:22 PM
This song is for buddy.
Batman: The Musical - The Joker's song (Wonderful toys) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlAKDJzAkyg#)
Batman: The Musical - The Joker's song (Wonderful toys) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlAKDJzAkyg#)
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Post by: bigbud on March 13, 2012, 08:21:56 PM
Post by: bigbud on March 13, 2012, 08:21:56 PM
Yea! Where do we get all those wonderful toys! ..............I'm singin' it, but the family ain't appreciating it much......Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on March 14, 2012, 09:17:45 AM
Post by: Hepcat on March 14, 2012, 09:17:45 AM
Quote from: bigbud on March 13, 2012, 03:52:58 PMBop Dad and he'd never know where it came from.....you may not get your red ball back though....
That's what younger siblings and the family dog are for.
;)
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Post by: bigbud on April 08, 2012, 03:22:19 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 08, 2012, 03:22:19 PM
Here's a cool spy gun set by Marx. Notice how tricky Marx was in not stepping on copyrights.....not 007.......but 017......yea, now that's some smooth evasion!
Gun gives off a great rat-tat-tat sound, has snap-on rifle stock, barrel extension, and shoots darts and a dart bomb. Trench coat not included.....Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1696.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1698.jpg)
Gun gives off a great rat-tat-tat sound, has snap-on rifle stock, barrel extension, and shoots darts and a dart bomb. Trench coat not included.....Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1696.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1698.jpg)
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Post by: bigbud on April 13, 2012, 03:27:18 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 13, 2012, 03:27:18 PM
Dang Bud, that's one fine gun!
Why, Thank you Bud!
You sure do like them toy weapons, Bud!
Yes, Bud, I think them em the neatest!
Well I sure like em too, Bud.
It's a pleasure to meet someone that appreciates a fine toy gun! Good to hear from ya Bud!
Bud, you take care!
Bud's conversation with Bud went well.......until he realized the Bud on the other computer was himself....and the diet coke he brought to the basement
was missing..........oh my!
Why, Thank you Bud!
You sure do like them toy weapons, Bud!
Yes, Bud, I think them em the neatest!
Well I sure like em too, Bud.
It's a pleasure to meet someone that appreciates a fine toy gun! Good to hear from ya Bud!
Bud, you take care!
Bud's conversation with Bud went well.......until he realized the Bud on the other computer was himself....and the diet coke he brought to the basement
was missing..........oh my!
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Post by: jimm on April 13, 2012, 03:41:49 PM
Post by: jimm on April 13, 2012, 03:41:49 PM
Hey Bud!
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Post by: bigbud on April 13, 2012, 09:45:59 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 13, 2012, 09:45:59 PM
Hey ya Jimm!
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Post by: RICKH on April 13, 2012, 10:19:34 PM
Post by: RICKH on April 13, 2012, 10:19:34 PM
Hey Bud!
I really like that Marx secret agent gun. I always loved the Marx guns. I remember having a Marx Luger and army carbine when amongst my armory when I was a kid.
Thanks for the pics!
I really like that Marx secret agent gun. I always loved the Marx guns. I remember having a Marx Luger and army carbine when amongst my armory when I was a kid.
Thanks for the pics!
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Post by: bigbud on April 14, 2012, 09:47:32 AM
Post by: bigbud on April 14, 2012, 09:47:32 AM
Hi ya Rickh! I know the items you mention. In fact my holy grail is the German helmet on the card with the luger. I rode 5 miles on my bike to buy that at Montgomery Wards as a kid. Have NEVER seen that carded combination set since. One has to be out there. I think afew years ago someone found cases of the luger (alone) on the card ....I've got that, and the helmet shows up all the time loose. Buddy
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Post by: Scatter on April 14, 2012, 02:22:01 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 14, 2012, 02:22:01 PM
Bud, look how far ahead the toy manufacturers were...........
SCIENCE : DISCOVERIES
New Gun Shoots Around Corners
Associated Press 12.15.03
SHOHAM FIRING RANGE, Israel -- Veterans of Israeli anti-terror units demonstrated a new gun Monday that can fire at a target from around the corner, making it particularly effective in urban combat.
Israel plans to start using the weapon next week, U.S. forces already have begun training with it and U.S. SWAT and police teams have expressed interest in purchasing it, Amos Golan, the device's developer, said at a demonstration Monday at a firing range near Tel Aviv.
"The Americans are very interested in this," Golan said. "I believe from what I have seen and heard that it can be a big success in Iraq because the Americans are dealing with an urban area there."
The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv had no immediate comment.
Golan thought of the idea for the weapon after years of pondering a failed Israeli army operation in the West Bank during the first Palestinian uprising in the late 1980s. Several Israeli soldiers were wounded when they stormed a house through the door and were hit by automatic fire shot from inside, Golan said.
An Israeli-American company, Coral Gables, Florida-based Corner Shot Holdings, showed how the new weapon can be fired through an exploded doorway around the corner into a house, or from a hall into a room. A soldier sees the target on a small TV screen mounted on the barrel of the gun.
Armies from 15 countries are testing the system, said Golan, a former deputy commander of Israel's anti-terror unit.
The system is the only weapon that allows the user to stay safe around a corner and away from a target, Golan said.
The device swivels at the middle, 63 degrees to the left or right, with the stock, trigger and the small screen at the hand-held end. The entire firing mechanism, fitted with a pistol that sits over a mini-camera with a zoom lens, is located at the front end.
A lever positioned under the stock allows the user to quickly move the firing end to another position to better focus on the target.
The development of the idea took three years, and sales began three months ago. The weapon system costs between $3,000 and $5,000, depending on the components.
The device can be fitted with different kinds of pistols, including the Beretta 92, which is used by the U.S. Army, the Glock and the Colt. It also can be adapted to fit an M-16 rifle or tear-gas launcher.
The camera can view between 200 and 400 yards, depending on the model. Accessories include an infrared laser illuminator, rubber bullet launcher, various lenses and a silencer. A video-out socket allows the shooter to film action in a room around the corner and transmit the images to commanders far away.
The mechanism has been patented in the United States and will be sold only to official government agencies, Golan said.
SCIENCE : DISCOVERIES
New Gun Shoots Around Corners
Associated Press 12.15.03
SHOHAM FIRING RANGE, Israel -- Veterans of Israeli anti-terror units demonstrated a new gun Monday that can fire at a target from around the corner, making it particularly effective in urban combat.
Israel plans to start using the weapon next week, U.S. forces already have begun training with it and U.S. SWAT and police teams have expressed interest in purchasing it, Amos Golan, the device's developer, said at a demonstration Monday at a firing range near Tel Aviv.
"The Americans are very interested in this," Golan said. "I believe from what I have seen and heard that it can be a big success in Iraq because the Americans are dealing with an urban area there."
The U.S. Embassy in Tel Aviv had no immediate comment.
Golan thought of the idea for the weapon after years of pondering a failed Israeli army operation in the West Bank during the first Palestinian uprising in the late 1980s. Several Israeli soldiers were wounded when they stormed a house through the door and were hit by automatic fire shot from inside, Golan said.
An Israeli-American company, Coral Gables, Florida-based Corner Shot Holdings, showed how the new weapon can be fired through an exploded doorway around the corner into a house, or from a hall into a room. A soldier sees the target on a small TV screen mounted on the barrel of the gun.
Armies from 15 countries are testing the system, said Golan, a former deputy commander of Israel's anti-terror unit.
The system is the only weapon that allows the user to stay safe around a corner and away from a target, Golan said.
The device swivels at the middle, 63 degrees to the left or right, with the stock, trigger and the small screen at the hand-held end. The entire firing mechanism, fitted with a pistol that sits over a mini-camera with a zoom lens, is located at the front end.
A lever positioned under the stock allows the user to quickly move the firing end to another position to better focus on the target.
The development of the idea took three years, and sales began three months ago. The weapon system costs between $3,000 and $5,000, depending on the components.
The device can be fitted with different kinds of pistols, including the Beretta 92, which is used by the U.S. Army, the Glock and the Colt. It also can be adapted to fit an M-16 rifle or tear-gas launcher.
The camera can view between 200 and 400 yards, depending on the model. Accessories include an infrared laser illuminator, rubber bullet launcher, various lenses and a silencer. A video-out socket allows the shooter to film action in a room around the corner and transmit the images to commanders far away.
The mechanism has been patented in the United States and will be sold only to official government agencies, Golan said.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 14, 2012, 04:39:59 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 14, 2012, 04:39:59 PM
Hi ya Gary! Yea that sure sounds like "The Gun That Shoots Around Corners". Ammo might be alittle different.........Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 14, 2012, 06:41:48 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 14, 2012, 06:41:48 PM
Quote from: Scatter on April 14, 2012, 02:22:01 PMThe camera can view between 200 and 400 yards....
Camera! Sissies. Kenner was able to achieve the same feat with two mirrors - and almost fifty years sooner.
::)
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Post by: RICKH on April 14, 2012, 09:24:31 PM
Post by: RICKH on April 14, 2012, 09:24:31 PM
I posted this pic a long time ago, but I thought you might get a kick out of it. You can see my German helmet and the carbine I mentioned earlier. I wasn't a Nazi sympathizer, we won't have that here in Western Kentucky, but I sure thought the helmet was cool! It also came in handy when we played war...made it easy to spot the enemy. My favorite helmet was the Monkey Division helmet with the pull down visor and radio earphones, you can see it on the coat tree behind me. You can also see some of my armory on the left. My dad made that gun rack for me. I've still got several of the guns.
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3691/scan0001ft.jpg)
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3691/scan0001ft.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 14, 2012, 11:26:31 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 14, 2012, 11:26:31 PM
Now that's a cool picture! Monster models, airplane models, cap guns and helmets. I remember thinking the German helmet I had was especially cool because we neighborhood kids always divided up for our "wars" and the German helmet separated my head gear from the other generic helmets. Hey, I've eyed that aluminum space helmet several times on E-bay. That's pretty nifty too! Buddy
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Post by: RICKH on April 14, 2012, 11:54:55 PM
Post by: RICKH on April 14, 2012, 11:54:55 PM
Yeah, I've looked at the space helmet on ebay several times. I would like to own one again. I did several drawings and paintings that incorporated that space helmet back in my college art classes. I loved its simple design.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 10:44:40 AM
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 10:44:40 AM
I love Dragnet stuff, and this shotgun is one of the best of the Dragnet products. It is fully 34" long and breaks in the middle for the 2 shotgun shells. Metal trigger apparatus swings down to load caps. The box is a super treat! Very colorful! Dated 1955. Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1707.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1708.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1711.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1709.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1710.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1707.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1708.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1711.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1709.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1710.jpg)
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Post by: jimm on April 15, 2012, 10:52:25 AM
Post by: jimm on April 15, 2012, 10:52:25 AM
Rick, HOF quality kid pic there . Bud awesome Dragnet set
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Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 10:56:55 AM
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 10:56:55 AM
Jimm, you are right! Most of us just have the memories.........Rickh has that great photo, and probably more of em....... Buddy
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Post by: Scary Terry on April 15, 2012, 11:12:42 AM
Post by: Scary Terry on April 15, 2012, 11:12:42 AM
Ooh! I want a DRAGNET badge!!!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 01:40:35 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 01:40:35 PM
Yea, all Dragnet stuff is very cool!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on April 15, 2012, 02:14:41 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 15, 2012, 02:14:41 PM
That Dragnet shotgun is outstanding!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 02:23:03 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 02:23:03 PM
Scatter!..........It reminds me of a hotdog at Costco..........what a weird thought!..........Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on April 15, 2012, 04:46:49 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 15, 2012, 04:46:49 PM
Don't forget the choc./van. swirl frozen yogurt too Bud!! The boys and I ate dogs, then I let them run around the warehouse and become the sort of nuisance for shoppers that daddy has become for posters at the UMA. Goooooooood dogs!!
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Post by: Dr. Madd on April 15, 2012, 08:17:33 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on April 15, 2012, 08:17:33 PM
Quote from: RICKH on April 14, 2012, 09:24:31 PM
I posted this pic a long time ago, but I thought you might get a kick out of it. You can see my German helmet and the carbine I mentioned earlier. I wasn't a Nazi sympathizer, we won't have that here in Western Kentucky, but I sure thought the helmet was cool! It also came in handy when we played war...made it easy to spot the enemy. My favorite helmet was the Monkey Division helmet with the pull down visor and radio earphones, you can see it on the coat tree behind me. You can also see some of my armory on the left. My dad made that gun rack for me. I've still got several of the guns.
(http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/3691/scan0001ft.jpg)
Why is he wearing a Stahlhelm?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 10:46:44 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2012, 10:46:44 PM
Dr. Madd .... I think that would be plastischhelm........
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Dr. Madd on April 15, 2012, 11:34:54 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on April 15, 2012, 11:34:54 PM
LOL, But its still a German-styled helmet..
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 16, 2012, 08:53:09 AM
Post by: Hepcat on April 16, 2012, 08:53:09 AM
Quote from: Dr. Madd on April 15, 2012, 08:17:33 PM
Why is he wearing a Stahlhelm?
Because they look cool?
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: RICKH on April 16, 2012, 11:34:33 AM
Post by: RICKH on April 16, 2012, 11:34:33 AM
The German helmet was one of many that I had back in the day. I thought it was pretty cool looking. But like I said the Monkey Division helmet was and still is my helmet of choice.
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9038/post38471221238413.jpg)
(http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/9038/post38471221238413.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 16, 2012, 01:06:10 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 16, 2012, 01:06:10 PM
That helmet is very nice! I actually have the box to the Monkey Div. helmet, but am too picky about condition when it comes to getting a helmet to put in it. Most seem to have the antenna busted or gone or some other fault. I love Monkey Div. stuff. Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: missdead13 on April 16, 2012, 02:07:34 PM
Post by: missdead13 on April 16, 2012, 02:07:34 PM
Quote from: Dr. Madd on April 15, 2012, 08:17:33 PM
Why is he wearing a Stahlhelm?
what an amazinggg picture... WOW.. so so neat... and I want all those guns btw, ( helmet too of course )
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 21, 2012, 09:14:09 AM
Post by: bigbud on April 21, 2012, 09:14:09 AM
Quote
LOL, But its still a German-styled helmet..
Actually I think our own military forces use a similar helmet now-a-days........Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: ChrisW on April 21, 2012, 03:17:04 PM
Post by: ChrisW on April 21, 2012, 03:17:04 PM
RE: German helmets. When I was a kid a friend of my dad's gave me his war mementos - German helmet, belt buckle, Iron Cross, Swastika arm band and a number of pins. The buckle had what I swear was blood on it, and of course that's how I described it when I showed it to the kids in school. I wore that helmet (which I think is a firefighter's helmet minus the crest) many times playing war in a field by our house.
Everything except the Iron Cross and helmet were lost when our house was flooded in '72...
Everything except the Iron Cross and helmet were lost when our house was flooded in '72...
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: darkmonkeygod on April 23, 2012, 04:19:49 AM
Post by: darkmonkeygod on April 23, 2012, 04:19:49 AM
Quote from: RICKH on April 16, 2012, 11:34:33 AM
The German helmet was one of many that I had back in the day. I thought it was pretty cool looking. But like I said the Monkey Division helmet was and still is my helmet of choice.
My buddy sat one of these in my hands when I visited him last week. He'd gotten it at the weekly swap meet. Pretty cool!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Dr. Madd on April 23, 2012, 10:50:04 AM
Post by: Dr. Madd on April 23, 2012, 10:50:04 AM
Quote from: ChrisW on April 21, 2012, 03:17:04 PM
RE: German helmets. When I was a kid a friend of my dad's gave me his war mementos - German helmet, belt buckle, Iron Cross, Swastika arm band and a number of pins. The buckle had what I swear was blood on it, and of course that's how I described it when I showed it to the kids in school. I wore that helmet (which I think is a firefighter's helmet minus the crest) many times playing war in a field by our house.
Everything except the Iron Cross and helmet were lost when our house was flooded in '72...
Was there any holes on top for a crest?
(http://www.cowanauctions.com/itemImages/ww1178.jpg)
This is a confirmed German firefighter's helmet
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: ChrisW on April 24, 2012, 09:01:40 AM
Post by: ChrisW on April 24, 2012, 09:01:40 AM
Quote from: Dr. Madd on April 23, 2012, 10:50:04 AM
Was there any holes on top for a crest?
(http://www.cowanauctions.com/itemImages/ww1178.jpg)
This is a confirmed German firefighter's helmet
That is EXACTLY what it looks like, minus the crest - and yes, there are holes in the top. Even the decal is the same.Thanks for posting the pic!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 24, 2012, 09:20:28 AM
Post by: Hepcat on April 24, 2012, 09:20:28 AM
Some awesome individual armaments were produced by a number of toy companies in the sixties but for a complete line of battlefield weaponry, the Remco Monkey Division product line was tough to beat:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Monkee2.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Monkee1.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Monkee3.jpg)
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(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Monkee2.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Monkee1.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Monkee3.jpg)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 26, 2012, 09:20:32 AM
Post by: bigbud on April 26, 2012, 09:20:32 AM
Don't think I've seen the Monkey Gun in all those bright colors, but that would be cool if there are some out there. Only recently have I seen on E-bay a Monkey Div. helmet of different colors.....pretty nice.......Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 26, 2012, 11:44:45 AM
Post by: Hepcat on April 26, 2012, 11:44:45 AM
This thread needs more western cap guns. Few things were more annoying to the straightlaced than firing off caps and Wyatt Earp with his radio serial, TV show and comic books from several publishers ranks way up there in the pantheon of cowboy stars. Here are pictures of a Wyatt Earp six gun and a gun and holster set I lifted off the net:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Wyatt-erp-toy-gun_thumb.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/835841_1_l.jpg)
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(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Wyatt-erp-toy-gun_thumb.jpg) (http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/835841_1_l.jpg)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: ChrisW on April 26, 2012, 08:38:05 PM
Post by: ChrisW on April 26, 2012, 08:38:05 PM
Wall, that there is one fine shootin' piece, pardnuh!
A while back I had a Hopalong Cassidy cap gun and Hopalong Kodak camera, but sold them...
A while back I had a Hopalong Cassidy cap gun and Hopalong Kodak camera, but sold them...
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 26, 2012, 09:09:23 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 26, 2012, 09:09:23 PM
Wall, go get em back! Quick!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Patron Zero on April 26, 2012, 11:37:33 PM
Post by: Patron Zero on April 26, 2012, 11:37:33 PM
[quote Don't think I've seen the Monkey Gun in all those bright colors, but that would be cool if there are some out there. Only recently have I seen on E-bay a Monkey Div. helmet of different colors.....pretty nice.......Buddy [/quote]
I know Topper Toys, the maker of the Johnny 7 O.M.A., had a variant color of the J-7 helmet recast in a blue color to match the Johnny Space Mobile X-7 console toy, such appears on the Space Mobile box and some dealer literature. Uncertain if such ever made it beyond the prototype stage.
Makes one wonder if there had been plans for a black J-7 helmet for the Crime Buster multi-rifle or royal blue helmet for the Screaming Mee Mee-e rifle-pistol set.
I know Topper Toys, the maker of the Johnny 7 O.M.A., had a variant color of the J-7 helmet recast in a blue color to match the Johnny Space Mobile X-7 console toy, such appears on the Space Mobile box and some dealer literature. Uncertain if such ever made it beyond the prototype stage.
Makes one wonder if there had been plans for a black J-7 helmet for the Crime Buster multi-rifle or royal blue helmet for the Screaming Mee Mee-e rifle-pistol set.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: ChrisW on April 27, 2012, 10:06:11 AM
Post by: ChrisW on April 27, 2012, 10:06:11 AM
Quote from: bigbud on April 26, 2012, 09:09:23 PM
Wall, go get em back! Quick!
When I see what the camera is going for now, I kind of wish I could!
Another toy I sold a while back that would fit nicely into this thread is the Johnny Reb Cannon.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aCH1jbIkTfY/Tg4yB72YSBI/AAAAAAAAL9s/oB0YIvovhGk/s1600/Johnny+Reb+Cannon.jpg)
It had serious fire power. In fact, I found this picture on a site about the most dangerous toys!
http://www.newstrick.com/2011/07/most-dangerous-toys.html (http://www.newstrick.com/2011/07/most-dangerous-toys.html)
I'll bet this group could add a lot of nominees to that list!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: ChrisW on April 27, 2012, 10:07:57 AM
Post by: ChrisW on April 27, 2012, 10:07:57 AM
Oops - double post.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 30, 2012, 09:19:14 AM
Post by: Hepcat on April 30, 2012, 09:19:14 AM
Quote from: bigbud on July 29, 2011, 09:11:59 PM
I just used this pic in another post on comic ads...it is a Mattel M-16. No batteries involved. Pull the bolt back once and get 9 shots....long or short burst. Pull the bolt back 6 times and get a stream of over 50 continuous shots! And this sucker is LOUD! Manufactured in 1966. One false legend was that the M-16 actually used in Viet Nam was produced by Mattel. Actually the first versions of the military M-16 had plastic grips manufactured by Mattel.....and these grips had the Mattel logo on them. Complaints soon let to removal of the logo on the grips.
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/basementtoys074.jpg)
Here's the comic book ad:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/AMattel2.jpg)
And here's a video where the M-16 Marauder is fired off at about the 3:05 mark:
Mattel Marauder.wmv (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mUbl19Gd6H8#ws)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 30, 2012, 10:14:14 AM
Post by: bigbud on April 30, 2012, 10:14:14 AM
Well done Hep! The sound of that thing firing is amazing.......more so in person. And loud! A great toy gun. I remember my best friend came over with a Marx B A R which was battery powered. He could pull the trigger and it would Bap-Bap-Bap as long as he held it down. Unfortunately my brother and I had bolt pull Mattel machine guns (not the Maurauder). We were obviously outgunned. He won several of the neighborhood "Wars"..........Buddy
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Post by: bigbud on May 13, 2012, 06:27:12 PM
Post by: bigbud on May 13, 2012, 06:27:12 PM
Here is an Ideal Ramar of the Jungle bolt-action rifle. This dates to mid-late 1950's. I'm not totally familiar with Ramar, but know it was a TV series in the 50's....Jungle Jim type stuff. This rifle took me awhile to track down many years ago. Difficult to find in it's cardboard carry case, with wall hanger. What sold me on this rifle was finding it with the front sights intact. They are made of soft pliable rubber and can easily fall off, harden and break off, or in the case of little brother, be chewed off. Rifle is a full 38" long........Buddy
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1811.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1813.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1815.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1817.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1811.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1813.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1815.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_1817.jpg)
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Post by: Toy Ranch on May 14, 2012, 10:08:58 PM
Post by: Toy Ranch on May 14, 2012, 10:08:58 PM
I've had a lot of toy guns over the years. I collected space guns pretty actively for a while. These are all gone now, but I found some old pics of them.
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5076/7200616542_6c493b2280_c.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5117/7200616642_2bc2c022ed_c.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5239/7200616672_7e3400f80d_z.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7099/7200616720_742dc3cb16_z.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7200616750_cc2ee8ab58_z.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7200616942_b7b9737418_z.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5232/7200616780_8c6139fe28_z.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5076/7200616542_6c493b2280_c.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5117/7200616642_2bc2c022ed_c.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5239/7200616672_7e3400f80d_z.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7099/7200616720_742dc3cb16_z.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7071/7200616750_cc2ee8ab58_z.jpg)
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7226/7200616942_b7b9737418_z.jpg)
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5232/7200616780_8c6139fe28_z.jpg)
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Post by: Toy Ranch on May 14, 2012, 10:12:08 PM
Post by: Toy Ranch on May 14, 2012, 10:12:08 PM
More...
(http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5458/7200616818_cd7bdef6ab_z.jpg)
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There were others, but these pictures were all I found today.
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There were others, but these pictures were all I found today.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: BigShadow on May 14, 2012, 10:26:00 PM
Post by: BigShadow on May 14, 2012, 10:26:00 PM
WoW!....Those are some amazing guns! The Atomic Disinegrator gun is definitely my favorite, with its dial for power. What are the dates on these?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Gasport on May 14, 2012, 10:28:24 PM
Post by: Gasport on May 14, 2012, 10:28:24 PM
WOW Bobby,... I'm speechless! These are works of art! Love the graphics on the Helium gun and the Atom Ray gun is pretty sick, too! What would you estimate such a collection might be worth in today's market??
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on May 14, 2012, 10:38:50 PM
Post by: jimm on May 14, 2012, 10:38:50 PM
Those are fantastic
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Toy Ranch on May 14, 2012, 10:41:44 PM
Post by: Toy Ranch on May 14, 2012, 10:41:44 PM
They range in age from the 1930's - the 1960's. Most of those are pre-war. The Hubley Atomic Disintegrator (with the dial) is from the 50's. The rarest is probably the last one, the Spinray. When you pull the trigger, the metal blade on the end spins around.
As far as value in today's market? I dunno, I don't really pay attention to that market. I converted my rayguns, rocket ships, and most of my robots into monster toys.
As far as value in today's market? I dunno, I don't really pay attention to that market. I converted my rayguns, rocket ships, and most of my robots into monster toys.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on May 15, 2012, 09:42:04 AM
Post by: Hepcat on May 15, 2012, 09:42:04 AM
Quote from: Toy Ranch on May 14, 2012, 10:08:58 PMI collected space guns pretty actively for a while. These are all gone now, but I found some old pics of them.
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7237/7200617102_fceff366de_z.jpg)
The Sound-O-Power one looks like it's a fairly recent one from the 1970's.
:-\
Title: Re: Re: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Toy Ranch on May 15, 2012, 11:15:13 AM
Post by: Toy Ranch on May 15, 2012, 11:15:13 AM
Quote from: Hepcat on May 15, 2012, 09:42:04 AM
That one looks like it's a fairly recent one from the 1970's.
:-\
Sent from my DROID X2 using Tapatalk 2
Actually it's from 1936.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on May 15, 2012, 11:36:40 AM
Post by: Hepcat on May 15, 2012, 11:36:40 AM
Whoops. Wrong picture. It's the Marx Sound-O-Power that looks to be of fairly recent vintage.
???
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Toy Ranch on May 15, 2012, 12:46:50 PM
Post by: Toy Ranch on May 15, 2012, 12:46:50 PM
1968 Sound-O-Power Astro-Gun Toy Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_pjn9h3tU#)
1968
1968
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on May 15, 2012, 05:46:02 PM
Post by: bigbud on May 15, 2012, 05:46:02 PM
Very nice guns! On the subject of value.......the Buck guns aren't as crazy priced as you might think for as old and neat as they are. They do the E-bay often. I have the Buck guns too and traded a very nice issue of Detective #31 for them........bad trade..........Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on May 16, 2012, 02:26:14 PM
Post by: Hepcat on May 16, 2012, 02:26:14 PM
Quote from: Toy Ranch on May 15, 2012, 12:46:50 PM
1968 Sound-O-Power Astro-Gun Toy Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_pjn9h3tU#)
Great sound!
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Pity it's completely ineffective against battling lizards though.
:-\
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on May 16, 2012, 09:47:56 PM
Post by: bigbud on May 16, 2012, 09:47:56 PM
QuoteIt's the Marx Sound-O-Power that looks to be of fairly recent vintage.
Yea, definitely has the 70's look...when Marx was on it's last gasp.....
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on May 29, 2012, 10:40:34 AM
Post by: bigbud on May 29, 2012, 10:40:34 AM
Where the guns?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: ChrisW on June 10, 2012, 09:58:49 AM
Post by: ChrisW on June 10, 2012, 09:58:49 AM
Hepcat said we needed more western cap guns in our arsenal...
I found this set at an auction. What really sold me was that they were made by a company from my home town.
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm131/ChrisWhiteStudio/StagecoachCapPistols.jpg)
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm131/ChrisWhiteStudio/StagecoachCapPistol_2.jpg)
When I became aware of Roth American they were manufacturing things like above ground swimming pools and swing sets. I never knew they did toys like this!
I found this set at an auction. What really sold me was that they were made by a company from my home town.
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm131/ChrisWhiteStudio/StagecoachCapPistols.jpg)
(http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm131/ChrisWhiteStudio/StagecoachCapPistol_2.jpg)
When I became aware of Roth American they were manufacturing things like above ground swimming pools and swing sets. I never knew they did toys like this!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on June 10, 2012, 10:52:40 AM
Post by: bigbud on June 10, 2012, 10:52:40 AM
ChrisW....good man posting your very cool gun set here! Thanks, Bud
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on June 12, 2012, 09:39:07 AM
Post by: Hepcat on June 12, 2012, 09:39:07 AM
Here's a very cool ad from the back cover of the Dell Daffy Duck 24 comic:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/10-06-201245054PM.jpg)
A Daisy six-gun and holster set! The ad says nothing about BBs so I'm guessing that they're cap guns.
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(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/10-06-201245054PM.jpg)
A Daisy six-gun and holster set! The ad says nothing about BBs so I'm guessing that they're cap guns.
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: ChrisW on June 12, 2012, 11:52:54 AM
Post by: ChrisW on June 12, 2012, 11:52:54 AM
I love that line - KIDS OVER 8 YEARS OLD! Show ad to Mom - ask her to buy you a Daisy Toy - and one for your SMALLER BROTHER AND SISTER who can't read yet! Subtle advertising at its finest!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on June 12, 2012, 03:53:40 PM
Post by: bigbud on June 12, 2012, 03:53:40 PM
Late 50's ... early 60's......what a great time to have been a kid!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on June 15, 2012, 09:38:37 AM
Post by: jimm on June 15, 2012, 09:38:37 AM
Mattel Tommy Burst TV commercial 1960s! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMqd5EQXD-g#)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on June 15, 2012, 09:41:39 AM
Post by: Hepcat on June 15, 2012, 09:41:39 AM
Man, the toy companies put ouy some great armaments in the sixties before the Hysterical Mothers of America Society put an end to it all.
:(
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: missdead13 on June 21, 2012, 05:21:26 PM
Post by: missdead13 on June 21, 2012, 05:21:26 PM
Quote from: ChrisW on June 12, 2012, 11:52:54 AM
I love that line - KIDS OVER 8 YEARS OLD! Show ad to Mom - ask her to buy you a Daisy Toy - and one for your SMALLER BROTHER AND SISTER who can't read yet! Subtle advertising at its finest!
I love it toooo.. awesome. .
Quote from: jimm on June 15, 2012, 09:38:37 AM
Mattel Tommy Burst TV commercial 1960s! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMqd5EQXD-g#)
this is RAD. !!!!
Quote from: bigbud on June 12, 2012, 03:53:40 PM
Late 50's ... early 60's......what a great time to have been a kid!
No Kidding !!!! I would have had it made in the shade. well, not if I had the same parents I have tho...
My mom would never let me have cool monsters/ guns/ robots/ war stuff, when I was a kid . she said it was for boys.
so I guess I woulda been miserable then too ... hahaha.. but im making up for all that , believe me !! :laugh:
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 08:28:59 AM
Post by: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 08:28:59 AM
Quotebut im making up for all that , believe me !!
Now don't go getting all excited and road-trippin' to the Mid-West again. Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: missdead13 on June 22, 2012, 12:52:53 PM
Post by: missdead13 on June 22, 2012, 12:52:53 PM
Quote from: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 08:28:59 AM
Now don't go getting all excited and road-trippin' to the Mid-West again. Buddy
;D ;D but it went so amazingly well this last time. . I might go every few months now , instead of once a year. .
hell, I may even move there & just go antiquing everyday , all day !!! That would be the life. seriously !!! :laugh:
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 05:13:43 PM
Post by: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 05:13:43 PM
QuoteI may even move there & just go antiquing everyday , all day !!! That would be the life. seriously !!
Arggg.......this is like having found the perfect fishing hole and then one day you walk thru the trees for another day of relaxed fishin' and there sits a woman in a lounge chair with 5 poles in the water, a portable cook stove on the side, portable stereo playing Air Supply, some kinda lean-to tent for muttsy the dog, wearin' a floppy hat ala on the beach in Jaws, with white sunscreen only on her nose............paradise lost........arggg.......Buddy (only kiddin' ....I think)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 07:22:02 PM
Post by: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 07:22:02 PM
Aw..... it's alright MissD......but let's not let anyone else in on this Mid-West thing ...ok? Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: ChrisW on June 22, 2012, 10:04:06 PM
Post by: ChrisW on June 22, 2012, 10:04:06 PM
Mid-west, ya say? ROAD TRIP!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 10:16:23 PM
Post by: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 10:16:23 PM
Oh lord........invasion on a massive scale..........I'm doomed............
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Fester on June 23, 2012, 12:03:12 AM
Post by: Fester on June 23, 2012, 12:03:12 AM
Quote from: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 05:13:43 PM
"a woman in a lounge chair with 5 poles in the water, a portable cook stove on the side, portable stereo playing Air Supply, some kinda lean-to tent for muttsy the dog, wearin' a floppy hat ala on the beach in Jaws, with white sunscreen only on her nose.
Somehow, I just can't imagine our Missdead looking like that.
More like: Pretty babe with great smile and pink bangs wearing black, sitting in a director's chair, surrounded by strategically placed tiki torches. Slayer (the rare album "Yer Bleedin' Heart: Slayer's tribute to Hank Williams" of course) blasting on the speakers of an immaculately restored Cadillac hearse. In the back off the hearse, a gas powered blender for making quart sized Margaritas--or even better--absinthe smoothies!
Fishing? Who the 'ell wants to go fishing?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on June 23, 2012, 08:15:21 AM
Post by: Hepcat on June 23, 2012, 08:15:21 AM
Fishing is a great excuse to get away and do nothing all day.
;)
;)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on June 23, 2012, 08:25:56 AM
Post by: bigbud on June 23, 2012, 08:25:56 AM
QuoteFishing is a great excuse to get away and do nothing all day.
Same to be said about antiquing and garage sale-in'
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Fester on June 24, 2012, 02:14:45 PM
Post by: Fester on June 24, 2012, 02:14:45 PM
Remember the ancient proverb:
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day. ::)
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish and he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day. ::)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: missdead13 on June 24, 2012, 02:31:24 PM
Post by: missdead13 on June 24, 2012, 02:31:24 PM
Quote from: bigbud on June 22, 2012, 07:22:02 PM
Aw..... it's alright MissD......but let's not let anyone else in on this Mid-West thing ...ok? Buddy
mumms the word..
and btw,,, ive never fished in my life. ???
dont know the first thing about it. .although I heard it involves worms . :laugh:
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: missdead13 on June 24, 2012, 02:35:21 PM
Post by: missdead13 on June 24, 2012, 02:35:21 PM
Quote from: Fester on June 23, 2012, 12:03:12 AM
Somehow, I just can't imagine our Missdead looking like that.
More like: Pretty babe with great smile and pink bangs wearing black, sitting in a director's chair, surrounded by strategically placed tiki torches. Slayer (the rare album "Yer Bleedin' Heart: Slayer's tribute to Hank Williams" of course) blasting on the speakers of an immaculately restored Cadillac hearse. In the back off the hearse, a gas powered blender for making quart sized Margaritas--or even better--absinthe smoothies!
Fishing? Who the 'ell wants to go fishing?
I can totally see this.
slayer , hank williams , hearse , tiki torches, & me , in a directors chair. . !!! Yessssss!!! ;D
mmmm.. margaritas and absinthe smoothies. .
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: dlhenderson on June 24, 2012, 03:03:39 PM
Post by: dlhenderson on June 24, 2012, 03:03:39 PM
In regards to cranial protection, here's a shot of me w/ my new Steve Canyon helmet.
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5089/dlhselfstevecanyoncopy.jpg) (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3180/stevecanyonhelmetboxnvc.jpg)
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5089/dlhselfstevecanyoncopy.jpg) (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3180/stevecanyonhelmetboxnvc.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on June 24, 2012, 05:01:13 PM
Post by: bigbud on June 24, 2012, 05:01:13 PM
dl...that is such a great picture! I had the same helmet even though I wasn't much of a Steve Canyon comic strip reader. Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on June 24, 2012, 07:01:29 PM
Post by: Hepcat on June 24, 2012, 07:01:29 PM
Quote from: dlhenderson on June 24, 2012, 03:03:39 PM
In regards to cranial protection, here's a shot of me w/ my new Steve Canyon helmet.
Cool! Do you still have the helmet and box?
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on June 24, 2012, 07:16:14 PM
Post by: Scatter on June 24, 2012, 07:16:14 PM
Quote from: dlhenderson on June 24, 2012, 03:03:39 PM
In regards to cranial protection, here's a shot of me w/ my new Steve Canyon helmet.
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5089/dlhselfstevecanyoncopy.jpg) (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3180/stevecanyonhelmetboxnvc.jpg)
Great pic!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: missdead13 on June 27, 2012, 01:33:25 AM
Post by: missdead13 on June 27, 2012, 01:33:25 AM
Quote from: dlhenderson on June 24, 2012, 03:03:39 PM
In regards to cranial protection, here's a shot of me w/ my new Steve Canyon helmet.
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5089/dlhselfstevecanyoncopy.jpg) (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3180/stevecanyonhelmetboxnvc.jpg)
this is really super awesome... I love peoples old childhood pics. theyre so timeless and beautiful. . love it .
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Dr. Madd on June 28, 2012, 03:03:43 AM
Post by: Dr. Madd on June 28, 2012, 03:03:43 AM
One of my favorite toy guns when I was a kid was something my older brother built from scrap wood. He made a wooden replica of an MP40 .
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on June 28, 2012, 08:32:39 AM
Post by: bigbud on June 28, 2012, 08:32:39 AM
Aw..Dr. Madd...a new avatar! nice!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on July 01, 2012, 06:02:28 PM
Post by: Hepcat on July 01, 2012, 06:02:28 PM
Another good Daisy ad from the back cover of Felix the Cat 10 cover dated early 1965:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/01-07-201262727PM.jpg)
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(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/01-07-201262727PM.jpg)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 01, 2012, 07:02:46 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 01, 2012, 07:02:46 PM
Did ya read the print ....just circle the bb gun you like best and leave this page out for Dad to see........defacing comic books.....just wrong......even at Christmas...
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: dlhenderson on July 04, 2012, 05:42:31 PM
Post by: dlhenderson on July 04, 2012, 05:42:31 PM
Quote from: Hepcat on July 01, 2012, 06:02:28 PM
Another good Daisy ad from the back cover of Felix the Cat 10 cover dated early 1965:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/01-07-201262727PM.jpg)
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I've still got my "Model 99".
Here are a couple of plastic guns that popped out of my infinite pile of ephemera.
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3420/umarayguns2.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 05, 2012, 10:39:29 AM
Post by: bigbud on July 05, 2012, 10:39:29 AM
Aw...dl......that gold one is a sparkler in the red chamber isn't it? The other is a very nicely designed water gun I'll bet. I'm trying to hold myself back from starting a squirt gun collection, but the stuff is calling me.......... Last week on E-bay there was a '75 Star Trek Squirt Gun in the shape of the Enterprise, it was truly amazing, but I held off..........Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on July 05, 2012, 04:12:13 PM
Post by: Scatter on July 05, 2012, 04:12:13 PM
Quote from: bigbud on July 05, 2012, 10:39:29 AM
Last week on E-bay there was a '75 Star Trek Squirt Gun in the shape of the Enterprise, it was truly amazing, but I held off..........Buddy
You're a paragon of self control. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 05, 2012, 10:35:58 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 05, 2012, 10:35:58 PM
I'm a pair-of-what? 2 of me? Now that's a thought.........one rests while the other is constantly beating the bushes for hidden treasure! Yea...that's good! Buddy
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on July 06, 2012, 09:25:59 PM
Post by: jimm on July 06, 2012, 09:25:59 PM
They don't make any new toy guns in black do they?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: missdead13 on July 07, 2012, 08:24:00 AM
Post by: missdead13 on July 07, 2012, 08:24:00 AM
Quote from: bigbud on July 05, 2012, 10:39:29 AM
Last week on E-bay there was a '75 Star Trek Squirt Gun in the shape of the Enterprise, it was truly amazing, but I held off..........Buddy
whoa. . you " held off" on something truly amazing like a 75 squirt gun?. . . hmmmm... are you feeling okay? :o
shall i take your temperature, cuz something doesnt seem quite right with you ::)
:laugh:
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on July 07, 2012, 08:28:38 AM
Post by: Scatter on July 07, 2012, 08:28:38 AM
Quote from: missdead13 on July 07, 2012, 08:24:00 AM
whoa. . you " held off" on something truly amazing like a 75 squirt gun?. . . hmmmm... are you feeling okay? :o
shall i take your temperature, cuz something doesnt seem quite right with you ::)
:laugh:
Bend over Buddy........MissDead wants to take your temp.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 07, 2012, 10:58:44 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 07, 2012, 10:58:44 PM
Gary....you are just wrong........
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: missdead13 on July 08, 2012, 05:54:37 AM
Post by: missdead13 on July 08, 2012, 05:54:37 AM
Quote from: bigbud on July 07, 2012, 10:58:44 PM
Gary....you are just wrong........
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: hahahahaha... he is freakin hilarious . .
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on July 08, 2012, 07:12:00 AM
Post by: Scatter on July 08, 2012, 07:12:00 AM
Quote from: bigbud on July 07, 2012, 10:58:44 PM
Gary....you are just wrong........
If taunting you is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 08, 2012, 10:21:25 AM
Post by: bigbud on July 08, 2012, 10:21:25 AM
QuoteIf taunting you is wrong, I don't wanna be right.
Yea... now I got that song running through my head all day! Quick, turn on some Grateful Dead or Boston!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on July 08, 2012, 01:18:25 PM
Post by: jimm on July 08, 2012, 01:18:25 PM
You'll have to settle for Mott the Hoople! 8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 09, 2012, 02:36:16 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 09, 2012, 02:36:16 PM
Love ..All the Young Dudes (even though it is a D Bowie song)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Monolith on July 19, 2012, 01:42:51 PM
Post by: Monolith on July 19, 2012, 01:42:51 PM
Here's one of my few guns. Got it at a flea market years ago, nothing like all the great 007, U.N.C.L.E., etc guns posted in this thread. Don't even know much about it. I actually have another copy of it still in it's original box packed away somewhere but I don't have a picture of that one. It lights up and clicks.
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/sc0e7c1407.jpg)
(http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab97/monolith_06/sc0e7c1407.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: missdead13 on July 19, 2012, 06:05:46 PM
Post by: missdead13 on July 19, 2012, 06:05:46 PM
Quote from: Monolith on July 19, 2012, 01:42:51 PM
Here's one of my few guns. Got it at a flea market years ago, nothing like all the great 007, U.N.C.L.E., etc guns posted in this thread. Don't even know much about it. I actually have another copy of it still in it's original box packed away somewhere but I don't have a picture of that one. It lights up and clicks.
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that is rad... and you have two ??
doubley rad ;D
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Post by: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 10:08:39 AM
Post by: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 10:08:39 AM
Here's my Mattel Fanner 50 Shootin' Shell Pistol. What a cool toy! This was back before every mommy and daddy sued the toy company when little Johnny shot his sister in the arm and she cried. Little draw-string pouch holds the two-part shells. This pistol dates from late 50's-early 60's. I've often heard sellers or owners of this gun point to the hole in the handle and remark that something is missing. Actually the hole is a bullet loader for assembling the two-part bullets......Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on August 01, 2012, 10:37:28 AM
Post by: Hepcat on August 01, 2012, 10:37:28 AM
Wow! Nice gun! Did you just buy it?
Sad that the days of individual responsibility are long gone.
But is that not a 1968 copyright date on the box?
???
Quote from: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 10:08:39 AM
What a cool toy! This was back before every mommy and daddy sued the toy company when little Johnny shot his sister in the arm and she cried.
Sad that the days of individual responsibility are long gone.
Quote from: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 10:08:39 AMThis pistol dates from late 50's-early 60's.
But is that not a 1968 copyright date on the box?
???
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Post by: jimm on August 01, 2012, 10:45:06 AM
Post by: jimm on August 01, 2012, 10:45:06 AM
"Safe shootin' shells" right off my eyeball LOL
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Post by: Hepcat on August 01, 2012, 10:50:15 AM
Post by: Hepcat on August 01, 2012, 10:50:15 AM
Killjoy!
>:(
>:(
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Post by: jimm on August 01, 2012, 10:51:51 AM
Post by: jimm on August 01, 2012, 10:51:51 AM
Hey, we all had those little Spock disc shooters, fun stuff !!
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Post by: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 11:10:42 AM
Post by: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 11:10:42 AM
Hep...I already buried the Fanner in a box under stuff, but I'm bettin' that's a '58. No, not a recent purchase.....had it so long I can't recall when. Buddy
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Post by: packy120353 on August 01, 2012, 03:55:05 PM
Post by: packy120353 on August 01, 2012, 03:55:05 PM
I had a Fanner 50 IN the 50s! (bettin it's a .45 though). Complete with Greenie Stickem' caps and those little two piece bullets. I also had a belt buckle Derringer that used Greenies. Wow the stuff toy companies made in those good old days. Thanks for the memories BigBuddy!
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Post by: Scatter on August 01, 2012, 04:55:31 PM
Post by: Scatter on August 01, 2012, 04:55:31 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 10:08:39 AM
Here's my Mattel Fanner 50 Shootin' Shell Pistol. What a cool toy! This was back before every mommy and daddy sued the toy company when little Johnny shot his sister in the arm and she cried. Little draw-string pouch holds the two-part shells. This pistol dates from late 50's-early 60's. I've often heard sellers or owners of this gun point to the hole in the handle and remark that something is missing. Actually the hole is a bullet loader for assembling the two-part bullets......Buddy
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HOLY FREAKING DEJA VU BATMAN!! I had this bad boy when I was a..........you know...........bad boy!! A 68 copyright date would be about right for me. I'd be 4 years old and ready to tame the West (with Johnny West of course). Thanks for showing this Bud!!
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Post by: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 09:17:04 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 09:17:04 PM
Maybe you did ya big Ape! But that is a 1958! Those shootin' shells were around for quite awhile......Buddy
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Post by: Scatter on August 01, 2012, 09:38:21 PM
Post by: Scatter on August 01, 2012, 09:38:21 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 09:17:04 PM
Maybe you did ya big Ape! But that is a 1958! Those shootin' shells were around for quite awhile......Buddy
Even 58 would work for me.........I got a TON of old toys from my Uncle Robert when I was a kid in 1970 and we moved into his boyhood home. Robert was my dad's youngest brother, and we bought my grandfather's house in 1970 and moved in. The attic was FULL of old toys and comics!that were Robert's. He was about 12 years older than me, and that would put it in the right age range. As soon as I saw it I recognized it, and when I saw the view on the box of how the shells loaded there was no doubt this was my gun!
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Post by: Halloween Jeff on August 02, 2012, 04:43:48 PM
Post by: Halloween Jeff on August 02, 2012, 04:43:48 PM
I remember having 007's Astin Martin from "Goldfinger"---it was a wired remote, and even had an ejector seat. I got it for Christmas back in the 60s, and my brother broke it the next day....it sat in my dad's workshop for years, before I lost track of it.....just thinking that it would cost MIB makes me cry....
Bizarro Jeff
Bizarro Jeff
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Post by: bigbud on August 02, 2012, 05:25:34 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 02, 2012, 05:25:34 PM
Jeff, What you describe is the Japanese made M101 Aston Martin DB5. It is usually credited as being produced by Durham Industiries. There were 2 great tin battery op 007 Astons produced. The more common battery tin Aston is by Gilbert. Both were made in the 60's, both are valuable, but only the M101 is wire remote. M101 is far more difficult to come by.......best go check your Dad's workbench again. And bring you thoughts and comments over to the new BOND..JAMES BOND thread........Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on August 02, 2012, 06:24:49 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 02, 2012, 06:24:49 PM
Quote from: Bizarro Jeff on August 02, 2012, 04:43:48 PM
I remember having 007's Astin Martin from "Goldfinger"---it was a wired remote, and even had an ejector seat. I got it for Christmas back in the 60s, and my brother broke it the next day....it sat in my dad's workshop for years, before I lost track of it.....just thinking that it would cost MIB makes me cry....
Huh? Were you intending to post this in the "Gentlemen, start your engines" thread?
???
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Post by: Hepcat on August 03, 2012, 07:50:38 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 03, 2012, 07:50:38 PM
This was the back cover of the DC comics cover dated August 1966:
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Post by: bigbud on August 04, 2012, 09:24:19 AM
Post by: bigbud on August 04, 2012, 09:24:19 AM
BB guns and pellet guns were the thing back then. I had a pistol that worked off a CO2 cartridge. That was really nice, no chocking just pullthe trigger till the cartridge ran out of gas.........
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Post by: bigbud on August 04, 2012, 10:58:02 AM
Post by: bigbud on August 04, 2012, 10:58:02 AM
Here's a Crosman pellet gun from the 60's. I keep this guy stashed away cause it is downright spooky. It's weight and looks are exactly those of the 38 issued to federal law enforcement back at that time. It was used extensively for training. You carry this bad-boy around and folks would scatter.......Scatter. That's why I keep it buried in the basement. As a kid I wanted this type of item in the worse way, as an adult I readily see the risk of such a true replica. A great item, but definitely on the fringe in my toy collection. Buddy
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Post by: jimm on August 04, 2012, 04:22:45 PM
Post by: jimm on August 04, 2012, 04:22:45 PM
Will have to check mine when I get home Bud, have had it for years. Unfortunately started leaking so haven't used it. Was VERY accurate!
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Post by: Scatter on August 04, 2012, 04:25:35 PM
Post by: Scatter on August 04, 2012, 04:25:35 PM
Wow!!
Title: crosman
Post by: jimm on August 04, 2012, 11:39:41 PM
Post by: jimm on August 04, 2012, 11:39:41 PM
Actually mine is the crosman .357. At least you can enjoy yours on the farm Buddy. I start shootin' this around here five-oh gonna come knockin'
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Post by: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 10:52:42 AM
Post by: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 10:52:42 AM
So today is Sunday, thoughts of quiet, peace, tranquility and 50 cal. belt fed machine guns. This is, in my opinion, the epitome of toy gun backyard warfare...this is the Deluxe Reading Defender Dan. This huge tripod machine gun was put out in 1964 by the Deluxe Reading Corp. It was one of the "over the freezer case" toys found at the grocery store. Defender Dan elevates with chrome adjustment wheels, has red barrel tip flasher that pumps in-and-out, chromed barrel, large front and rear sights, and a belt of large white bullets that feed through the machine gun as you fire. And yes the bullets do fire out the barrel! Really a magnificent toy gun! Will definitely keep the Scatter from the door.......Ha!
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Post by: RICKH on August 19, 2012, 01:47:57 PM
Post by: RICKH on August 19, 2012, 01:47:57 PM
That .50 cal machine gun is a thing of beauty! What every red blooded American boy (no matter what age) wants and needs!
I remember the over the freezer case toys that showed up in our local small town grocery store back in the early 60's. My mom and dad bought me a Jungle Jim play set with the pith helmet and guns back in the day.
I remember the over the freezer case toys that showed up in our local small town grocery store back in the early 60's. My mom and dad bought me a Jungle Jim play set with the pith helmet and guns back in the day.
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Post by: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 03:41:53 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 03:41:53 PM
Hi Rickh, I have heard of that set, but only seen parts of it. Deluxe Reading really put out toys we kids wanted....and wanted bad!
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Post by: jimm on August 19, 2012, 03:59:18 PM
Post by: jimm on August 19, 2012, 03:59:18 PM
Man, that's a thing of beauty!
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Post by: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 09:01:59 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 09:01:59 PM
Yea....beauty and function....where's Scatter?
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Post by: Mord on August 19, 2012, 09:28:38 PM
Post by: Mord on August 19, 2012, 09:28:38 PM
Are you kidding, he's hiding under the bed by now.
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Post by: Hepcat on August 20, 2012, 10:55:48 AM
Post by: Hepcat on August 20, 2012, 10:55:48 AM
Quote from: RICKH on August 19, 2012, 01:47:57 PMI remember the over the freezer case toys that showed up in our local small town grocery store back in the early 60's.
Oh yeah, so do I!
:)
Quote from: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 03:41:53 PMDeluxe Reading really put out toys we kids wanted....and wanted bad!
I agree! Part of that though was due to the way they were marketed, in grocery stores and supermarkets where you would see them every week while tagging along while your mother did her shopping! And you could therefore point it out to her so she knew exactly the one you wanted and then pester her about it every week, unlike traditional toy stores or aisles where your mother could only reluctantly be lured. Moreover, the toys were above the freezer case and thus safely away from little hands which could damage the toys/packaging. Pure genius!
;)
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Post by: bigbud on August 20, 2012, 07:57:12 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 20, 2012, 07:57:12 PM
I have seen the old Deluxe Reading sales displays for the above freezer toys. They are extremely elaborate and capable of driving a kid to hysterics! I don't remember or know how the toys were exactly bought. Did the mother ask for the toy at checkout...that would create jammed lines. Did the mom have to find a store worker to carry the toy (usually in a large box) to the front and to the car? Were the actual toys stored on the freezer cases or in the back stock room? Bud
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Post by: Hepcat on August 20, 2012, 08:54:03 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 20, 2012, 08:54:03 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 10:52:42 AMDefender Dan elevates with chrome adjustment wheels, has red barrel tip flasher that pumps in-and-out, chromed barrel, large front and rear sights, and a belt of large white bullets that feed through the machine gun as you fire.
Given that no batteries are required, I'm guessing that it must be powered by pulling that lever. How long would the subsequent burst of firing last?
Quote from: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 10:52:42 AMAnd yes the bullets do fire out the barrel!
How far do the bullets fire?
???
Quote from: bigbud on August 19, 2012, 10:52:42 AMWill definitely keep the Scatter from the door.......Ha!
Yeah and while you're worrying about Scatter, Missdead is casing out your place for the opportune moment to clean you out completely!
;)
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Post by: bigbud on August 23, 2012, 12:03:51 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 23, 2012, 12:03:51 PM
Hep...answer to all questions are I don't know. I admire the Defender Dan and believe what the box says it can do. The chance of breaking something getting it to function is something I can't chance. I know...it's a shame...but I speak from experience. And yea, I don't know where MissDead is...but I got that hair-standing thing going on at the back of my neck........Bud
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Post by: Hepcat on August 23, 2012, 12:33:49 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 23, 2012, 12:33:49 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 23, 2012, 12:03:51 PMI admire the Defender Dan and believe what the box says it can do.
So when and where did you acquire that beauty?
???
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Post by: bigbud on August 23, 2012, 03:10:22 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 23, 2012, 03:10:22 PM
Got it from a toy dealer long before the internet. Guy still surfaces to try and buy it back......
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Post by: Scatter on August 24, 2012, 06:25:46 PM
Post by: Scatter on August 24, 2012, 06:25:46 PM
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OK..........CLOSE THE DAMN THREAD. This is the APEX of toy gun goodness.
OK..........CLOSE THE DAMN THREAD. This is the APEX of toy gun goodness.
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Post by: bigbud on August 25, 2012, 04:50:23 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 25, 2012, 04:50:23 PM
Pointin' at you, Scatter! Duck!
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Post by: bigbud on August 30, 2012, 04:59:46 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 30, 2012, 04:59:46 PM
Sometimes them nasties come crawlin', sometimes crashin' right through town, and sometimes from the sky in them round saucer shaped thingies! In that case what is needed is the Hubley Atomic Disintegrator Pistol! 2 full pounds or Sci-Fi metal art! Hubley only made one space related gun, and wow, what a gun it is! Pulling the rod next to the barrel opens the cap mechanism. Arguably the greatest space pistol ever made! Circa 1954...........excuse the pics.....didn't want to disturb this deadly disintegrator while resting in it's case........
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Post by: Scatter on August 30, 2012, 05:01:45 PM
Post by: Scatter on August 30, 2012, 05:01:45 PM
Sweet!! Appreciate you keeping that bad boy dust-free for me Buddy!! ;)
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Post by: bigbud on August 30, 2012, 05:04:26 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 30, 2012, 05:04:26 PM
You bring the caps, Gary! We'll have a time!
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Post by: bigbud on September 11, 2012, 10:19:13 AM
Post by: bigbud on September 11, 2012, 10:19:13 AM
This is a Marx International Agent playset. Really neat. This is in the store display box.
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Post by: Hepcat on September 11, 2012, 12:15:36 PM
Post by: Hepcat on September 11, 2012, 12:15:36 PM
Not just M.I.B., but M.I.S.D.B! Wow! That is an absolutely astonishing piece.
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Post by: jimm on September 11, 2012, 07:59:10 PM
Post by: jimm on September 11, 2012, 07:59:10 PM
Dang Buddy, another cool set ... are toy guns what you have most of?
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Post by: bigbud on September 11, 2012, 09:58:13 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 11, 2012, 09:58:13 PM
No... I don't think so, but toy guns are the area of collecting I am most interested in. If I were a real serious toy gun collector there would be a problem....the cowboy guns alone could keep me scramblin' for years! Comics were my main thing, but those days are gone. The collection funded early retirement, and comics are no longer easy to find...the good ones. Everyone knows they have great value, while at the same time few understand condition is everything. Got tired of all that. Buddy
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Post by: Mord on September 11, 2012, 10:04:54 PM
Post by: Mord on September 11, 2012, 10:04:54 PM
I can't even imagine what your collection would look like if you were a "real serious toy gun collector". I mean, could you even find a house big enough to contain them all. One thing's for sure, it would be very well protected.
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Post by: bigbud on September 12, 2012, 10:33:14 AM
Post by: bigbud on September 12, 2012, 10:33:14 AM
QuoteI can't even imagine what your collection would look like if you were a "real serious toy gun collector". I mean, could you even find a house big enough to contain them all. One thing's for sure, it would be very well protected
Ha! It would take a day or more to empty my labyrinth. Always worried about theft, or fire. Ya just gotta roll with what comes. For insurance purposes, getting as many items photographed and safely deposited on Photobucket is smart business. That's why I post so many of my items....I keep taking pics, and want to share the cool stuff with you guys, my friends..........Buddy
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Post by: Mord on September 12, 2012, 08:53:16 PM
Post by: Mord on September 12, 2012, 08:53:16 PM
We really appreciate it.
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Post by: Hepcat on September 12, 2012, 09:17:59 PM
Post by: Hepcat on September 12, 2012, 09:17:59 PM
Quote from: bigbud on September 11, 2012, 09:58:13 PM
and comics are no longer easy to find...the good ones.
Those haven't been easy to find for at least 35 years.
Quote from: bigbud on September 11, 2012, 09:58:13 PMEveryone knows they have great value, while at the same time few understand condition is everything.
Yes, everybody who finds an old comic in an attic thinks that it's NM because the cover isn't completely detached, and accordingly they think it's "worth" the highest price.
::)
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Post by: bigbud on September 13, 2012, 10:36:20 AM
Post by: bigbud on September 13, 2012, 10:36:20 AM
QuoteYes, everybody who finds an old comic in an attic thinks that it's NM because the cover isn't completely detached, and accordingly they think it's "worth" the highest price.
The words that set off an alarm with me during a conversation were, "The comics are in great shape for their age". I remember bringing along a truly NM Golden Age comic on one trip just to show the people with the "great shape" comics that a comic CAN be in just-printed condition no matter what it's age. And to point out that their 20 year newer comics were rags in comparison. Never had much effect....."CBG says $400 mint condition, I want $400....it's rare!....try to find another one!" I always did, or went without. I often found that dealing with the most knowlegable comic dealer was easier than the lady that found her son's comics stashed in a top closet shelf.
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Post by: Hepcat on September 13, 2012, 10:48:36 AM
Post by: Hepcat on September 13, 2012, 10:48:36 AM
Quote from: bigbud on September 13, 2012, 10:36:20 AM
The words that set off an alarm with me during a conversation were, "The comics are in great shape for their age".
Yes, the annoying old great shape for its age expression. Worse yet was the "Well its mint for its age" statement. It's as if they all become used car dealers as soon as they get their hands on a comic.
::)
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Post by: bigbud on September 13, 2012, 05:00:44 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 13, 2012, 05:00:44 PM
And Hep....how about when the deal has gone down and they lay the " I'm so glad they are going to someone who is a collector and not a dealer" line of junk on you. That, after having bargained like a used car dealer to squeeze every available penny for the comics. They have little interest, little knowledge and no honest sentimentality for the books what-so-ever....just a hand stretched out saying give me, give me, give me........and I'm suppose to believe my being a collector does their generous little hearts good....Ha!
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Post by: Hepcat on September 13, 2012, 07:16:58 PM
Post by: Hepcat on September 13, 2012, 07:16:58 PM
Quote from: bigbud on September 13, 2012, 05:00:44 PM
And Hep....how about when the deal has gone down and they lay the " I'm so glad they are going to someone who is a collector and not a dealer" line of junk on you. That, after having bargained like a used car dealer to squeeze every available penny for the comics.
Oh but they really are glad they sold whatever to a collector and not a dealer! Had they sold the item to a dealer, they know the dealer must think he can realize an even higher price for the thing and that's a thought they cannot abide because it means that they did not squeeze the very last penny out of it which was their only interest.
And I always hate that the first question that comes out of the mouths of the great unwashed when they see a collection of cool stuff is "How much is all this stuff worth?"
"What the bloody hell does that matter?" is always my instant response. "It's not about the money to me. And I'm not selling it anyway."
>:(
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Post by: bigbud on September 18, 2012, 07:37:32 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 18, 2012, 07:37:32 PM
This is for the flying monsters.....will knock em right out of the sky, or give em a good fright just having it pointed at em! This is the Maco Anti Aircraft Gun and Helmet Set. I'd date it to late 50's-early 60's. This thing is big! With little doubt I can say there can't be many of these around...Though the machine gun is plastic with metal barrel, and the cone type base is good solid plastic, the center pole is a thick rolled cardboard and the protective L-shaped armour surrounding the machine gun is of a super thin plastic (very similar to the thin plastic of many Halloween masks). That an example of this gun is complete is amazing. One play-time would do this toy in! It's that fragile. But man, does it ever display well! And it shoots blue plastic bullets from the blue magazine attached to the side of the machine gun. Buddy
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Post by: bigbud on September 19, 2012, 09:21:59 AM
Post by: bigbud on September 19, 2012, 09:21:59 AM
Wow..just took a look at my own pictures.....makes it look like I live in a park or something....ha! Not so true, but it looks cool. Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on September 19, 2012, 11:25:23 AM
Post by: Hepcat on September 19, 2012, 11:25:23 AM
Quote from: bigbud on September 18, 2012, 07:37:32 PM
This is for the flying monsters.....will knock em right out of the sky, or give em a good fright just having it pointed at em!
That thing is absolutely freaking awesome! Even low flying crows should beware.
8)
Pity about the cheap flimsy construction though.
:(
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Post by: bigbud on September 19, 2012, 10:10:20 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 19, 2012, 10:10:20 PM
Hi ya Hep! It really is the kind of toy that drove kids our age to play WAR with the neighborhood kids. I didn't know of this gun as a kid, but boy, if I had, I'd have been beggin' Mom for one big-time!
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Post by: jimm on September 19, 2012, 10:16:24 PM
Post by: jimm on September 19, 2012, 10:16:24 PM
Thanks again for sharing, the majority of your stuff I've never even seen a pic of!
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Post by: Kal-El on September 20, 2012, 11:23:18 AM
Post by: Kal-El on September 20, 2012, 11:23:18 AM
Those R some pretty kool stuff you guys have.
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Post by: bigbud on September 20, 2012, 04:57:57 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 20, 2012, 04:57:57 PM
Quotethe majority of your stuff I've never even seen a pic of!
Not sure I ever saw a Maco brand toy as a kid....regional distribution must have had a part in what was sold where. Lots of times I find something out in the sticks here in Kansas and wonder...where in the heck did these people go to buy this?! Ya just never know what or where or when....sometimes it's just luck..... Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on September 25, 2012, 12:32:07 PM
Post by: Hepcat on September 25, 2012, 12:32:07 PM
Here's an old Daisy BB gun ad from the back cover of Black Cat 15 that would have been on the newstands in late 1948:
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Post by: bigbud on September 25, 2012, 09:06:36 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 25, 2012, 09:06:36 PM
Several years ago I passed on buying the original box for the Red Ryder BB gun....and I mean THE original box to the 1st Ryder rifle! I still kick myself. The guns are always popping in, but the box! ARGH!
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Post by: bigbud on October 09, 2012, 06:09:18 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 09, 2012, 06:09:18 PM
Here's the bad-boy most of us remember as the backyard weapon of choice....if Mom would buy us one. This is the Deluxe Reading/Topper Toys Johnny Seven OMA (One Man Army). Even Sinbad, the crazy mailman in Jingle All The Way, wanted one. The pistol detaches and fires caps.....it fires white bullets....all kinds of bombs and grenades.....and has a pull back bolt so OMA rat-a-tats like a Mattel tommy gun. The bi-pod folds and secures under the barrel. Very cool.......Also included is a cardboard tank to set up....yea, right, we didn't need no cardboard tank when little brother was such a great target! Johnny Seven is dated 1964 and was THE top selling boy toy of that year.........
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Post by: Hepcat on October 09, 2012, 11:05:00 PM
Post by: Hepcat on October 09, 2012, 11:05:00 PM
Quote from: bigbud on October 09, 2012, 06:09:18 PM
Here's the bad-boy most of us remember as the backyard weapon of choice.... Johnny Seven is dated 1964 and was THE top selling boy toy of that year....
'Nuff said! Putting these right in the supermarket above the frozen vegetables where both you and your mother would see them every week was absolute marketing genius on the part of Topper.
8)
Does anyone remember whether they were also sold in the traditional mom and pop toy stores of the time?
???
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Post by: bigbud on October 10, 2012, 11:59:43 AM
Post by: bigbud on October 10, 2012, 11:59:43 AM
QuoteDoes anyone remember whether they were also sold in the traditional mom and pop toy stores of the time?
Now that would take some research. Actually, being one of the Topper Toys (Deluxe Reading still refered to on the box) I thought that Johnny Seven OMA was strickly a Sears/Wards/Dept. store item. Buddy
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Post by: Hepcat on October 10, 2012, 12:34:32 PM
Post by: Hepcat on October 10, 2012, 12:34:32 PM
I know that supermarkets started out as Deluxe Reading's market niche. Perhaps the company broadened its marketing horizons at about the same time it changed its name to Topper.
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:-\
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Post by: vintagehalloweentoys on October 10, 2012, 12:56:05 PM
Post by: vintagehalloweentoys on October 10, 2012, 12:56:05 PM
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If monsters come knocking at your door, and you're fresh out of bullets or expensive weapons to deal with the threat, try these! Blow the monsters up with these cool Werewolf Firecrackers from the 1950's! Guaranteed to make your zombies dance (and blow up).
I found these at a holiday collector group this past Spring. I really liked the artwork!
If monsters come knocking at your door, and you're fresh out of bullets or expensive weapons to deal with the threat, try these! Blow the monsters up with these cool Werewolf Firecrackers from the 1950's! Guaranteed to make your zombies dance (and blow up).
I found these at a holiday collector group this past Spring. I really liked the artwork!
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Post by: vintagehalloweentoys on October 10, 2012, 04:47:25 PM
Post by: vintagehalloweentoys on October 10, 2012, 04:47:25 PM
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If explosives aren't your thing, you could always mow down a zombie horde with one of these bad boys. I had one of these when I was a kid, but it got broken. About 6 or 7 years ago I picked this one up at a garage sale. It was the same one I has as a kid. It's marked Carolina Enterprises and Empire Plastics (who made a bunch of old Halloween plastic stuff). Stamped 1978.
If explosives aren't your thing, you could always mow down a zombie horde with one of these bad boys. I had one of these when I was a kid, but it got broken. About 6 or 7 years ago I picked this one up at a garage sale. It was the same one I has as a kid. It's marked Carolina Enterprises and Empire Plastics (who made a bunch of old Halloween plastic stuff). Stamped 1978.
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Post by: bigbud on October 10, 2012, 04:57:28 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 10, 2012, 04:57:28 PM
Quote from: vintagehalloweentoys on October 10, 2012, 12:56:05 PM
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If monsters come knocking at your door, and you're fresh out of bullets or expensive weapons to deal with the threat, try these! Blow the monsters up with these cool Werewolf Firecrackers from the 1950's! Guaranteed to make your zombies dance (and blow up).
I found these at a holiday collector group this past Spring. I really liked the artwork!
Those are really something! Great graphics!
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Post by: vintagehalloweentoys on October 10, 2012, 05:02:44 PM
Post by: vintagehalloweentoys on October 10, 2012, 05:02:44 PM
Thanks bigbud....I took these pics of the firecrackers back in April this year....A couple months later I saw that someone had an old advertising magazine page on eBay featuring the same artwork these firecrackers. It was in bad shape, so I didn't bid on it.
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Post by: Hepcat on October 10, 2012, 08:57:51 PM
Post by: Hepcat on October 10, 2012, 08:57:51 PM
Quote from: vintagehalloweentoys on October 10, 2012, 12:56:05 PM
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I found these at a holiday collector group this past Spring. I really liked the artwork![/size]
So do I!
cl:)
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Post by: jimm on October 11, 2012, 08:46:10 AM
Post by: jimm on October 11, 2012, 08:46:10 AM
I'd like to find the brick artwork for those packs!
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Post by: bigbud on October 26, 2012, 02:45:50 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 26, 2012, 02:45:50 PM
Don't think we have used a crossbow on our monster visitors yet. Well here's one from 1948...Prince Valiant Crossbow Pistol Game. Game?.....sure......ya load this baby up and make a GAME out of tracking down little brother! Ha! Now that's a game!
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Post by: Scary Terry on October 26, 2012, 04:48:41 PM
Post by: Scary Terry on October 26, 2012, 04:48:41 PM
Bud -- somewhere in my collection I have a boxed set of "arrows" for that Val crossbow game. Never had the crossbow....
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Post by: bigbud on October 28, 2012, 10:57:50 AM
Post by: bigbud on October 28, 2012, 10:57:50 AM
Terry....those arrows would be great to see if you run across them. I knew you'd appreciate the graphics on the box lid.....beautiful...........
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Post by: missdead13 on October 31, 2012, 08:43:23 PM
Post by: missdead13 on October 31, 2012, 08:43:23 PM
How rad...
buddy, you always hve the best stuff....
no competing ...
Game over.
You win :)
buddy, you always hve the best stuff....
no competing ...
Game over.
You win :)
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Post by: bigbud on November 01, 2012, 05:27:02 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 01, 2012, 05:27:02 PM
QuoteGame over.
You win
I'll take your Frankenstein bucket as 1st prize..........ha!
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Post by: bigbud on November 06, 2012, 12:42:58 AM
Post by: bigbud on November 06, 2012, 12:42:58 AM
QuoteBud -- somewhere in my collection I have a boxed set of "arrows" for that Val crossbow game. Never had the crossbow....
Sorry Terry....I'm alittle slow at times.....you mean you have the same suction cup "arrows" as I do except in a box? Does the box have cool Val graphics?
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Post by: Scatter on November 08, 2012, 06:48:32 PM
Post by: Scatter on November 08, 2012, 06:48:32 PM
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I can't get over seeing Opie as such a badass.
I can't get over seeing Opie as such a badass.
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Post by: bigbud on November 09, 2012, 07:11:31 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 09, 2012, 07:11:31 PM
Scatter, old friend! There ya be! New laptop battery or all new computer?
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Post by: Scatter on November 09, 2012, 07:32:27 PM
Post by: Scatter on November 09, 2012, 07:32:27 PM
Used laptop...........my brother's company sells the ones they used before upgrading, so I got one of those. So far, so good!
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Post by: jimm on November 09, 2012, 10:03:59 PM
Post by: jimm on November 09, 2012, 10:03:59 PM
Nice, I know a lady who upgrades pc's way too often, her discards are huge upgrades to me!
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Post by: Hepcat on November 10, 2012, 09:12:09 AM
Post by: Hepcat on November 10, 2012, 09:12:09 AM
A useful person to know!
:)
:)
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Post by: bigbud on November 10, 2012, 11:04:48 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 10, 2012, 11:04:48 PM
Here's a Buddy L crank activated squirt gun. Makes a nice popping noise even when not used with water.
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Post by: bigbud on November 23, 2012, 10:41:38 AM
Post by: bigbud on November 23, 2012, 10:41:38 AM
Here's a cool Ideal Green Beret Rifle Set from 1966. Never seen another one of these. Has cap loading metal clip, pop-up sights and storage area in the magazine for an extra clip. also attached to the large card is a very cool cloth green beret. Description says "one size hat fits all".... I doubt is....Scatter and I are both fat-heads. Ha! Dig the cool illo of the soldier on the card!
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Post by: Dr. Madd on November 23, 2012, 12:26:58 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on November 23, 2012, 12:26:58 PM
cool, excapt the clip should be in the magazine, not the grip.
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Post by: Dr. Madd on November 23, 2012, 12:38:40 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on November 23, 2012, 12:38:40 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 01, 2012, 10:08:39 AM
Here's my Mattel Fanner 50 Shootin' Shell Pistol. What a cool toy! This was back before every mommy and daddy sued the toy company when little Johnny shot his sister in the arm and she cried. Little draw-string pouch holds the two-part shells. This pistol dates from late 50's-early 60's. I've often heard sellers or owners of this gun point to the hole in the handle and remark that something is missing. Actually the hole is a bullet loader for assembling the two-part bullets......Buddy
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The Idiots in the AtF would actually have this classified a firearm, because it fires using a cap.
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Post by: bigbud on November 23, 2012, 03:39:41 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 23, 2012, 03:39:41 PM
QuoteThe Idiots in the AtF would actually have this classified a firearm, because it fires using a cap.
No matter what classification, pointing one of these toy guns from the 50's or 60's at someone might be taken very serious. They look pretty lethal.
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Post by: Scary Terry on November 23, 2012, 04:09:35 PM
Post by: Scary Terry on November 23, 2012, 04:09:35 PM
Quote from: bigbud on November 06, 2012, 12:42:58 AM
Sorry Terry....I'm alittle slow at times.....you mean you have the same suction cup "arrows" as I do except in a box? Does the box have cool Val graphics?
Yup -- same (or similar) "arrows" in an illustrated box. Same image of Val as the crossbow box -- just a lot smaller!
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Post by: bigbud on November 23, 2012, 09:25:47 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 23, 2012, 09:25:47 PM
That is something, Terry. I wonder if the box of arrows was once inside a set like mine or sold separately...........
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Post by: jimm on November 24, 2012, 06:13:45 PM
Post by: jimm on November 24, 2012, 06:13:45 PM
Quote from: bigbud on November 23, 2012, 03:39:41 PM
No matter what classification, pointing one of these toy guns from the 50's or 60's at someone might be taken very serious. They look pretty lethal.
Heck the 70s Spock disc shooters were bad enuff, OH my eyeball!
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Post by: Hepcat on November 26, 2012, 10:49:55 AM
Post by: Hepcat on November 26, 2012, 10:49:55 AM
Quote from: bigbud on November 23, 2012, 10:41:38 AM
Here's a cool Ideal Green Beret Rifle Set from 1966. Never seen another one of these. Has cap loading metal clip, pop-up sights and storage area in the magazine for an extra clip.
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That is gorgeous! I like anything Green Beret/M16 or that fires off caps and that gun is both! Ideal sure made great toys.
:)
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Post by: Scary Terry on November 29, 2012, 04:10:11 PM
Post by: Scary Terry on November 29, 2012, 04:10:11 PM
Hey Bud! At long last -- here's a pic of my boxed Prince Valiant arrows. From the 25 cent price, I guess they were for sale separately....
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ValArows (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaryterry/8231002204/#) by scarytb (http://www.flickr.com/people/scaryterry/), on Flickr
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ValArows (http://www.flickr.com/photos/scaryterry/8231002204/#) by scarytb (http://www.flickr.com/people/scaryterry/), on Flickr
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on November 29, 2012, 10:36:20 PM
Post by: jimm on November 29, 2012, 10:36:20 PM
Cool, boxed accesories!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 01, 2012, 10:27:02 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 01, 2012, 10:27:02 PM
Aw Terry!........That's cool! And 25cents! I may have to temp a trade out of you some day...........
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 01, 2012, 10:53:57 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 01, 2012, 10:53:57 PM
Here's a neat gun....the Star Trek Jet Disc Tracer Scope. Who doesn't love shooting those flat, round discs all over the place? The Tracer Scope is by Rayline Toys and is from 1968. I keep my eyes open for items that were produced during the years of the original show- '66-'69.....not really that much merchandise....lots of comics. In my opinion, the Tracer Scope is a Wow, but the graphics on the packaging get a super Wow.........
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on December 01, 2012, 11:12:22 PM
Post by: Scatter on December 01, 2012, 11:12:22 PM
Man, LOVE that Trek gun Buddy!! I'm always amazed that you manage to find so many cool toys in their original packaging. Are the majority of these New old-stock warehouse finds from decades ago that were kept by collectors? Because I can't imagine there could be anything like this EVER popping up these days. Who's got a warehouse these days that hasn't been gone through since 1966?
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Post by: bigbud on December 01, 2012, 11:37:54 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 01, 2012, 11:37:54 PM
Scatter....do you recall Connor MacLeod, The Highlander. There's the great scene where the lady detective is allowed into his secret collection room filled with wonderful condition antiqueties . She is amazed. Well I'm Bud MacBortner, The Flatlander (Kansas). I've snatched these toys up as I've passed through time....and as food has passed through me.....ha!
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Post by: jimm on December 02, 2012, 12:17:22 AM
Post by: jimm on December 02, 2012, 12:17:22 AM
So that's it! Amazing collection Flatlander!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 03, 2012, 08:41:23 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 03, 2012, 08:41:23 PM
Here's something to fend off dragons, Huns, and vikings (I think). This is a Marx Medieval Knights Armour Set from about 1955. I can see a kid putting one of these suits of armour on, but most of the neighborhood friends would have cowboy hats and pistols or rat-a-tat machine guns. The graphics are great, and the helmet is really cool with a purple feather on top! The sword blade is rather flimsy so as not to seriously hurt little brother. Got breast and shoulder plates, shin protectors, helmet, and sword. The box s made to look like a treasure chest......
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Fester on December 03, 2012, 09:00:11 PM
Post by: Fester on December 03, 2012, 09:00:11 PM
Quote from: Dr. Madd on November 23, 2012, 12:38:40 PMNot quite. The plastic bullets were fired by a spring inside the cartridge body.
The Idiots in the AtF would actually have this classified a firearm, because it fires using a cap.
The caps were merely for the sound.
I had one of the sixguns and a 38 snubnosed detective special that used the same Shootin Shell ammunition. They worked without the stick-em caps.
These guns were sold for many years and were advertised nationally by one of the biggest toy makers in the country. The BATF is not interested in kids toys.
MATTEL SNUB NOISE 38 CLASSIC COMMERCIALS on DVDS at TVDAYS.com (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6e7KiM9PFBk#)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on December 05, 2012, 06:55:52 PM
Post by: Scatter on December 05, 2012, 06:55:52 PM
Big Brother is interested in EVERYTHING.
http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/news/topstories/story/ATF-seizes-30-toy-guns-infuriating-local-business/vUVs2QUCAUuZWeRrqgIQaA.cspx (http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/news/topstories/story/ATF-seizes-30-toy-guns-infuriating-local-business/vUVs2QUCAUuZWeRrqgIQaA.cspx)
http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/news/topstories/story/ATF-seizes-30-toy-guns-infuriating-local-business/vUVs2QUCAUuZWeRrqgIQaA.cspx (http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/news/topstories/story/ATF-seizes-30-toy-guns-infuriating-local-business/vUVs2QUCAUuZWeRrqgIQaA.cspx)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 06, 2012, 10:23:54 AM
Post by: Hepcat on December 06, 2012, 10:23:54 AM
Truth!
Hey, on occasion bureaucrats feel compelled to do something to justify their salaries.
:-\
QuoteA local business owner is flabbergasted after a shipment of 30 toy guns for his store was confiscated by ATF agents in Tacoma.
Hey, on occasion bureaucrats feel compelled to do something to justify their salaries.
:-\
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 06, 2012, 12:53:51 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 06, 2012, 12:53:51 PM
Wait a minute! 30 toy guys.........worth $12,000 dollars? That's a hefty price for TOY guns isn't it?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on December 07, 2012, 04:54:19 PM
Post by: Scatter on December 07, 2012, 04:54:19 PM
Quote from: bigbud on December 06, 2012, 12:53:51 PM
Wait a minute! 30 toy guys.........worth $12,000 dollars? That's a hefty price for TOY guns isn't it?
I bet I could spend 30 minutes in your Toy Dungeon compiling 30 toys that would exceed that. ;D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 07, 2012, 08:56:34 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 07, 2012, 08:56:34 PM
You silly! I don't own any toys! Those are all clever images glued to cardboard standups. Pretty good job, huh?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Fester on December 10, 2012, 01:00:09 AM
Post by: Fester on December 10, 2012, 01:00:09 AM
Quote from: Scatter on December 05, 2012, 06:55:52 PM
Big Brother is interested in EVERYTHING.
http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/news/topstories/story/ATF-seizes-30-toy-guns-infuriating-local-business/vUVs2QUCAUuZWeRrqgIQaA.cspx (http://www.koinlocal6.com/content/news/topstories/story/ATF-seizes-30-toy-guns-infuriating-local-business/vUVs2QUCAUuZWeRrqgIQaA.cspx)
Sounds like one overzealous jerk to me. My bet is that the Special Agent screwed up and is now in full CYA mode.
But then, there was a case several years back when the Feds banned a bunch of Russian B-B guns because they were made of real AK-47 parts.
And a $400 toy gun? Some toy!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 11, 2012, 09:02:03 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 11, 2012, 09:02:03 PM
This here is the Remco Pom-Pom Gun. This toy was sold from the late 50's through the early 60's. I put my Marx Frankenstein in the pic to show how large this gun is. Pretty big. Several times I have been asked "does it work?" when showing a Battery op toy.....well, this is the collectible that broke me of putting batteries in my old toys. I slapped 4 D cells into this baby and proceeded happily to pull the controls....control light flashing, Pom Pom barrels pumping in and out, entire gun unit swiveling in circles right then left......all of a sudden.....nothing! That was maybe 20 years ago. It hasn't worked since....nor have I tried to make it work. A foolish thing to have done, and an event I seldom even contemplate with my toys anymore........even with cheapo batteries.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 18, 2012, 06:43:23 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 18, 2012, 06:43:23 PM
Here's one cool spy toy from 1964...the Mattel Zero M Sonic Blaster! This is a toy gun not easily concealed. When you pull this baby out the neighborhood kids take notice! The wording on the box states, "SAFE, NO CAPS OR BATTERIES NEEDED!" Well, I guess that was proven wrong, cause Consumer Magazine put out the following review on the Sonic Blaster-
The '64 TV ad for the Sonic Blaster starred Kurt Russell and is entertaining!
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Quote"The Mattel Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster 5530 fires compressed air with a deafening blast. Our measurements top out at 157 dB–above a level that can do permanent damage to the hearing of an adult. We rate the toy Not Acceptable."Adults are always messing with a kid's fun! Gotta admit it does boom! And the air it fires is tremendous! The Mattel Sonic Blaster was introduced one year after Wham-o's Air Blaster toy....I figure Mattel wanted in on Wham-o's success with an air blasting gun....they just maybe took it too far.......
The '64 TV ad for the Sonic Blaster starred Kurt Russell and is entertaining!
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 18, 2012, 07:08:40 PM
Post by: Hepcat on December 18, 2012, 07:08:40 PM
Quote from: bigbud on December 11, 2012, 09:02:03 PM
...all of a sudden.....nothing! That was maybe 20 years ago. It hasn't worked since.
Very sad.
:(
Quote from: bigbud on December 11, 2012, 09:02:03 PM
...an event I seldom even contemplate with my toys anymore........even with cheapo batteries.
Wise.
cl:)
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Post by: Hepcat on December 18, 2012, 07:14:52 PM
Post by: Hepcat on December 18, 2012, 07:14:52 PM
Quote from: bigbud on December 18, 2012, 06:43:23 PM
...Consumer Magazine put out the following review on the Sonic Blaster.Quote from: Consumer MagazineThe Mattel Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster 5530 fires compressed air with a deafening blast. Our measurements top out at 157 dB–above a level that can do permanent damage to the hearing of an adult. We rate the toy Not Acceptable.
Adults are always messing with a kid's fun!
I agree! They're all such killjoys.
>:(
Quote from: bigbud on December 18, 2012, 06:43:23 PMI figure Mattel wanted in on Wham-o's success with an air blasting gun....they just maybe took it too far.......
I don't think so. Sounds to me as if they got it just right.
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 18, 2012, 09:01:26 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 18, 2012, 09:01:26 PM
Watch out Hep..... the Sonic Blaster would be quite a shock to a cat!
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Post by: Scatter on December 19, 2012, 12:29:41 AM
Post by: Scatter on December 19, 2012, 12:29:41 AM
Dig that Sonic gun Buddy!! Wow!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on December 19, 2012, 01:15:06 AM
Post by: jimm on December 19, 2012, 01:15:06 AM
Kinda like Batman used against the Penguin's sub in the 66 movie!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 29, 2012, 03:40:50 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 29, 2012, 03:40:50 PM
Christmas time always brought me cowboy cap guns...this is a Mattel Fanner 50. Unlike the Shootin Shell Fanner 50 on a previous page this one is simply a fanning cap gun...still pretty cool. It is dated 1961.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 29, 2012, 08:13:57 PM
Post by: Hepcat on December 29, 2012, 08:13:57 PM
Mmmmmm roll caps! I just love the smell of caps. I need to add a cap gun or several to my toy collection.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on December 29, 2012, 08:16:19 PM
Post by: Scatter on December 29, 2012, 08:16:19 PM
Me too Hep.......that is, if Buddy left any out there for us.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 29, 2012, 10:04:01 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 29, 2012, 10:04:01 PM
Hep and Scatter....two of my favorite people! Hope you both had spectacular holidays! I love the smell of caps fired too......
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 30, 2012, 06:47:49 PM
Post by: Hepcat on December 30, 2012, 06:47:49 PM
I was much more into sci-fi and horror as a kid than I was into westerns, and the only western I ever watched on TV was Bonanza. As a result, I had few cowboy related toys other than a Deputy board game (which I reacquired about five years ago),
Moreover, when it came to cowboys and Indians, I was on the side of the Indians. As a result, I had a beautiful bow and arrow set but no six gun that could fire off a roll of caps. Now of course I'd love to have both a M.I.B. cap gun based on the Lone Ranger or Wyatt Earp or some other cool character, but I'd also like a loose cap gun that worked well so I could fire off cap rolls in the house!
:)
Moreover, when it came to cowboys and Indians, I was on the side of the Indians. As a result, I had a beautiful bow and arrow set but no six gun that could fire off a roll of caps. Now of course I'd love to have both a M.I.B. cap gun based on the Lone Ranger or Wyatt Earp or some other cool character, but I'd also like a loose cap gun that worked well so I could fire off cap rolls in the house!
:)
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Post by: jimm on December 30, 2012, 06:52:42 PM
Post by: jimm on December 30, 2012, 06:52:42 PM
I know what you mean, the smells gotta bring back alot of memories. I recall those little 1 cap metal rockets you could toss in the air (they'd ignite the cap on impact). Found 1 at moms a while back. I'd have hated to be on the receiving end of an errant toss!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 30, 2012, 08:47:06 PM
Post by: Hepcat on December 30, 2012, 08:47:06 PM
Oh I loved those! Parents being what they are these days, those little rockets haven't been sold for decades.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 31, 2012, 10:34:37 AM
Post by: bigbud on December 31, 2012, 10:34:37 AM
I always liked the ones that had a spaceman standing in the middle of the capbomb! Got one here somewhere....I'll start diggin'! Didn't they have a Batman capbomb too?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on December 31, 2012, 10:44:47 AM
Post by: jimm on December 31, 2012, 10:44:47 AM
Didn't know there were manned ones. Too cool. Ours were just heavy little metal skull busters! :D
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 03, 2013, 09:27:00 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 03, 2013, 09:27:00 PM
The ones I had were more like this one with the sharper point:
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:)
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:)
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Post by: jimm on January 03, 2013, 10:36:56 PM
Post by: jimm on January 03, 2013, 10:36:56 PM
Thems are fancy, here in podunk, we just had metal ones
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 03, 2013, 10:50:04 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 03, 2013, 10:50:04 PM
Ain't no bigger podunk than the one I live in jimm....don't be using that excuse........ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 03, 2013, 10:57:46 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 03, 2013, 10:57:46 PM
Found one! The little spaceman is holding on to both sides of the rocket/spaceship he is riding in...kinda fun idea...I loved it as a kid.....
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on January 05, 2013, 12:55:11 AM
Post by: jimm on January 05, 2013, 12:55:11 AM
These are a cool collectible.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 15, 2013, 06:16:06 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 15, 2013, 06:16:06 PM
Quote from: bigbud on December 29, 2012, 10:04:01 PMI love the smell of caps fired too......
Any kid who loved firing off caps with a six gun had to like these Atlas western comics as well:
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Post by: Hepcat on January 20, 2013, 02:22:58 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 20, 2013, 02:22:58 PM
Continuing with the Old West theme, here are some scans from my set of Western Round-Up cards that Topps released in 1956:
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Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2013, 03:42:02 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2013, 03:42:02 PM
Very colorful cards, Hep!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2013, 05:06:40 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2013, 05:06:40 PM
In keeping with the Cowboy Western theme this is one of my favorites......This is a Mattel Indian Scout Rifle and Bandolier Set. This is a Shootin Shell rifle produced in 1958 by Mattel. It's a very nice single load-single shot rifle. Lots of photos............
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(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3221.jpg)
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(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3224.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3225.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 20, 2013, 05:20:39 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 20, 2013, 05:20:39 PM
Cool! I'm guessing that a fellow would stick the Greenie Stick-M-Caps on the back of the shell. How far do you think the bullets would shoot?
???
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2013, 07:01:15 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 20, 2013, 07:01:15 PM
Word is 10-15 feet...............you didn't expect me to load one up did ya, Hep? I always end up busting something when I do that..........
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 25, 2013, 01:31:23 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 25, 2013, 01:31:23 PM
Here are s few scans from my Topps TV Westerns set from 1958:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104110PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104113PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104116PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104121PM.jpg)
:)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104110PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104113PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104116PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104121PM.jpg)
:)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 26, 2013, 11:04:09 AM
Post by: bigbud on January 26, 2013, 11:04:09 AM
This is a 1953 Buddy L Spitfire Machine Gun. Over 2 feet long and weighs over 2 lbs. Combines plastic with plated steel and aluminum. Has a drop down cap loader, and also makes a nice rat-a-tat sound when you turn the crank. Bi-pod folds under when needed..........
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3230.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3236.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3234.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3231.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3233.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3232.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3230.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3236.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3234.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3231.jpg)
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(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3232.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on January 26, 2013, 10:25:44 PM
Post by: jimm on January 26, 2013, 10:25:44 PM
Wouldn't the cops freak if you went toolin' down main with that beast in tow!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2013, 08:39:28 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 27, 2013, 08:39:28 PM
Yea, that air-cooled section over the barrel gives it a lethal look...............
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on February 01, 2013, 01:40:48 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 01, 2013, 01:40:48 PM
Here are scans of some of my Freedom's War cards in panel form that Topps released in 1950:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104125PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104128PM.jpg)
And here's a scan of a one cent wrapper:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104124PM.jpg)
:)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104125PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104128PM.jpg)
And here's a scan of a one cent wrapper:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/19-01-2013104124PM.jpg)
:)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: packy120353 on February 01, 2013, 03:35:42 PM
Post by: packy120353 on February 01, 2013, 03:35:42 PM
Love those Korean War cards! My Pop flew Corsairs and F6Fs off carriers in Korea and WWII.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 01, 2013, 05:11:43 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 01, 2013, 05:11:43 PM
Packy...always loved Corsair model kits. Especially the Monogram 1/48 with it's working features.........
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3276_zpseb16e2b5.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3277_zps232cb9fe.jpg)
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(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3277_zps232cb9fe.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3278_zps8a9ddc5c.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 01, 2013, 05:41:23 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 01, 2013, 05:41:23 PM
Think I already showed the Mattel Planet of the Apes bolt-action machine gun...this is Mattel's POTA Rapid Fire rifle from 1965. This is a combination old-West rifle with a round bullet magazine as on machine guns. It fires loudly as you pull the trigger. Most notable is the "weathered" bronze finish applied to Mattel's POTA guns....really spectacular, but didn't go over extremely well with the kids back then. Each bullet on the underside of the magazine has "Mattel 38 SPL" on it.......
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3279_zps6ca83030.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3280_zps58330f5b.jpg)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on February 01, 2013, 10:49:31 PM
Post by: jimm on February 01, 2013, 10:49:31 PM
Ah yes the Corsair kits with folding wings. Another tuffie for a youngster! :o
My pop flew the C46 during the big one C:)
(http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/USAFMuseum/WWII/C46Commando/images/01C46Commando.jpg)
Love everything POTA related Bud!
My pop flew the C46 during the big one C:)
(http://www.williammaloney.com/Aviation/USAFMuseum/WWII/C46Commando/images/01C46Commando.jpg)
Love everything POTA related Bud!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 02, 2013, 10:26:19 AM
Post by: bigbud on February 02, 2013, 10:26:19 AM
jimm....searched through my plane kits and can only find a C47....do you know of any kits made of the C46? What is interesting is that by model number the C46 would seem to have been produced prior to the C47 yet it looks so much more streamlined and modern than the C47......
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/001_zps96014837.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/001_zps96014837.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on February 02, 2013, 12:33:28 PM
Post by: Scatter on February 02, 2013, 12:33:28 PM
Quote from: bigbud on January 26, 2013, 11:04:09 AM
This is a 1953 Buddy L Spitfire Machine Gun. Over 2 feet long and weighs over 2 lbs. Combines plastic with plated steel and aluminum. Has a drop down cap loader, and also makes a nice rat-a-tat sound when you turn the crank. Bi-pod folds under when needed..........
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3230.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3236.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3234.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3231.jpg)
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(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3232.jpg)
Buddy, did I see your name scratched faintly into the metal on that gun? I'd gun down the perpetrator! I knew it couldn't have been you because the name was spelled correctly.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 02, 2013, 12:59:33 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 02, 2013, 12:59:33 PM
Scatter...you monster child you!
Title: Re: C46
Post by: jimm on February 02, 2013, 03:25:29 PM
Post by: jimm on February 02, 2013, 03:25:29 PM
Bud, one of the newer kit company made one a while back, gonna have to pick one up off the bay.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 03, 2013, 03:51:21 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 03, 2013, 03:51:21 PM
I really like the lines of the C46!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on February 04, 2013, 01:31:05 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 04, 2013, 01:31:05 PM
Quote from: packy120353 on February 01, 2013, 03:35:42 PMLove those Korean War cards!
Well then here are scans from my Fight the Red Menace set with which Bowman in 1951 responded to the Freedom's War set Topps had issued:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/13-01-2013112007PM.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/13-01-2013112013PM-1.jpg)
Note the colouring error on the Mao Tse-Tung card. Mao's eyes were of course brown and not green.
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/General%20Album%202/13-01-2013112002PM.jpg)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 04, 2013, 05:11:25 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 04, 2013, 05:11:25 PM
Wow..that one Russian jet looks like a German ME 163 Komet......
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 04, 2013, 10:33:36 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 04, 2013, 10:33:36 PM
Ya can't go to backyard neighborhood-kid combat without a helmet! And one of the coolest is the Remco Monkey Division Helmet.........says it "Fits All Head Sizes"...fraid that does not include Scatter and me..............ha!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3303_zpsb0694d1d.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3301_zps31ea9eee.jpg)
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(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3303_zpsb0694d1d.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3301_zps31ea9eee.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3302_zps51b31f85.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Fester on February 05, 2013, 02:18:07 AM
Post by: Fester on February 05, 2013, 02:18:07 AM
Quote from: bigbud on February 02, 2013, 10:26:19 AM
jimm....searched through my plane kits and can only find a C47....do you know of any kits made of the C46? What is interesting is that by model number the C46 would seem to have been produced prior to the C47 yet it looks so much more streamlined and modern than the C47......
The C-47 Skytrain/Dakota was built by Douglas Aircraft and was a military/cargo version of the DC-3. The DC-3 was first flown 1935. The military version came out in late 1941. Around 16,000 were built, of which maybe 2,000 are still flying.
The C-46 Commando was built by Curtis Aircraft starting in 1941 but only about 3100 were made.
The C-46 was about 10 feet longer and its wing span was a bit wider. It was faster, had a better range almost 2X that of the C-47, and could fly a couple thousand feet higher.
The biggest problem was its engines. Those Pratt & Whitney R-2800-51 engines put out 2000 horsepower; The C-47's Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90's put out only 1200.
Problem was--it cost half again more to run a C-46. Quite a few of them are still flying, though, mostly in Northwestern Canada and in Alaska. They are great for hauling stuff in crappy weather--tough birds.
Williams made a 1/72 scale model kit of the C-46. And there are several sources for finished carved mahogany models.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on February 05, 2013, 10:40:55 AM
Post by: jimm on February 05, 2013, 10:40:55 AM
Thanks for the write-up Fester. I remember Pop telling me they flew Trans-Atlantic once. Had to land on a tiny spec in the middle of the ocean. When they took off it was off a cliff! :o
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on February 05, 2013, 11:15:06 AM
Post by: Hepcat on February 05, 2013, 11:15:06 AM
Quote from: bigbud on February 04, 2013, 05:11:25 PMWow..that one Russian jet looks like a German ME 163 Komet......
That's because the Soviets just copied the German designs to begin their own jet program after WWII.
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on February 05, 2013, 11:17:06 AM
Post by: Hepcat on February 05, 2013, 11:17:06 AM
Quote from: bigbud on February 04, 2013, 10:33:36 PM
Ya can't go to backyard neighborhood-kid combat without a helmet! And one of the coolest is the Remco Monkey Division Helmet.........says it "Fits All Head Sizes"...fraid that does not include Scatter and me..............ha!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3301_zps31ea9eee.jpg)
Oh man, beautiful box too! Does it include the cardboard insert to hold the actual helmet during shipping?
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: curseofthewerewolf on February 05, 2013, 01:44:41 PM
Post by: curseofthewerewolf on February 05, 2013, 01:44:41 PM
Oh Lordy, Bud...what don't you have? My head is spinning....WOW!!!
What is that Thor figure I see in a couple of the photos with the cloth cape?
What is that Thor figure I see in a couple of the photos with the cloth cape?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: curseofthewerewolf on February 05, 2013, 07:11:43 PM
Post by: curseofthewerewolf on February 05, 2013, 07:11:43 PM
Quote from: dlhenderson on June 24, 2012, 03:03:39 PM
In regards to cranial protection, here's a shot of me w/ my new Steve Canyon helmet.
(http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/5089/dlhselfstevecanyoncopy.jpg) (http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/3180/stevecanyonhelmetboxnvc.jpg)
I had one, too. Still remember the smell when wearing it (uh, from the toy, that is).
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 05, 2013, 07:37:31 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 05, 2013, 07:37:31 PM
Hep....no cardboard insert inside...I'm bettin it had one, but I don't see how it fit...the helmet has to go in at a weird angle to fit in the box...really cramped. DL, the Steve Canyon helmet is soooooooo cool! I had one as a kid too. I have kept my eyes open for one through the years, but there is always a flaw that keeps me from buying. Usually wear to the helmet/visor, ratty box, or twisted mal-shaped or broken chin straps..........Curse, the Thor is one of my sculpts from my "Carnival Chalk figure" period.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 05, 2013, 08:34:43 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 05, 2013, 08:34:43 PM
Here is another head piece for the well groomed back-lot warrior....this is a Marx Top Kick D.I. (Drill Instructor) hat. Doesn't say Marine Corps., but the emblem is definitely Marines, and from one who been-there seen-that, this is in the exact shape and look of a Marine Corp. D I hat (cover). On a large and beautiful card. Never seen another one of these on the card. Original cost...43 cents. The hat is very fragile. I'll bet few of these lasted more than a day of neighborhood kid war.
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3310_zps0ca36dea.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3306_zps6b645e03.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3308_zps130a11b2.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3311_zpsf3823ec4.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3313_zpsc677f4ba.jpg)
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(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3310_zps0ca36dea.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3306_zps6b645e03.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3308_zps130a11b2.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3311_zpsf3823ec4.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3313_zpsc677f4ba.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3314_zps91f46b59.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Fester on February 06, 2013, 02:40:04 AM
Post by: Fester on February 06, 2013, 02:40:04 AM
Quote from: jimm on February 05, 2013, 10:40:55 AM
Thanks for the write-up Fester. I remember Pop telling me they flew Trans-Atlantic once. Had to land on a tiny spec in the middle of the ocean. When they took off it was off a cliff! :o
Sounds like he had a stop over at Bluie West One. It was an airfield in Greenland. You approached it by flying up a fjord for about 50 miles, sheer cliffs on both sides, lots of twists and false leads to cope with--in fog or low lying clouds. Then you landed on a gravel and steel plank runway 5000 feet long by 145 feet wide (a C-47 had a 95 foot wingspan-- the C-46-- 108 ft not much room to spare. The runway started at 12 feet above sea level and finished at 100 feet ASL where it met the end of a glacier.
The base had a tugboat which was used to tow icebergs out of the way of the planes taking off.
Today it is known as Narsarsuaq Airport.
The other Trans-Atlantic specks were Goose Bay Labrador, and Reykjavik or Keflavik in Iceland. the most likely one involving cliffs would probably be BW-1.
The Transatlantic ferry pilots were amazing guys.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on February 06, 2013, 09:01:35 AM
Post by: jimm on February 06, 2013, 09:01:35 AM
Thanks Fester, if I recall correctly they left N Carolina and his destination was Africa, so not quite sure where that island stop was.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on February 08, 2013, 01:59:14 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 08, 2013, 01:59:14 PM
Here then are photos of some of my warplane model kits:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/DamBuster.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HawkModelKits.jpg)
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(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/DamBuster.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HawkModelKits.jpg)
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 08, 2013, 03:52:18 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 08, 2013, 03:52:18 PM
Always loved that Dam Buster with ........."the secret bomb"! Kids had to buy a kit like that! Secret bomb! Wow! Nice box art on em all. Hey Hep! Maybe we could get up an aircraft model kit threat...ya think?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on February 08, 2013, 10:27:54 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 08, 2013, 10:27:54 PM
Sure! I have many more aircraft kits I can post.
:)
:)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Paladin on February 09, 2013, 07:28:58 AM
Post by: Paladin on February 09, 2013, 07:28:58 AM
Quote from: Hepcat on February 08, 2013, 01:59:14 PM
Here then are photos of some of my warplane model kits:
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/DamBuster.jpg)
(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/HawkModelKits.jpg)
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I have a ton of planes but I never got the dam buster.
Great kit of a great plane.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Dr. Madd on February 10, 2013, 01:54:29 AM
Post by: Dr. Madd on February 10, 2013, 01:54:29 AM
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My mauser Broomhandle, made from a tic tac box, a binder clip, two ink pen barrels, three popsicle sticks, two rubber bands , an eversharp pencil insert, and a cut off piece of yard-sale wooden signpost. Am Now painting it. . It does actually fire, albeit not repeating. All those colorful things in the tic-tac box ammo magazine are airsoft pellets. It breech loads. You pull the rubber band over the end of the popsicle stick on the reciever, remove the eversharp pencil insert, put your ammo in, replace the insert and put the band over the eraser of the insert. To fire, aim, pull back the insert and release. It breech loads because the barrel sometimes sticks.
What can you expect when you make a pistol out of office supples and hold it together with tape and hot glue.
Sometimes when you want a toy gun a certain way, you gotta do it yourself.
My mauser Broomhandle, made from a tic tac box, a binder clip, two ink pen barrels, three popsicle sticks, two rubber bands , an eversharp pencil insert, and a cut off piece of yard-sale wooden signpost. Am Now painting it. . It does actually fire, albeit not repeating. All those colorful things in the tic-tac box ammo magazine are airsoft pellets. It breech loads. You pull the rubber band over the end of the popsicle stick on the reciever, remove the eversharp pencil insert, put your ammo in, replace the insert and put the band over the eraser of the insert. To fire, aim, pull back the insert and release. It breech loads because the barrel sometimes sticks.
What can you expect when you make a pistol out of office supples and hold it together with tape and hot glue.
Sometimes when you want a toy gun a certain way, you gotta do it yourself.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 10, 2013, 09:45:55 AM
Post by: bigbud on February 10, 2013, 09:45:55 AM
Wow Doc... that's some creativity!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Paladin on February 10, 2013, 09:35:34 PM
Post by: Paladin on February 10, 2013, 09:35:34 PM
We'll get the aliens and zombies with Tic-Tacs... their physical structures could never handle these colorful mints!!
That's actually very well thought of- good job. :)
That's actually very well thought of- good job. :)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Dr. Madd on February 10, 2013, 10:27:22 PM
Post by: Dr. Madd on February 10, 2013, 10:27:22 PM
It's now painted- metallic black and wood grain brown
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Paladin on February 10, 2013, 10:38:29 PM
Post by: Paladin on February 10, 2013, 10:38:29 PM
very cool :)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on February 21, 2013, 09:00:39 PM
Post by: Scatter on February 21, 2013, 09:00:39 PM
Quote from: bigbud on February 04, 2013, 10:33:36 PM
.........says it "Fits All Head Sizes"...fraid that does not include Scatter and me..............ha!
Speak fer yerself circusboy...........you got a head like a bowling ball. Complete with holes.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 22, 2013, 11:52:35 AM
Post by: bigbud on February 22, 2013, 11:52:35 AM
Scatter...ain't you sumpin'! Ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on February 22, 2013, 12:19:05 PM
Post by: Scatter on February 22, 2013, 12:19:05 PM
Upon further reflection, the current state of my hairline makes me rethink using the assignation of "bowling ball" when referring to anyone else. ;D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 22, 2013, 08:46:08 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 22, 2013, 08:46:08 PM
A modest humble-bumble? I think not!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 22, 2013, 09:24:15 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 22, 2013, 09:24:15 PM
These are really cool! These are 3 Renwal Western Style Guns. I remember searching out all known color variations of this gun (all I knew). These are circa 1951. Renwal produced many plastic toys during the 50's and 60's. Quite often Renwal would combine very attractive and different colored sections to a toy...as with these guns. The red gun has it's original cardboard holster with packet of bullets. You could load 5 bullets in the gun cylinder and fire away! These babies are large too! Just at 11" each in length.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Fester on February 23, 2013, 11:17:54 AM
Post by: Fester on February 23, 2013, 11:17:54 AM
Rather medicinal looking ammunition. . .
Could be used for shooting drugs? ::)
Could be used for shooting drugs? ::)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 23, 2013, 02:59:00 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 23, 2013, 02:59:00 PM
Or outlaw drug-dealers....ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on March 06, 2013, 09:28:54 PM
Post by: bigbud on March 06, 2013, 09:28:54 PM
Here's a great toy gun from 1958...the Mattlel Machine Pistol or MMP. It's a windup cap pistol styed after a german Mauser and comes with an attachable stock that doubles as a holster that threads onto a belt. Really a solid and impressive gun.....
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on March 07, 2013, 10:06:14 AM
Post by: Hepcat on March 07, 2013, 10:06:14 AM
A fully automatic cap gun! Wow Imagine the racket that would make!
:o
It would drive parents to distraction. Awesome!
8)
:o
It would drive parents to distraction. Awesome!
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: avenger on March 24, 2013, 08:57:58 PM
Post by: avenger on March 24, 2013, 08:57:58 PM
Quote from: CreationWiz on January 22, 2012, 09:24:35 PMMy brother had one.It was amazing !!
(http://www.landlcollectables.com/catalog/images/Action_Adventure/TGJohnny7MIB111016Small.jpg)
Man you just can't beat 7 SEVEN weapons in one!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on March 24, 2013, 11:13:18 PM
Post by: Hepcat on March 24, 2013, 11:13:18 PM
Well then that's all the excuse you need to add one to your collection these days!
8)
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2013, 08:03:34 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 15, 2013, 08:03:34 PM
Here's another great Mattel gun set from the Vietnam era. This is the Guerrilla Scatter Gun Set (Yes, Scatter Gun, Scatter!). Has a camouflaged pump shotgun that fires caps, a camo poncho, and a really cool green beret with insignia. This IS physically the same gun as the Dick Tracy Riot Gun, but Tracy's shotgun also shot water.............I ain't willing to pull this one out to see if it does that too!
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 18, 2013, 07:00:55 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 18, 2013, 07:00:55 PM
I put this in Baseball Collectibles thread too, but this would work out great if you ran into a child-munchin' monster that picked on poor innocent boys and girls out hitting a baseball around. This is the 1966 Deluxe Reading/Topper Toys Secret Sam Bazooka Bat! How strange! Combining baseball and spy-gear. The baseball spring loads on the end of the bat and explodes on contact. Pretty rare item. Never seen another complete and on the card.....
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on April 18, 2013, 09:03:12 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 18, 2013, 09:03:12 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 15, 2013, 08:03:34 PM
Here's another great Mattel gun set from the Vietnam era. This is the Guerrilla Scatter Gun Set (Yes, Scatter Gun, Scatter!). Has a camouflaged pump shotgun that fires caps, a camo poncho, and a really cool green beret with insignia. This IS physically the same gun as the Dick Tracy Riot Gun, but Tracy's shotgun also shot water.............I ain't willing to pull this one out to see if it does that too!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_3639_zpsc5541c64.jpg)
That's my gun. Says so right on the box.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2013, 02:38:44 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2013, 02:38:44 PM
Well come and claim it, ya big ape! What are we, a bunch a morons!? (Love that Animal House Quote)....ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on May 01, 2013, 09:16:45 PM
Post by: bigbud on May 01, 2013, 09:16:45 PM
Here's a neat little machine gun from the 60's. This is a Daisy S. A. Automatic. It shoots plastic bullets and has a metal arm extension. Part of the spy craze of the 60's...box says this could have come from the Arkansas or Ontario Canada plant. Canada...oh brother...the land of Hep. Daisy tried to expand from BB guns to a really nice, but relatively unknown line of toys in the 60's. This be one of them.....
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 21, 2013, 03:37:58 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 21, 2013, 03:37:58 PM
Ha! We ain't had no weaponry in awhile! Correctable! This is a 60's toy gun that I've not seen another of....Mom and Dad might have objected to the crazed Mad-Dog soldier blasting away on the box's illustration. I love it! This is a Hubley 50 shot AR 15 with a small pistol to hide in the stock. Not sure about the sticker on the stock-- 1 A B. 1st Air Brigade? Maybe?
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on July 21, 2013, 04:07:28 PM
Post by: Hepcat on July 21, 2013, 04:07:28 PM
The crazed soldier puts this one over the top!
But what or how does it repeat fifty shots? Is it a cap gun? Do you cock it so that it works mechanically, or do you pump it so that it works by air pressure? And the hide-a-way pistol does the same somehow?
???
But what or how does it repeat fifty shots? Is it a cap gun? Do you cock it so that it works mechanically, or do you pump it so that it works by air pressure? And the hide-a-way pistol does the same somehow?
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 21, 2013, 04:27:24 PM
Post by: bigbud on July 21, 2013, 04:27:24 PM
It's a cap firing gun...both of them. Looks like it would be a ruff assignment to stuff a 50 cap roll in that little pistol! I ain't up for it!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on July 31, 2013, 09:28:28 AM
Post by: Hepcat on July 31, 2013, 09:28:28 AM
Topps in 1950 issued the Freedom's War card set dealing with the Communist menace in general and the Korean War in particular. The set provided pictures of plenty of spectacular gun action. The cards were sold individually with gum in packs for a penny and in five cent packs for three two-card panels. Here are front and back scans of some of my two-card panels:
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Here's a scan of a one cent wrapper:
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:)
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Here's a scan of a one cent wrapper:
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:)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2013, 09:35:58 AM
Post by: bigbud on July 31, 2013, 09:35:58 AM
Those cards may as well have come out yesterday! North Korea still thinks the war is on..........
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on August 02, 2013, 11:40:07 AM
Post by: Hepcat on August 02, 2013, 11:40:07 AM
Bowman in 1951 responded to Topps' Freedom's War cards with a 48 card set entitled Fight the Red Menace - Children's Crusade Against Communism. Some of the cards were issued on beige stock and some on grey stock. Here are a few more scans of mine:
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:)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 28, 2013, 04:29:15 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 28, 2013, 04:29:15 PM
This is a Marx Thunderguns Rifle Pistol and Holster Set. Dated 1955-60. The pistol measures 12 inches long and the rifle is 35 inches long. The holster is black soft plastic with nice, but hard to see graphics. The Thunderguns were unique in that they were cap guns that fired a double roll of caps. In other words two caps went off at once when you pulled the trigger.....more bang...more smoke. A very nice set of guns from Marx. I always thought of Mattel as the big-boys in Cowboy cap guns as I grew up, but this set is exceptional. I'm betting the double caps were abit tricky to find at just any dime store....
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on August 28, 2013, 08:34:11 PM
Post by: Hepcat on August 28, 2013, 08:34:11 PM
Quote from: bigbud on August 28, 2013, 04:29:15 PM
This is a Marx Thunderguns Rifle Pistol and Holster Set. Dated 1955-60.... The Thunderguns were unique in that they were cap guns that fired a double roll of caps. In other words two caps went off at once when you pulled the trigger.....more bang...more smoke. A very nice set of guns from Marx.... but this set is exceptional.
Oh wow! Twice the bang at the pull of a trigger! That is absolutely awesome. Just imagine firing that off in the back of the church!
How long have you had that set though? It looks like new old stock.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on August 28, 2013, 08:38:32 PM
Post by: Mord on August 28, 2013, 08:38:32 PM
Wow, even I haven't thought of firing off cap guns in the back of a church. Gotta try that out some day.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on August 28, 2013, 09:20:48 PM
Post by: jimm on August 28, 2013, 09:20:48 PM
Might play in the 60s, SWAT team nowadays :(
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on August 28, 2013, 09:41:45 PM
Post by: bigbud on August 28, 2013, 09:41:45 PM
Only Hep could come up with shooting cap guns off in the back of a church....no doubt with a full congregation! Ha!
Had the set many years.....never used, so yep, I'm bettin it's old store stock...
Had the set many years.....never used, so yep, I'm bettin it's old store stock...
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Street Worm on September 21, 2013, 06:51:18 PM
Post by: Street Worm on September 21, 2013, 06:51:18 PM
Anyone have any pics or info on two 'weapon sets' that tied into "T.H.E. Cat"?
T.H.E. Cat was a 1966-1967 one season wonder on NBC.
I think the two sets were made by Ideal.
T.H.E. Cat was a 1966-1967 one season wonder on NBC.
I think the two sets were made by Ideal.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on September 22, 2013, 05:48:56 PM
Post by: bigbud on September 22, 2013, 05:48:56 PM
QuoteAnyone have any pics or info on two 'weapon sets' that tied into "T.H.E. Cat"?
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: horrorhunter on October 09, 2013, 12:42:32 PM
Post by: horrorhunter on October 09, 2013, 12:42:32 PM
These are the armament of choice when doing battle with giant '50s Sci-Fi Bugs From Hell.
First we have the Hamilton's Invaders Laser Pistol which fires four different beams of flesh searing destruction! It also buzzes!!!
(http://imageshack.us/a/img856/821/drzj.jpg)
For a real bug decimating wallop pull out your trusty Hamilton's Invaders Grenade Pistol! STAND BACK, CITIZEN!!!....BOOOOOOM!!!! >:D
(http://imageshack.us/a/img266/5300/siu7.jpg)
And don't forget to wear your Hamilton Helmet, lest their terrible pincers crush your pitiful noggin like a soggy grape!!! ;)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img163/4615/lmr8.jpg)
First we have the Hamilton's Invaders Laser Pistol which fires four different beams of flesh searing destruction! It also buzzes!!!
(http://imageshack.us/a/img856/821/drzj.jpg)
For a real bug decimating wallop pull out your trusty Hamilton's Invaders Grenade Pistol! STAND BACK, CITIZEN!!!....BOOOOOOM!!!! >:D
(http://imageshack.us/a/img266/5300/siu7.jpg)
And don't forget to wear your Hamilton Helmet, lest their terrible pincers crush your pitiful noggin like a soggy grape!!! ;)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img163/4615/lmr8.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on October 10, 2013, 07:53:23 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 10, 2013, 07:53:23 PM
Nice stuff Horror Hunter! I'm not familiar with the Hamilton's Signal Lazer pistol. I'm wondering what the box would look like....never seen one.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: horrorhunter on October 10, 2013, 08:36:54 PM
Post by: horrorhunter on October 10, 2013, 08:36:54 PM
Quote from: bigbud on October 10, 2013, 07:53:23 PMI've never seen a box for it either, Bud. I didn't even know this gun existed until I stumbled across it on eBay a few months ago. The seller wasn't even sure it was made by Remco, thinking someone stuck the Hamilton's Invaders sticker on it after it was bought. It clearly says Remco on the gun though. I guess the guy just never saw where it was marked. It must be scarce.
Nice stuff Horror Hunter! I'm not familiar with the Hamilton's Signal Lazer pistol. I'm wondering what the box would look like....never seen one.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 03, 2013, 10:30:36 AM
Post by: Hepcat on December 03, 2013, 10:30:36 AM
Here's a scan of another one of the great Daisy B-B Gun ads that graced the back covers comic magazines in the sixties:
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This one appeared on DC comics cover dated July 1968.
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(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/016_zps1a32f9c3.jpg)
This one appeared on DC comics cover dated July 1968.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 06, 2013, 12:26:14 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 06, 2013, 12:26:14 PM
QuoteThe seller wasn't even sure it was made by Remco, thinking someone stuck the Hamilton's Invaders sticker on it after it was bought
That is a real possibility. Repro stickers are available. Interesting that I've never seen another with that sticker.....been at this collecting along time, but definitely not an authority.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on December 06, 2013, 04:20:53 PM
Post by: jimm on December 06, 2013, 04:20:53 PM
Saw an episode of Toy Hunter the other day where they bought and were using one of your sonic bazookas, apperantly quite the noise maker!! :o
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 09, 2013, 05:54:14 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 09, 2013, 05:54:14 PM
Oh yea? Did they go into the Sonic Blaster being taken off shelves cause it was deemed a hazard to hearing?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on December 10, 2013, 11:26:58 AM
Post by: jimm on December 10, 2013, 11:26:58 AM
Kinda the whole theme of the episode, Lawn Darts stuff that got banned (or close to it) a good one...
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on December 10, 2013, 11:34:20 PM
Post by: Scatter on December 10, 2013, 11:34:20 PM
Yeah, I fell in love with that blaster!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 14, 2013, 02:31:44 PM
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 14, 2013, 02:31:44 PM
Not sure if anyone remembers this as they were pulled off the market back then due to kids getting ear pain from the loud noise, it was called an Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster
here's a quick pic of what one looks like , it's not the one I had in plastic wrap as I can't figure out how to attach pics yet.
(http://www.gadgetmadness.com/archives/sonic-blaster.JPG)
here's a quick pic of what one looks like , it's not the one I had in plastic wrap as I can't figure out how to attach pics yet.
(http://www.gadgetmadness.com/archives/sonic-blaster.JPG)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 14, 2013, 04:34:58 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 14, 2013, 04:34:58 PM
WnewCreature.....you are seeing this on page 33 of this topic......go back to page 26....bout halfway down......my Sonic-Blaster.......
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 14, 2013, 05:11:57 PM
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 14, 2013, 05:11:57 PM
Ah very cool , I did not see it , must have skipped a page , I had 3 of these all in the box one was still in plastic wrap the others in the box still worked when pumped. I made the mistake of pumping one up all the way and firing it in a small room, It was so loud that it deafened me for 3 days
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 14, 2013, 05:15:28 PM
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 14, 2013, 05:15:28 PM
pic of one of the unwrapped one
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/tonystoys/PICT0001.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/tonystoys/media/PICT0001.jpg.html)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/tonystoys/PICT0001.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/tonystoys/media/PICT0001.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Krel on December 14, 2013, 11:53:00 PM
Post by: Krel on December 14, 2013, 11:53:00 PM
The Sonic Blaster was also used as the Batzooka in the 60s "Batman" movie and tv series.
David.
David.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 15, 2013, 10:22:59 AM
Post by: Hepcat on December 15, 2013, 10:22:59 AM
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 14, 2013, 05:15:28 PM
pic of one of the unwrapped one
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v344/tonystoys/PICT0001.jpg) (http://smg.photobucket.com/user/tonystoys/media/PICT0001.jpg.html)
Wow! Way cool!
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on December 15, 2013, 10:30:17 AM
Post by: Flower on December 15, 2013, 10:30:17 AM
Quote from: bigbud on December 14, 2013, 04:34:58 PM
WnewCreature.....you are seeing this on page 33 of this topic......go back to page 26....bout halfway down......my Sonic-Blaster.......
Buddy has all the toys .. just assume that he has one of anything.
He has failed to get a real haunted house but we'll forgive him.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on December 15, 2013, 11:21:55 AM
Post by: jimm on December 15, 2013, 11:21:55 AM
Looks like new guy may give him a run for his money 8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 15, 2013, 11:46:57 AM
Post by: bigbud on December 15, 2013, 11:46:57 AM
Flower...I spoke to a woman just the other day that had a skunk living under her door stoop. She called the Wildlife agency here in Kansas and learned that there is a skunk season...and that to kill one out of season was against the law.....skunks are such rascals!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 15, 2013, 11:57:43 AM
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 15, 2013, 11:57:43 AM
Quote from: Krel on December 14, 2013, 11:53:00 PM
The Sonic Blaster was also used as the Batzooka in the 60s "Batman" movie and tv series.
David.
I noticed that as we have Batman televised on the weekends and on the TV bumper they use there is a clip oh him using the sonic blaster--way cool
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 15, 2013, 12:30:16 PM
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 15, 2013, 12:30:16 PM
Quote from: jimm on December 15, 2013, 11:21:55 AM
Looks like new guy may give him a run for his money 8)
Probably not as I only have a couple of odds and ends now, 99% sold a long long time ago, alot of it when I decided not to do a book and still sell every once and a while when someone asks me for something specific and I can find it from a dealer or collector (my buddy expressed an interest in a boxed Great Garloo so I found one for him as I know it would make him happy).
I am always amazed at how the value went up on some of the items we love , back in the 70s anywhere you looked you could buy bond briefcases MIB for well under $25 most of the better bond or uncle toys went $25 or under (full retail from dealers) Aurora kits were dirt cheap as well as GI Joe & Capt Action, 90% of the space stuff boxed also fell into the same price range. On many of these items you could find unopened cases and wouldn't even buy them as they were so common and abundent.
Funny world collecting as you never know what will pop up , dont think the deals are all gone on this stuff , a couple of years ago a friend of mine told me about a toy deal and wanted me to get it for him so I bought a batch of Matt Mason stuff (still boxed) as well as orig carded Colorforms aliens for him so the deals are still out there..
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 15, 2013, 02:48:03 PM
Post by: Hepcat on December 15, 2013, 02:48:03 PM
So should we understand that you were already collecting baby boomer toys back in te seventies? When did you sell them all, and what prompted you to do so?
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 15, 2013, 03:09:08 PM
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 15, 2013, 03:09:08 PM
I always loved toys from a child up (never lost my appriciation of them or the great memories they bring ) but was not a collector back then just a seller who's interest was in the area of toys. Later on I started to collect things I had liked as a child & was thinking of doing a book or series of books. Never did it then decided to travel so sold off most of it in the late 80s-90s . I still occasionally look for things at shows , flea markets , sales ,etc for people I know when they ask me but pretty much nowadays I just love to read and post memories of these fun times and goodies.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 15, 2013, 05:32:36 PM
Post by: Hepcat on December 15, 2013, 05:32:36 PM
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 15, 2013, 03:09:08 PM...but was not a collector back then just a seller who's interest was in the area of toys.... sold off most of it in the late 80s-90s.
Did you advertise in Toy Shop? Did you sell any Mad, Mad, Mad Scientist Laboratories, SPP monster wallets or Revell "Big Daddy" Roth Iron-On transfers?
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 15, 2013, 03:09:08 PM...pretty much nowadays I just love to read and post memories of these fun times and goodies.
Have you checked out these threads then?
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17913.msg285151#msg285151 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=17913.msg285151#msg285151)
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=12273.0 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=12273.0)
http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=10751.msg170737#msg170737 (http://www.universalmonsterarmy.com/forum/index.php?topic=10751.msg170737#msg170737)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on December 15, 2013, 06:08:50 PM
Post by: Flower on December 15, 2013, 06:08:50 PM
Quote from: bigbud on December 15, 2013, 11:46:57 AM
Flower...I spoke to a woman just the other day that had a skunk living under her door stoop. She called the Wildlife agency here in Kansas and learned that there is a skunk season...and that to kill one out of season was against the law.....skunks are such rascals!
And you wonder why you never get any trick or treaters ... ;)
(http://www.parade.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/skunk-babies-3.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on December 15, 2013, 08:16:51 PM
Post by: Flower on December 15, 2013, 08:16:51 PM
Buddy! Is it skunk season now? I don't want to live after today's NFL games.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 16, 2013, 02:14:56 AM
Post by: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 16, 2013, 02:14:56 AM
Never had any of those but was offered the monster lab a few times about 5 or 6 yrs ago but never got one, are they expensive or hard to find toys now? .
here's a pic of the Monster Lab from the web (what a cool toy and box)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DLLqfKfBKaA/UXclQXSPinI/AAAAAAAAIQs/Oi94bTZgm8I/s1600/monsterstuff037.jpg)
I remember the haunted house by Ideal and the marx battery one (never had either one but thought they would be fun to get one day)
pics from the web
(http://www.spookshows.com/toys/haunted/hhbox_sm.jpg)
(http://planetpm.webring.com/hauntedhouse/housenpegs2.jpg)
(http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B8%2F1%2F5%2F6%2F8156831%5D%2Csizedata%5B450x2000%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D)
(http://p2.la-img.com/252/1934/827758_1_l.jpg)
I love looking at the pics of these old toys as I am sure most people here feel the same as well. They really bring back the memories and times long gone.
Thank you for posting the links I started to read a few and they are wonderful memories of the past.
here's a pic of the Monster Lab from the web (what a cool toy and box)
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DLLqfKfBKaA/UXclQXSPinI/AAAAAAAAIQs/Oi94bTZgm8I/s1600/monsterstuff037.jpg)
I remember the haunted house by Ideal and the marx battery one (never had either one but thought they would be fun to get one day)
pics from the web
(http://www.spookshows.com/toys/haunted/hhbox_sm.jpg)
(http://planetpm.webring.com/hauntedhouse/housenpegs2.jpg)
(http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B8%2F1%2F5%2F6%2F8156831%5D%2Csizedata%5B450x2000%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D)
(http://p2.la-img.com/252/1934/827758_1_l.jpg)
I love looking at the pics of these old toys as I am sure most people here feel the same as well. They really bring back the memories and times long gone.
Thank you for posting the links I started to read a few and they are wonderful memories of the past.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Fester on December 16, 2013, 02:32:35 AM
Post by: Fester on December 16, 2013, 02:32:35 AM
Quote from: bigbud on December 15, 2013, 11:46:57 AM
Flower...I spoke to a woman just the other day that had a skunk living under her door stoop. She called the Wildlife agency here in Kansas and learned that there is a skunk season...and that to kill one out of season was against the law.....skunks are such rascals!
Getting skunks (or other feral critters) out from under your porch is easy.
Just find a European deli or grocery. Make sure they sell Scandinavian foods. Buy a small piece of Lutefisk, take it home and toss it under the porch.
Within about 24 hours, the critters will vacate the premises.
Then all you'll have to do is find a way to get the Norwegians out from under your porch! ::)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on December 16, 2013, 06:57:10 AM
Post by: Flower on December 16, 2013, 06:57:10 AM
I think that the way you get the good folk from Norway out is to announce that the folks down the road are serving haggis for breakfast .. oops .. sorry that only works for Glaswegians. I really should wear my glasses early in the morning.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 16, 2013, 10:10:42 AM
Post by: Hepcat on December 16, 2013, 10:10:42 AM
Quote from: WnewCreatureFeatures on December 16, 2013, 02:14:56 AMNever had any of those but was offered the monster lab a few times about 5 or 6 yrs ago but never got one, are they expensive or hard to find toys now?
I don't believe those are that tough.
:-\
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Fester on December 16, 2013, 02:14:25 PM
Post by: Fester on December 16, 2013, 02:14:25 PM
Quote from: Flower on December 16, 2013, 06:57:10 AM
I think that the way you get the good folk from Norway out is to announce that the folks down the road are serving haggis for breakfast .. oops .. sorry that only works for Glaswegians. I really should wear my glasses early in the morning.
Now you're on to me.
Been looking for something that would be suitable for my mutt-like heritage
I have been working on creating a Lutefisk stuffed Haggis. ;)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 16, 2013, 09:54:45 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 16, 2013, 09:54:45 PM
Quotehere's a pic of the Monster Lab from the web (what a cool toy and box)
Good Golly! Where off the web? That's my Monster Lab! Ain't that sumpin'!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on December 16, 2013, 10:30:13 PM
Post by: jimm on December 16, 2013, 10:30:13 PM
What an awesome set that is, seems you are on blogspot of some sort Bud
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Peking Homunculus on January 08, 2014, 11:48:13 PM
Post by: Peking Homunculus on January 08, 2014, 11:48:13 PM
Really like BigBud's Defender Dan.
Here's a kids toy machine gun that is styled after the old WW1 Marlin's and Colt "potato diggers". It's a very old 1920's or 1930's Boy's Carpentry article giving instructions of how to make a toy crankfired, hopper fed, tripod mounted machine gun. It utilizes a spring that a cam on the crank hande causes to be pulled back while a dowel piece of wood drops down in front of the piece being held in tension by the spring, and when the piece falls off the cam, it springs forward slapping the short wooden dowel "bullet" down the tube barrel. The hopper feed is made from a flattened out tin can. Everything is easy to find to make this neat toy gun. The pictures in the article and instructions explain it much better than I can. The article is a two page article, so be sure to click "continue" or whatever to see the conclusion of the instructions and article. but you can also read other articles if you search that site's link.
Anyway, here's the article's link. http://chestofbooks.com/home-improvement/woodworking/Carpentry-and-Mechanics-For-Boys/Chapter-XVII-A-Toy-Machine-Gun.html#.Us4pg_vleSp (http://chestofbooks.com/home-improvement/woodworking/Carpentry-and-Mechanics-For-Boys/Chapter-XVII-A-Toy-Machine-Gun.html#.Us4pg_vleSp)
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Here's a kids toy machine gun that is styled after the old WW1 Marlin's and Colt "potato diggers". It's a very old 1920's or 1930's Boy's Carpentry article giving instructions of how to make a toy crankfired, hopper fed, tripod mounted machine gun. It utilizes a spring that a cam on the crank hande causes to be pulled back while a dowel piece of wood drops down in front of the piece being held in tension by the spring, and when the piece falls off the cam, it springs forward slapping the short wooden dowel "bullet" down the tube barrel. The hopper feed is made from a flattened out tin can. Everything is easy to find to make this neat toy gun. The pictures in the article and instructions explain it much better than I can. The article is a two page article, so be sure to click "continue" or whatever to see the conclusion of the instructions and article. but you can also read other articles if you search that site's link.
Anyway, here's the article's link. http://chestofbooks.com/home-improvement/woodworking/Carpentry-and-Mechanics-For-Boys/Chapter-XVII-A-Toy-Machine-Gun.html#.Us4pg_vleSp (http://chestofbooks.com/home-improvement/woodworking/Carpentry-and-Mechanics-For-Boys/Chapter-XVII-A-Toy-Machine-Gun.html#.Us4pg_vleSp)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 09, 2014, 10:51:25 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 09, 2014, 10:51:25 PM
That's neat Peking! Seems to have been several wood clicker style guns prior to the 50's. Some were home made and some were manufactured....
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 11, 2014, 06:09:14 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 11, 2014, 06:09:14 PM
I've only got one of those old wooden toy machine guns, but it's pretty cool. This is Krak-A-Jap wooden machine gun. Rotating the machine gun crank produces a very loud firing sound. The handle underneath removes and can be placed further up on the gun to be carried as a tommy gun. The Krak-A-Jap was offered in 1943 and 1944. Two versions were produced...water-cooled and air-cooled....air-cooled has lots of holes drilled in the thick cardboard barrel...only difference.
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/post-211-1195700787_zps2fb08a7d.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4794_zps1794fc3a.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4791_zps48e9bfb1.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4793_zps8b3c39f5.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4795_zps4828e9fc.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/post-211-1195700787_zps2fb08a7d.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4794_zps1794fc3a.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4791_zps48e9bfb1.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4793_zps8b3c39f5.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4795_zps4828e9fc.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 11, 2014, 06:22:19 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 11, 2014, 06:22:19 PM
Awesome to have a toy from he forties in that type of condition!
8)
And they just don't make toys with names that cool anymore. In fact they haven't for more than fifty years.
;)
8)
And they just don't make toys with names that cool anymore. In fact they haven't for more than fifty years.
;)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Peking Homunculus on January 12, 2014, 02:47:35 AM
Post by: Peking Homunculus on January 12, 2014, 02:47:35 AM
That's a pristine example. How did you ever find one in such fantastic condition for its age?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on January 13, 2014, 04:16:59 PM
Post by: Scatter on January 13, 2014, 04:16:59 PM
Wow!! Sweet gun, and a most wonderfully non-PC name!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on January 14, 2014, 11:30:18 PM
Post by: jimm on January 14, 2014, 11:30:18 PM
Not too far removed from Pearl Harbor for most at that time!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 15, 2014, 04:53:49 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 15, 2014, 04:53:49 PM
QuoteThat's a pristine example. How did you ever find one in such fantastic condition for its age?
Kansas is pristine pickin's territory! Plus the time-machine I use....occasionally.....Ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 16, 2014, 08:18:53 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 16, 2014, 08:18:53 PM
This be the Remco Screaming Mee Mee-E Rifle. I think it was Remco's answer to the Johnny 7 OMA. Really a beautiful toy gun. Shoots bullets out of the top and of course the Screaming Mee Mee-E red bomb!
I have a very clear childhood memory of this gun. The entire neighborhood of backyard soldiers assembled around me to get a peek at the Screaming Mee Mee-E rifle....I was the first on the block to get one (and the only). I loaded the big red Mee Mee bomb into the front barrel, pointed the rifle at an angle and fired.....the darn bomb went only about 5 feet and made the exact sound of a rubber squeaky dog or baby toy! The neighborhood kids lost interest instantly. I was very disappointed. Still...it's a cool gun to look at...ha!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4808_zps8560c04e.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4810_zps4faa1c3b.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4811_zps39eaa04a.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4809_zps4d8450d1.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4814_zps19572942.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4815_zps1d2b61f0.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4816_zpsa4a3231a.jpg)
I have a very clear childhood memory of this gun. The entire neighborhood of backyard soldiers assembled around me to get a peek at the Screaming Mee Mee-E rifle....I was the first on the block to get one (and the only). I loaded the big red Mee Mee bomb into the front barrel, pointed the rifle at an angle and fired.....the darn bomb went only about 5 feet and made the exact sound of a rubber squeaky dog or baby toy! The neighborhood kids lost interest instantly. I was very disappointed. Still...it's a cool gun to look at...ha!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4808_zps8560c04e.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4810_zps4faa1c3b.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4811_zps39eaa04a.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4809_zps4d8450d1.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4814_zps19572942.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4815_zps1d2b61f0.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4816_zpsa4a3231a.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 16, 2014, 09:16:18 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 16, 2014, 09:16:18 PM
Wow! I'd completely forgotten about the Screaming Mee Mee-E Rifle and here you have one in fabulous condition!
8)
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 16, 2014, 09:51:43 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 16, 2014, 09:51:43 PM
I just love the box art on this toy gun!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 17, 2014, 09:58:33 AM
Post by: Hepcat on January 17, 2014, 09:58:33 AM
Two questions:
1. How far did this Remco Rifle fire the five bullets advertised on the box? More than five feet I hope.
2. What were the loudest baby boomer toy guns not utilizing caps? The Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster and the Mattel M-16 Marauder?
???
1. How far did this Remco Rifle fire the five bullets advertised on the box? More than five feet I hope.
2. What were the loudest baby boomer toy guns not utilizing caps? The Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster and the Mattel M-16 Marauder?
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 17, 2014, 05:40:13 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 17, 2014, 05:40:13 PM
Yep on 1...more than 5 feet. And yep on 2....Sonic Blaster is the king of loud followed by the Ideal M-16 and the Wham-o Air Blaster. I got to pull back the bolt on the M-16 and hit the trigger on only one occasion. After that...it was banished to the basement....
I guess the battery op Marx machine guns were pretty loud too......M-14....B A R and tri-pod machine gun.
I guess the battery op Marx machine guns were pretty loud too......M-14....B A R and tri-pod machine gun.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 17, 2014, 07:11:01 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 17, 2014, 07:11:01 PM
Quote from: bigbud on January 17, 2014, 05:40:13 PM...followed by the Ideal M-16.... I got to pull back the bolt on the M-16 and hit the trigger on only one occasion. After that...it was banished to the basement....
Ideal M-16? Do you mean the Mattel M-16 Marauder or was this a different gun?
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 17, 2014, 07:30:15 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 17, 2014, 07:30:15 PM
Yea...you're right Hep....Mattel.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Leeman13 on February 12, 2014, 12:11:44 AM
Post by: Leeman13 on February 12, 2014, 12:11:44 AM
I just looked through 35 pages here and wasn't bored for a second. Very cool thread here guys!
My dad was a multi-decorated WWII Army veteran, so he had no problem letting me play with any toy (or sometimes real) gun. So growing up in the early 70's, yeah, I actually had a good handful of the goodies shown here. I will try to go through and list them all later, but for now I thought I would share my oldest gun toy.
This is my father's childhood cap gun (he was born in 1913, so I would put this as being from the late teens or early 20s. Cast iron and made by National. The only markings I can find are a "Made In U.S.A." and a "35" inside. The stampings seem to be individual letter strikings. I played with this as a child, and blasted off many old red rolls of caps in this. And to this day, it still fires perfectly. I may do a little Youtube video showing it working, if I can find an old roll of caps.
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01190_zpse61821bc.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01190_zpse61821bc.jpg.html)
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01191_zps2c9ba852.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01191_zps2c9ba852.jpg.html)
My dad was a multi-decorated WWII Army veteran, so he had no problem letting me play with any toy (or sometimes real) gun. So growing up in the early 70's, yeah, I actually had a good handful of the goodies shown here. I will try to go through and list them all later, but for now I thought I would share my oldest gun toy.
This is my father's childhood cap gun (he was born in 1913, so I would put this as being from the late teens or early 20s. Cast iron and made by National. The only markings I can find are a "Made In U.S.A." and a "35" inside. The stampings seem to be individual letter strikings. I played with this as a child, and blasted off many old red rolls of caps in this. And to this day, it still fires perfectly. I may do a little Youtube video showing it working, if I can find an old roll of caps.
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01190_zpse61821bc.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01190_zpse61821bc.jpg.html)
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01191_zps2c9ba852.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01191_zps2c9ba852.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on February 12, 2014, 07:06:56 AM
Post by: Flower on February 12, 2014, 07:06:56 AM
WOW! It's amazing!!! More amazing is that it survived and remained in your family .. I'm impressed .. 8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 14, 2014, 12:01:41 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 14, 2014, 12:01:41 PM
Nice pistol! Built to last!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on February 14, 2014, 12:27:29 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 14, 2014, 12:27:29 PM
Quote from: Leeman13 on February 12, 2014, 12:11:44 AMI may do a little Youtube video showing it working, if I can find an old roll of caps.
That would be great! There aren't many things I like better than firing off caps. Well firecrackers maybe....
:)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on February 14, 2014, 02:44:21 PM
Post by: Flower on February 14, 2014, 02:44:21 PM
Quote from: bigbud on February 14, 2014, 12:01:41 PM
Nice pistol! Built to last!
Someone finally has something that Buddy doesn't have ... or does he? :D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 14, 2014, 05:00:33 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 14, 2014, 05:00:33 PM
Need me a skunk gun....
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on February 14, 2014, 08:40:24 PM
Post by: Mord on February 14, 2014, 08:40:24 PM
Quote from: bigbud on February 14, 2014, 05:00:33 PMI think that cat from the Pepe Le Pew cartoons has one of those.
Need me a skunk gun....
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on February 14, 2014, 08:56:28 PM
Post by: Flower on February 14, 2014, 08:56:28 PM
Quote from: Mord on February 14, 2014, 08:40:24 PM
I think that cat from the Pepe Le Pew cartoons has one of those.
I'm assuming that you have a death wish.
(http://www.blogcdn.com/www.parentdish.co.uk/media/2012/10/skunks.jpg)
Happy St. Valentine's Day ... ;D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on February 14, 2014, 09:24:35 PM
Post by: Mord on February 14, 2014, 09:24:35 PM
Ouch! Happy V.D. to you, too (maybe I shouldn't abbreviate that).
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on February 14, 2014, 10:21:13 PM
Post by: Flower on February 14, 2014, 10:21:13 PM
I take Vitamin D everyday. Thanks for reminding me and I've forgotten earlier .. ;D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Leeman13 on February 15, 2014, 01:38:44 AM
Post by: Leeman13 on February 15, 2014, 01:38:44 AM
Thanks for the replies, everyone.
I went searching in the basement, and actually found what I was looking for, for once. The old brown paper bag contains...
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01206_zps4b614e1e.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01206_zps4b614e1e.jpg.html)
Lots of fun stuff that has been sitting for 30 years or so. 8 ring caps, single caps, smoke bombs, Witch's Cauldron, a Witch Whistle, 2 snakes, and even 2 mostly used "punks" (don't know what they were actually called, but that is what we called them). But the best is the 2 receipts that were in the bag. Bruce and Ken Pharmacy, July 5th, 1981.
I am betting that my buddies and I raced over there the day after 4th of July to see what fireworks and caps they would have for cheap (or maybe even just give us).
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01207_zpse67de739.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01207_zpse67de739.jpg.html)
And more caps, including... yes... red roll caps!!! Also a cheap plastic "detective" cap gun that uses the 8 shot ring caps, and a strange little round metal thing that you can see just above the gun.
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01209_zps51213e94.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01209_zps51213e94.jpg.html)
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01208_zps74f57f0a.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01208_zps74f57f0a.jpg.html)
I only remembered that weird round thing as I took a good look at it, and man, did it bring back some memories.
So here is the story. I'm maybe 10 or so, and I keep asking to get one of those "Cap Bombs" from the store. I'm at the store one day with my dad, and ask him to buy it for me. He picks it up, looks it over, throws it down again, and says "I'm not buying that piece of junk. I'll make you a better one when we get home." So we get home and we go down into his "workshop" and he grabs 4 metal washers, a bolt and a nut. He puts it together and says "There. There's your damn cap bomb."
And the thing was actually better than the store one because I could fit not just one, but six (six!!!) single caps between the 2 center washers. I would carefully screw it all together tight, and then whip it against the cement walk, or the street, or a tree, and if I threw it hard enough and it hit "just right", all six would go off at the same time.
It looks like a rusty mess all these years later, but man, did I have fun with that thing.
So now that I found some old roll caps, the question is "can I get a 90+ year old cap gun to actually fire off a decrepit roll of 30 + year old caps"?
I went searching in the basement, and actually found what I was looking for, for once. The old brown paper bag contains...
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01206_zps4b614e1e.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01206_zps4b614e1e.jpg.html)
Lots of fun stuff that has been sitting for 30 years or so. 8 ring caps, single caps, smoke bombs, Witch's Cauldron, a Witch Whistle, 2 snakes, and even 2 mostly used "punks" (don't know what they were actually called, but that is what we called them). But the best is the 2 receipts that were in the bag. Bruce and Ken Pharmacy, July 5th, 1981.
I am betting that my buddies and I raced over there the day after 4th of July to see what fireworks and caps they would have for cheap (or maybe even just give us).
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01207_zpse67de739.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01207_zpse67de739.jpg.html)
And more caps, including... yes... red roll caps!!! Also a cheap plastic "detective" cap gun that uses the 8 shot ring caps, and a strange little round metal thing that you can see just above the gun.
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01209_zps51213e94.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01209_zps51213e94.jpg.html)
(http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l291/Leeman13/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01208_zps74f57f0a.jpg) (http://s99.photobucket.com/user/Leeman13/media/National%20cap%20gun/DSC01208_zps74f57f0a.jpg.html)
I only remembered that weird round thing as I took a good look at it, and man, did it bring back some memories.
So here is the story. I'm maybe 10 or so, and I keep asking to get one of those "Cap Bombs" from the store. I'm at the store one day with my dad, and ask him to buy it for me. He picks it up, looks it over, throws it down again, and says "I'm not buying that piece of junk. I'll make you a better one when we get home." So we get home and we go down into his "workshop" and he grabs 4 metal washers, a bolt and a nut. He puts it together and says "There. There's your damn cap bomb."
And the thing was actually better than the store one because I could fit not just one, but six (six!!!) single caps between the 2 center washers. I would carefully screw it all together tight, and then whip it against the cement walk, or the street, or a tree, and if I threw it hard enough and it hit "just right", all six would go off at the same time.
It looks like a rusty mess all these years later, but man, did I have fun with that thing.
So now that I found some old roll caps, the question is "can I get a 90+ year old cap gun to actually fire off a decrepit roll of 30 + year old caps"?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on February 15, 2014, 09:44:45 AM
Post by: Scatter on February 15, 2014, 09:44:45 AM
We want video!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on February 15, 2014, 10:42:32 AM
Post by: Hepcat on February 15, 2014, 10:42:32 AM
Quote from: Leeman13 on February 15, 2014, 01:38:44 AM
I went searching in the basement, and actually found what I was looking for, for once. The old brown paper bag contains...
Lots of fun stuff that has been sitting for 30 years or so. 8 ring caps, single caps, smoke bombs, Witch's Cauldron, a Witch Whistle, 2 snakes, and even 2 mostly used "punks" (don't know what they were actually called, but that is what we called them).
And more caps, including... yes... red roll caps!!!
Oh, man, caps, fireworks! You've got a veritable magazine for a whole arsenal of weaponry!
8)
Hopefully nobody at Homeland Security reads this board. They'd cart you off in chains for being a wild-eyed monster kid of a revolutionary bent on overthrowing the present order and restoring the old days.
:o
Quote from: Leeman13 on February 15, 2014, 01:38:44 AMI only remembered that weird round thing as I took a good look at it, and man, did it bring back some memories.
It looks like a rusty mess all these years later, but man, did I have fun with that thing.
Great story! So cool to have rediscovered a personal treasure to which you have such strong personal ties.
Quote from: Leeman13 on February 15, 2014, 01:38:44 AMSo now that I found some old roll caps, the question is "can I get a 90+ year old cap gun to actually fire off a decrepit roll of 30 + year old caps"?
Well you know we're all pulling for you to succeed!
:)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Leeman13 on February 15, 2014, 11:07:38 AM
Post by: Leeman13 on February 15, 2014, 11:07:38 AM
Quote from: Hepcat on February 15, 2014, 10:42:32 AM
Hopefully nobody at Homeland Security reads this board. They'd cart you off in chains for being a wild-eyed monster kid of a revolutionary bent on overthrowing the present order and restoring the old days.
Yeah. If I was still a child, and my buddies and I did even 10% of the silly stuff now that we did "then", I am sure that we would know the local SWAT team intimately.
One thing that I am hoping still to find (but I am pretty sure it got thrown away) is my sky rocket "bazooka". In my early teens, a few friends and I formed a "bazooka brigade" to terrorize the neighborhood around the 4th of July holiday. The bazooka's were simply small dia. metal pipes, maybe 18" long, with a wooden block with a cutout attached for a forward-facing handle, and wrapped in tape to keep it together and seal the one end of the pipe. It was the perfect size to sling over your shoulder and aim the lit bottle rocket toward your enemy while it went off. "Black Cats" were our ammunition of choice.
Took a quick look around on Ebay and noticed some of their odd selling rules. It looks like you can't sell roll caps there, but you can sell 8 ring caps. What the heck is the difference? Are these old roll caps now illegal here in the U.S.? And that thing of painting all the old gun toys orange, where is our common sense going?
But I digress. I will try to put together some type of a video this weekend.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on February 15, 2014, 11:49:15 AM
Post by: Flower on February 15, 2014, 11:49:15 AM
Leeman,
You have retained so many special items from your childhood, I'm impressed and have a question.
Do you live in the same house as you did as a child?
As every move my parenst or I made, things went 'missing' or were broken or just 'tossed away' and you seem to have so many of your childhood toys and live in house that is one hundred years old. I do have friends who have bought their parents or grandparents houses. :D
You have retained so many special items from your childhood, I'm impressed and have a question.
Do you live in the same house as you did as a child?
As every move my parenst or I made, things went 'missing' or were broken or just 'tossed away' and you seem to have so many of your childhood toys and live in house that is one hundred years old. I do have friends who have bought their parents or grandparents houses. :D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Leeman13 on February 15, 2014, 12:37:35 PM
Post by: Leeman13 on February 15, 2014, 12:37:35 PM
Flower - Yes, I do live in the family home. My parents had me rather late in their lives, and I lost them both somewhat early. I am an only child, so I just stayed here after the inheritance. My Grandfather bought this house in 1925, so you can say that there is a lot of stored stuff still here. I have already sold off most of my childhood toys, so if you see me posting any Star Wars, Micronauts, Megos, G.I. Joe, Hot Wheels, comics, or the like, they are just my photographs of what I have sold off. But there are always new things I am finding as I go through nearly 100 years of stuff. Believe me, it's half fun and half maddening. I just a few days ago found a little collection of still filled Whiskey and bourbon bottles with tax stamps and label seals dating from the 50s. I'm still looking for my original Star Wars laser pistol and laser rifle, and all my full size Shogun Warriors (had Godzilla too). Although those may have gone to the neighbor brat 25 years ago.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on February 15, 2014, 08:24:45 PM
Post by: Flower on February 15, 2014, 08:24:45 PM
Leeman - It sounds more fun than maddening .. At least it's not boring or dull. You also have the knowledge that you, yourself got rid of/sold your toys and that no one stole them or tossed them out.
If you're not selling the house, there isn't a rush and you can go at your own pace. Life is strange and you might come across a treasure trove or two and then we can all watch you on the Antiques Road Show. ;)
If you're not selling the house, there isn't a rush and you can go at your own pace. Life is strange and you might come across a treasure trove or two and then we can all watch you on the Antiques Road Show. ;)
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Post by: bigbud on February 16, 2014, 05:20:55 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 16, 2014, 05:20:55 PM
QuoteLife is strange
Yes...
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Post by: Flower on February 16, 2014, 06:37:10 PM
Post by: Flower on February 16, 2014, 06:37:10 PM
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on February 16, 2014, 08:29:43 PM
Post by: bigbud on February 16, 2014, 08:29:43 PM
So the little nasty is at the door and wants to come in.....well, twist the top of Time Bomb....set it by the door....and tell the slime-sucker to come on in! He's sure to be mesmerized by the loud ticking and will hesitate just long enough for Time Bomb to explode! This is one of the truly great toys of the '60s. Simple, but a ton of fun.
Hep......this quiz is for you......please explain the logo in the corner of the box's lid.......
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Hep......this quiz is for you......please explain the logo in the corner of the box's lid.......
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4854_zps4b36e847.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4855_zps6a009d5e.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_4857_zpsb0defc8d.jpg)
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Post by: Scatter on February 16, 2014, 09:43:41 PM
Post by: Scatter on February 16, 2014, 09:43:41 PM
Holy crap!!! Is that what Batman carried on the pier?? "Some days you just can't get rid of a bomb!"
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Post by: Hepcat on February 16, 2014, 10:55:28 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 16, 2014, 10:55:28 PM
Quote from: bigbud on February 16, 2014, 08:29:43 PMHep......this quiz is for you......please explain the logo in the corner of the box's lid.......
Ahhhhh, Time Bomb was clearly a collaborative effort between Milton-Bradley, producers of Monooly which was the single most iconic board game of the twentieth century, and Marvin Glass Studios, the most prolific and creative toy designers of the latter half of the twentieth century.
Marvin Glass Studios (http://www.marvinglass.com/)
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Post by: Leeman13 on February 17, 2014, 12:47:02 AM
Post by: Leeman13 on February 17, 2014, 12:47:02 AM
Quote from: Flower on February 15, 2014, 08:24:45 PM
Leeman - It sounds more fun than maddening .. At least it's not boring or dull. You also have the knowledge that you, yourself got rid of/sold your toys and that no one stole them or tossed them out.
If you're not selling the house, there isn't a rush and you can go at your own pace. Life is strange and you might come across a treasure trove or two and then we can all watch you on the Antiques Road Show. ;)
Flower - Thanks as always for the comments. I am trying to get onto the Antiques Road Show. It's not as easy as you might think. First of all, they might only come to your city once every few years. And when they do, it's not an open session that you can just walk into. You have to apply for tickets, and then a certain number of people are picked at random. I have been trying for a number of years and haven't gotten in yet. They are coming to Chicago again this July, and I have applied. So keep your fingers crossed for me. From what I understand, you are allowed 2 items, but an entire collection of like items may be considered only 1 item. That's what I'm hoping for if I can score a ticket.
bigbud - That ticking Time Bomb is one of the coolest things I have ever seen. I would have had a BLAST (pun intended) with that thing as a kid. But then I probably would have broken it the first day I had it. That thing just screams to be thrown into a neighbors backyard while they are BBQ-ing.
I didn't quite get to making my video yet, but I did spend an hour or so carefully unrolling one of the old rolls of caps. They were all kind of stuck together, so it was kind of a pain to do it without having it all fall apart. Took another 25 minutes to try to feed it into the gun itself without it disintegrating. I'm sure that all was much easier to do with 10 year old fingers and eyesight than it is now. ;)
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Post by: Leeman13 on February 18, 2014, 10:00:40 PM
Post by: Leeman13 on February 18, 2014, 10:00:40 PM
I'm not very experienced with making Youtube videos, and trying to string together 2 videos into one was a pain, but I think I finally got it uploaded. And hearing the sound of my own voice... yikes.
But I promised a video of my old cap gun firing, so here it is. Cheap camera being out of focus and all.
Be kind. ;)
http://youtu.be/d6769O653eY (http://youtu.be/d6769O653eY)
But I promised a video of my old cap gun firing, so here it is. Cheap camera being out of focus and all.
Be kind. ;)
http://youtu.be/d6769O653eY (http://youtu.be/d6769O653eY)
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Post by: horrorhunter on February 19, 2014, 12:22:27 AM
Post by: horrorhunter on February 19, 2014, 12:22:27 AM
Quote from: Leeman13 on February 18, 2014, 10:00:40 PMVery well done, Lee. :)
I'm not very experienced with making Youtube videos, and trying to string together 2 videos into one was a pain, but I think I finally got it uploaded. And hearing the sound of my own voice... yikes.
But I promised a video of my old cap gun firing, so here it is. Cheap camera being out of focus and all.
Be kind. ;)
http://youtu.be/d6769O653eY (http://youtu.be/d6769O653eY)
Since you mentioned living in Chicago, do you know Dennis Druktenis of Scary Monsters fame? He lives in Highwood. Just curious.
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Post by: Leeman13 on February 19, 2014, 12:38:14 AM
Post by: Leeman13 on February 19, 2014, 12:38:14 AM
Quote from: horrorhunter on February 19, 2014, 12:22:27 AM
Very well done, Lee. :)
Since you mentioned living in Chicago, do you know Dennis Druktenis of Scary Monsters fame? He lives in Highwood. Just curious.
Thanks!
No, I don't know him personally. But if he attends any of the small horror cons that have been popping up in the Chicago burbs over the last 10 years or so, there is a good chance that I have ran into him.
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Post by: Flower on February 19, 2014, 07:08:22 AM
Post by: Flower on February 19, 2014, 07:08:22 AM
Leeman,
Very entertaining video .. ;D
*I know that this is silly but when I heard 'Belmont Ave.' I thought about Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski series of books as V.I.would often go to a diner on Belmont Avenue. :D
Very entertaining video .. ;D
*I know that this is silly but when I heard 'Belmont Ave.' I thought about Sara Paretsky's V.I. Warshawski series of books as V.I.would often go to a diner on Belmont Avenue. :D
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Post by: Hepcat on February 19, 2014, 10:21:29 PM
Post by: Hepcat on February 19, 2014, 10:21:29 PM
Quote from: Leeman13 on February 18, 2014, 10:00:40 PMBut I promised a video of my old cap gun firing, so here it is.
Oh well. Nice try anyway!
:)
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Post by: Scatter on February 19, 2014, 11:17:13 PM
Post by: Scatter on February 19, 2014, 11:17:13 PM
I love that gun!! It sounds like the hammer is striking with plenty of force........newer caps, and BANG!!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on March 18, 2014, 04:58:06 PM
Post by: bigbud on March 18, 2014, 04:58:06 PM
Ok..so this put some serious fire-power in the hands of the neighborhood soldiers back in 1964. This is Remco's Monkey Division Okinawa Gun. It is 36 inches long and fires red bullets that are 3 1/2 inches long. How cool! Has an ammo belt, and a front bipod. It is (in my opinion) designed after the military M-60 machine gun.
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Post by: Flower on March 18, 2014, 05:30:11 PM
Post by: Flower on March 18, 2014, 05:30:11 PM
COOL!
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Post by: Hepcat on March 18, 2014, 07:02:17 PM
Post by: Hepcat on March 18, 2014, 07:02:17 PM
Oh wow! I love Monkey Division weaponry and that gun is simply pristine! Is it a recent acquisition or have you had it for some time?
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Post by: Leeman13 on March 19, 2014, 12:15:00 AM
Post by: Leeman13 on March 19, 2014, 12:15:00 AM
Yeah, bigbud, that's an incredible piece. Don't let that one go.
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Post by: bigbud on March 19, 2014, 04:14:25 PM
Post by: bigbud on March 19, 2014, 04:14:25 PM
Had it long time.....well before the internet......
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Post by: jimm on March 19, 2014, 10:30:47 PM
Post by: jimm on March 19, 2014, 10:30:47 PM
The Buddy Gun Collection....museum worthy!
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Post by: bigbud on March 20, 2014, 08:41:31 AM
Post by: bigbud on March 20, 2014, 08:41:31 AM
Thanks jimm.....having been one of the backyard soldiers as a kid, collecting those toy guns has come natural. But as I've said before, there are truly serious collectors out there with collections that humble me.....
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Post by: Hepcat on March 20, 2014, 08:44:01 AM
Post by: Hepcat on March 20, 2014, 08:44:01 AM
Well why are they holding out on the rest of us? Tell them to join up and post some pics!
cl:)
cl:)
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Post by: Flower on March 20, 2014, 08:53:37 AM
Post by: Flower on March 20, 2014, 08:53:37 AM
Quote from: bigbud on March 20, 2014, 08:41:31 AM
Thanks jimm.....having been one of the backyard soldiers as a kid, collecting those toy guns has come natural. But as I've said before, there are truly serious collectors out there with collections that humble me.....
Humble? You? Are you serious? Kidding .. sort of.
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Post by: bigbud on March 20, 2014, 09:15:46 AM
Post by: bigbud on March 20, 2014, 09:15:46 AM
Flower...I'm gonna reach right through this computer screen and give you a big wet sloppy kiss right on your forehead....you sweetie you! Ha!
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Post by: Flower on March 20, 2014, 09:30:12 AM
Post by: Flower on March 20, 2014, 09:30:12 AM
Quote from: bigbud on March 20, 2014, 09:15:46 AM
Flower...I'm gonna reach right through this computer screen and give you a big wet sloppy kiss right on your forehead....you sweetie you! Ha!
And they call ME Stinky?
(http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef013484457ce9970c-600wi)
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Post by: LFSPaul on March 23, 2014, 07:15:14 PM
Post by: LFSPaul on March 23, 2014, 07:15:14 PM
I like Steve McQueen!
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Post by: bigbud on March 24, 2014, 06:19:18 PM
Post by: bigbud on March 24, 2014, 06:19:18 PM
Now those are really nice!
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Post by: Hepcat on March 24, 2014, 08:27:26 PM
Post by: Hepcat on March 24, 2014, 08:27:26 PM
Quote from: LFSPaul on March 23, 2014, 07:15:14 PMI like Steve McQueen!
Steve McQueen doesn't mean all that much to me, but I love those gun sets from the early sixties!
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Post by: Scatter on March 24, 2014, 09:00:55 PM
Post by: Scatter on March 24, 2014, 09:00:55 PM
NIIIICE!!!
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Post by: bigbud on March 24, 2014, 09:17:41 PM
Post by: bigbud on March 24, 2014, 09:17:41 PM
there's that big ape! Hey ya Scatter!
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Post by: Flower on March 24, 2014, 09:29:32 PM
Post by: Flower on March 24, 2014, 09:29:32 PM
Quote from: Hepcat on March 24, 2014, 08:27:26 PM
Steve McQueen doesn't mean all that much to me, but I love those gun sets from the early sixties!
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I'd take (a living) Steve McQueen over the guns any day ... ;)
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Post by: Fester on March 24, 2014, 11:20:01 PM
Post by: Fester on March 24, 2014, 11:20:01 PM
Quote from: Hepcat on March 24, 2014, 08:27:26 PM
Steve McQueen doesn't mean all that much to me, but I love those gun sets from the early sixties!
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Well, it was Steve McQueen that made the "Mare's Laig" popular. 8)
Josh Randall played by McQueen in Wanted: Dead or Alive was the first to carry that kind of cut-down Winchester '92. And what kid in the 60s didn't think McQueen was cool?
It was so cool-looking that several subsequent TV series featured it, includingThe Adventures of Brisco County Jr, The Magnificent Seven television series and most lately Firefly/Serenity.
And probably as a tribute Tallahassee (Woody Harrelson) carried one in Zombieland 8)
Real versions are still being sold in calibers from .22LR up to .45 Long Colt
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Post by: jimm on March 27, 2014, 09:10:25 AM
Post by: jimm on March 27, 2014, 09:10:25 AM
An awesome gun, couda' spurred the Italian western to come up with some of their crazy weaponry.
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Post by: Hepcat on March 27, 2014, 11:08:55 AM
Post by: Hepcat on March 27, 2014, 11:08:55 AM
Here's another Daisy B-B Gun ad from the back covers of DC comics in the fall of 1962:
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And here's one from the summer of 1967:
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(http://i1101.photobucket.com/albums/g434/Balticprince/Comics/Comics001/002_zps35a1f294.jpg)
And here's one from the summer of 1967:
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Post by: bigbud on April 08, 2014, 06:12:08 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 08, 2014, 06:12:08 PM
Found an old pic of my toy gun corner in my last home....
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Post by: Hepcat on April 08, 2014, 06:26:09 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 08, 2014, 06:26:09 PM
What a fabulous display of weaponry! No doubt about it; you need your own bachelor pad like Frankenstein73 has!
:)
Could you do a schematic diagram right below the picture though identifying the various guns?
???
:)
Could you do a schematic diagram right below the picture though identifying the various guns?
???
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Post by: bigbud on April 08, 2014, 06:30:06 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 08, 2014, 06:30:06 PM
No.......ha!
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Post by: Flower on April 08, 2014, 07:11:23 PM
Post by: Flower on April 08, 2014, 07:11:23 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 08, 2014, 06:30:06 PM
No.......ha!
Now I'm confused! You don't want a separate pad for your toys or you don't want to identify the guns?
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Post by: bigbud on April 08, 2014, 09:45:32 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 08, 2014, 09:45:32 PM
Flower...you are a woman among womanzes.... ha!
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Post by: Scatter on April 08, 2014, 09:52:50 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 08, 2014, 09:52:50 PM
Quote from: bigbud on March 24, 2014, 09:17:41 PM
there's that big ape! Hey ya Scatter!
Heya pal!!
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Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 09:13:24 AM
Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 09:13:24 AM
Here is some serious firepower! This is the 1961 Remco B 52 Ball Turret. Runs on 4 D batteries. I do believe this is the first time it has been out of the box. 53 years before seeing daylight...that's nuts! Very detailed toy. Has lots of dials and pointers...the twin machine gun barrels swivel.....red belt of bullets feels through the gun as you press the trigger....has oxygen and communication masks....does everything but fly!
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Post by: Flower on April 19, 2014, 09:18:56 AM
Post by: Flower on April 19, 2014, 09:18:56 AM
WOW! You keep this on your porch? ;)
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Post by: Hepcat on April 19, 2014, 10:51:37 AM
Post by: Hepcat on April 19, 2014, 10:51:37 AM
Quote from: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 09:13:24 AMHere is some serious firepower! This is the 1961 Remco B 52 Ball Turret. Runs on 4 D batteries. I do believe this is the first time it has been out of the box. 53 years before seeing daylight...that's nuts!
Incredible! Absolutely incredible! The weaponry you keep unearthing is so seriously nuts that it leaves me in awe! I mean here I wasn't even consciously aware of the existence of the Remco B-52 Ball Turret and you have one that's never been removed from the box.
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I've wondered for a number of years though whether the B-52s still in service these days continue to have the machine gun ball turrets. They're no longer clearly visible.
???
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Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 01:41:38 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 01:41:38 PM
Yea Hep, I wouldn't think that any bomber would have machine gun turrets anymore.
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Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 01:43:09 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 01:43:09 PM
QuoteWOW! You keep this on your porch?
No way! There be skunks around! Ha!
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Post by: Scatter on April 19, 2014, 02:53:58 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 19, 2014, 02:53:58 PM
Freaking wicked!! Man, I would STILL play with that!!
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Post by: Hepcat on April 19, 2014, 04:28:58 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 19, 2014, 04:28:58 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 01:41:38 PM...I wouldn't think that any bomber would have machine gun turrets anymore.
Hmmmm. Well with respect to B-52s, here is what it says in Wikipedia:
Quote from: WikipediaThe B-52H ....aircraft's first flight occurred on 10 July 1960, and it entered service on 9 May 1961. This is the only variant still operational. A total of 102 B-52Hs were built. The last production aircraft, B-52H AF Serial No. 61-0040, left the factory on 26 October 1962.... the rear defensive armament was changed from (the 4 .50 caliber machine guns quad mounted in a remote controlled tail turret) to a 20 mm M61 Vulcan cannon (later removed in 1991–94).
:)
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Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 04:39:47 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 04:39:47 PM
Wow... the real plane was produced in '60 thru '62. The Remco turret toy was produced in '61. Remco was being really current with what they called this toy at the time..... They were putting out the Monkey Div. gun stuff, so I don't know why they didn't call it a B 17 or B-24 turret....WW2 style. Be interesting to know the discussion on how they named this Remco toy.
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Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 05:02:53 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 05:02:53 PM
I couldn't resist this gun when I saw it. It is the Mars Attacks Martian Brain Disintegrator. So cool! Lots of different sounds and lights AND the clear chamber has a brain that wiggles! Ha! Came out late '90s. Last pic is of the Disintegrator held by an evil Martian genius living anonymously in Kansas. He is about to blast the loud mooing Children of the Night! Actually, they are cattle. Guess that would be Children of the Grass? Poopers of the Plains?
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 19, 2014, 05:28:48 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 19, 2014, 05:28:48 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 04:39:47 PMWow... the real plane was produced in '60 thru '62. The Remco turret toy was produced in '61. Remco was being really current with what they called this toy at the time..... They were putting out the Monkey Div. gun stuff, so I don't know why they didn't call it a B 17 or B-24 turret....WW2 style. Be interesting to know the discussion on how they named this Remco toy.
No. The Remco B52 Ball Turret toy was about as current as a toy could be. Look at the B52 Aircraft Deliveries chart on Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-52_Stratofortress)
B52Gs which had the machine gun turret were still being produced in quantity in 1961.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on April 19, 2014, 06:06:48 PM
Post by: Flower on April 19, 2014, 06:06:48 PM
I'm camping out in Buddy's yard since he doesn't allow me on his porch ..
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on April 19, 2014, 06:08:05 PM
Post by: Mord on April 19, 2014, 06:08:05 PM
Those Mars Attacks! guns were great. There was a different style too, from what I remember.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 10:56:04 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 10:56:04 PM
I know this particular Disintegrator came in a different color scheme. I had to have one with the flesh-colored brain! Ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 20, 2014, 12:07:27 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 20, 2014, 12:07:27 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 01:41:38 PM...I wouldn't think that any bomber would have machine gun turrets anymore.
I don't understand why not. The removal of machine gun turrets leaves the bombers defenceless against both pursuing fighters and missiles. After all, what warships use against close-in missile attacks are precisely banks of radar linked and computer guided machine guns.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: horrorhunter on April 20, 2014, 05:02:46 PM
Post by: horrorhunter on April 20, 2014, 05:02:46 PM
Quote from: Hepcat on April 20, 2014, 12:07:27 PMExactly. Most jet fighter pilots hated when they replaced all guns with missiles. Many times those missiles were very unreliable and they were used up fairly quickly. If my life depended on it I would certainly want machine guns/light cannon to fall back on. You never know what might happen in a fight. Best to be prepared.
I don't understand why not. The removal of machine gun turrets leaves the bombers defenceless against both pursuing fighters and missiles. After all, what warships use against close-in missile attacks are precisely banks of radar linked and computer guided machine guns.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on April 23, 2014, 10:23:30 AM
Post by: jimm on April 23, 2014, 10:23:30 AM
That B52 gun is insane, I wasn't around for the early 60s armament like this! The Mars attack stuff is very under-rated imo...worth picking up and very cool.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on April 23, 2014, 10:26:03 AM
Post by: jimm on April 23, 2014, 10:26:03 AM
Quote from: bigbud on April 19, 2014, 01:41:38 PMtrue, not much point...
Yea Hep, I wouldn't think that any bomber would have machine gun turrets anymore.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on April 23, 2014, 07:26:47 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 23, 2014, 07:26:47 PM
I'm gonna miss this thread.......dammit!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 23, 2014, 07:30:26 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 23, 2014, 07:30:26 PM
It's a fabulous thread alright. Bigbud's armament collection is over the top awesome.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on April 23, 2014, 07:43:14 PM
Post by: Mord on April 23, 2014, 07:43:14 PM
Maybe he could start it up again with monsters in the background (pass it off in the vintage monsters section).
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: horrorhunter on April 23, 2014, 08:23:17 PM
Post by: horrorhunter on April 23, 2014, 08:23:17 PM
The mods said they might keep the Non-Monster Toys section. I hope they do because toys are such a big part of the whole Monster Boomer/Monsterkid experience, and it's really hard to draw the line sometimes between a monster related toy and a non-monster related toy. For example, some of the Remco toy guns are awesome and have that Hamilton's Invaders vibe even though they technically aren't monster related. The whole idea of toy weaponry goes hand in hand with monster movies anyway. Now the Non-Monster Movies section...not so much. I never got into it very much. Love the toys, though.
If they keep this section then bigbud will be compelled to stick around and show us more of his cool toy collection. 8)
I just read in the "purging" thread in Announcements that they will have a Non-Monster Toys thread in the Vintage Monster Toys section (and maybe one in Modern?) as opposed to keeping this section. Well, I'm glad we'll have somewhere to post about toys which may not technically be monster toys.
If they keep this section then bigbud will be compelled to stick around and show us more of his cool toy collection. 8)
I just read in the "purging" thread in Announcements that they will have a Non-Monster Toys thread in the Vintage Monster Toys section (and maybe one in Modern?) as opposed to keeping this section. Well, I'm glad we'll have somewhere to post about toys which may not technically be monster toys.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on April 24, 2014, 08:33:28 AM
Post by: jimm on April 24, 2014, 08:33:28 AM
As long as there's at least a thread. I love seeing cool toys I'm not aware of, monster or not
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 24, 2014, 06:12:31 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 24, 2014, 06:12:31 PM
QuoteIf they keep this section then bigbud will be compelled to stick around and show us more of his cool toy collection. 8)
Yep, but I think it is made clear that my sharing other than specific monster items is unwanted and will be wiped out on the 27th. Still sad bout it....
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on April 24, 2014, 07:01:50 PM
Post by: Flower on April 24, 2014, 07:01:50 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 24, 2014, 06:12:31 PM
Yep, but I think it is made clear that my sharing other than specific monster items is unwanted and will be wiped out on the 27th. Still sad bout it....
Me too ...
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 27, 2014, 12:20:49 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 27, 2014, 12:20:49 PM
I must return on the day of "Implosion" to say farewell to my beloved toy gun thread. 41 pages and over 29,000 visits. I love all things Monster, and all things associated with my childhood fun. I wish to quote the greeting seen on the fist page of the UMA.... "Welcome to the Universal Monster Army. UMA is an on-line community dedicated to classic horror films and the Pop culture that surrounds them." I believe "the Pop culture that surrounds them" takes an unfortunate hit today.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on April 27, 2014, 12:32:14 PM
Post by: Mord on April 27, 2014, 12:32:14 PM
I'm really going to miss this.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 27, 2014, 12:48:58 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 27, 2014, 12:48:58 PM
Had plenty more to add....didn't know the clock was ticking.....will miss you Mord....
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 27, 2014, 01:39:44 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 27, 2014, 01:39:44 PM
Quote from: Mord on April 27, 2014, 12:32:14 PMI'm really going to miss this.
Yes so am I. Very sad.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on April 27, 2014, 03:14:30 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 27, 2014, 03:14:30 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 27, 2014, 12:20:49 PM
.... "Welcome to the Universal Monster Army. UMA is an on-line community dedicated to classic horror films and the Pop culture that surrounds them." I believe "the Pop culture that surrounds them" takes an unfortunate hit today.
Yeah, that really does need to be rewritten now. The Pinball thread is being razed because someone mentioned Rocky and Bullwinkle in it. Pop culture references like that will not be tolerated !
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on April 27, 2014, 08:46:18 PM
Post by: Flower on April 27, 2014, 08:46:18 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 27, 2014, 12:20:49 PM
I must return on the day of "Implosion" to say farewell to my beloved toy gun thread. 41 pages and over 29,000 visits. I love all things Monster, and all things associated with my childhood fun. I wish to quote the greeting seen on the fist page of the UMA.... "Welcome to the Universal Monster Army. UMA is an on-line community dedicated to classic horror films and the Pop culture that surrounds them." I believe "the Pop culture that surrounds them" takes an unfortunate hit today.
I wish that we could barricade the doors .. we are all sad ...
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on April 28, 2014, 09:23:22 AM
Post by: jimm on April 28, 2014, 09:23:22 AM
28th, still here Bud!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on April 28, 2014, 10:07:19 AM
Post by: Flower on April 28, 2014, 10:07:19 AM
Quote from: jimm on April 28, 2014, 09:23:22 AM
28th, still here Bud!
So is the 'Reply' button ... :D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on April 28, 2014, 02:38:33 PM
Post by: Mord on April 28, 2014, 02:38:33 PM
Bud...come back!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on April 28, 2014, 06:11:29 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 28, 2014, 06:11:29 PM
I will text him and let him know his contributions have received a reprieve.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:08:48 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:08:48 PM
I can't go a day without passing silently through my beloved UMA......what is this? The toy gun thread is still here? How can this be? I don't know who to thank....I don't know what to say. I'm kinda overwhelmed at the moment. It is so silly to become so invested in so trivial a subject, I know.....but I do feel grateful ..... I really do. From now on when a toy gun is posted a monster item or reference will be in the picture too! I promise! I'm really happy!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: freddie poe on April 28, 2014, 07:14:57 PM
Post by: freddie poe on April 28, 2014, 07:14:57 PM
MONSTERS ON THE CAMPUS?? either a Horrible Hamilton Grenade Pistol or a ONE MAN ARMY Johnny 7 should do it. But wear your Hamilton Invaders Helmet while defending!!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:21:41 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:21:41 PM
I shall Freddie! I am really so happy I could cry.....and I don't cry. The UMA may not need me, but I seem to have a large need for the UMA.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on April 28, 2014, 07:30:52 PM
Post by: jimm on April 28, 2014, 07:30:52 PM
Dude, you have arguably the best collection here....
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:34:20 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:34:20 PM
Thanks jimm, but I've been given a second chance that I won't fumble. Monsters first...gotta keep that focus....and I will.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on April 28, 2014, 07:40:17 PM
Post by: Flower on April 28, 2014, 07:40:17 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:21:41 PM
I shall Freddie! I am really so happy I could cry.....and I don't cry. The UMA may not need me, but I seem to have a large need for the UMA.
You're needed and wanted AND APPRECIATED!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:46:39 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:46:39 PM
Thank you Flower...
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on April 28, 2014, 08:14:05 PM
Post by: Mord on April 28, 2014, 08:14:05 PM
Quote from: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 07:21:41 PMWe need you a lot more than you think. You're a UMA hall of famer.
I shall Freddie! I am really so happy I could cry.....and I don't cry. The UMA may not need me, but I seem to have a large need for the UMA.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 08:52:55 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 28, 2014, 08:52:55 PM
Thanks Mord..you're a best pal for sure.......
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: carbon on April 28, 2014, 10:47:02 PM
Post by: carbon on April 28, 2014, 10:47:02 PM
Congrats, Bud! I think this warrants a 21-gun salute. Just make sure those guns are fired by monsters. ;D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on April 28, 2014, 10:55:01 PM
Post by: Scatter on April 28, 2014, 10:55:01 PM
No WAY you can get a Hamilton Invaders helmet on Buddy's melon! It's gargantuan!! But of course, the fact that you have literally risen from the grave means you only need to post the toys.....you're zombie now! What further monster credentials could you need?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on April 29, 2014, 05:12:44 PM
Post by: bigbud on April 29, 2014, 05:12:44 PM
I am contemplating trying on the Horrible Hamilton helmet. Never had it out of the box, and imagine it is child size.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on April 29, 2014, 05:46:21 PM
Post by: Mord on April 29, 2014, 05:46:21 PM
Bud, I know I've said it before, but I'm so damn glad you're still with us.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: horrorhunter on April 29, 2014, 06:07:35 PM
Post by: horrorhunter on April 29, 2014, 06:07:35 PM
I'm glad you decided to stick around and share your toy dungeon with us, bigbud. With so much great stuff in there it should be shown off. ;)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on May 10, 2014, 12:36:44 PM
Post by: bigbud on May 10, 2014, 12:36:44 PM
This time of year the yard is usually filled with bag worms and caterpillars on the shrubs. So what to do when you find an AHI wiggler chewing your smoke bush? Call the police? Well, way out here we are the police, so I need to pull out the Topper Toys Crime Buster Police Gun! This thing does it all! Sprays red riot bullets, shoots regular white bullets, launches a three color signal missile, a smoke grenade, shoots sparks and has it's own built in siren! And you get to wear an official Crime Buster ammo belt! Pretty super! The three plastic bags (last photo) contain 1. more bullets and the color material to make the three color signal missile load 2. the instruction sheet 3. white powder to load the smoke grenade bomb.
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on May 10, 2014, 05:28:25 PM
Post by: Hepcat on May 10, 2014, 05:28:25 PM
Wow! Do you remember where and when you bought the guns you've pictured here in this thread?
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Wicked Lester on May 10, 2014, 08:00:08 PM
Post by: Wicked Lester on May 10, 2014, 08:00:08 PM
Bud ,seriously, you need to start your own classic toy museum and charge a few bucks for admission thus giving you more fund-age for more classic toys. ;)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on May 10, 2014, 08:45:49 PM
Post by: bigbud on May 10, 2014, 08:45:49 PM
Good idea Lester. Send me some bucks so I can get started...ha! I'll get Scatter on some fund raising too....double ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on May 11, 2014, 12:16:37 PM
Post by: Scatter on May 11, 2014, 12:16:37 PM
OK, but Scatter takes a steep cut of all proceeds he raises. Banana prices are skyrocketing!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on May 11, 2014, 12:59:33 PM
Post by: Mord on May 11, 2014, 12:59:33 PM
Quote from: Scatter on May 11, 2014, 12:16:37 PM...not to mention the price of peanuts.
OK, but Scatter takes a steep cut of all proceeds he raises. Banana prices are skyrocketing!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on May 18, 2015, 11:02:59 PM
Post by: bigbud on May 18, 2015, 11:02:59 PM
Ha! Been just at a year since a post on one of my favorite subjects....toy munitions! Well here we go again. This is a pretty cool item that is seldom seen....the Mattel Bolt Action Planet of the Apes Tommy Gun with Ape Mask. Dated 1967. The tommy gun has the cap loading drawer manufactured shut unlike most other Mattel tommy guns.....so ya just get a rat-a-tat-tat. It has the special "aged" patina paint job that is found on the Planet of the Ape guns. Mattel also put out an Ape pistol and a rapid fire rifle that also came on a similar card like the tommy gun. But the rapid fire rifle is really little more than a short clicker gun. The Planet of the Apes tommy gun is the grand-daddy of the Mattel Ape guns!
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on May 19, 2015, 08:54:28 AM
Post by: Mord on May 19, 2015, 08:54:28 AM
I have never seen that, Bud. Really impressive! I love the way you casually lay it across thousands of dollars worth of vintage toys to photograph. Beautiful collection, my friend.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on May 19, 2015, 09:36:47 AM
Post by: bigbud on May 19, 2015, 09:36:47 AM
Thanks Mord! I think it's surrounded by maybe acouple hundred dollars worth of stuff...ha! And, in my basement dungeon that spot on the glass case is the only room to set anything...ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on May 19, 2015, 01:30:05 PM
Post by: Hepcat on May 19, 2015, 01:30:05 PM
Quote from: bigbud on May 18, 2015, 11:02:59 PMThe Planet of the Apes tommy gun is the grand-daddy of the Mattel Ape guns!
And yours is the granddaddy of all sci-fi toy gun collections!
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on May 19, 2015, 08:14:10 PM
Post by: bigbud on May 19, 2015, 08:14:10 PM
Thanks Hep.....but so very unworthy of me. I'm a base amateur compared to many serious sci-fi gun collectors. Check out danefield.com and view the Alphadrome Robot and Space Database to see some real stuff! Those guys are serious!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on May 20, 2015, 08:23:05 AM
Post by: Hepcat on May 20, 2015, 08:23:05 AM
Will do!
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on October 17, 2015, 10:22:45 PM
Post by: bigbud on October 17, 2015, 10:22:45 PM
Last post on the toy guns was May 20th....what's with that! Ha! Couldn't stop by the UMA without putting up another childhood monster blaster! This is a super cool spy gun set by Marx......look at all the neat attachments this thing has!
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on October 18, 2015, 08:59:05 AM
Post by: Hepcat on October 18, 2015, 08:59:05 AM
Oh man! And still sealed!
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on October 18, 2015, 11:53:15 AM
Post by: bigbud on October 18, 2015, 11:53:15 AM
Hi ya Hep! For many years I passed on buying this gun set cause I always found one with something missing. But it seems true that if you are patient enough a great example will surface....
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: jimm on October 18, 2015, 09:01:19 PM
Post by: jimm on October 18, 2015, 09:01:19 PM
Love it!
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on October 18, 2015, 09:38:15 PM
Post by: Scatter on October 18, 2015, 09:38:15 PM
Bud, your collection is nothing short of amazing!
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Universalrocks on October 18, 2015, 10:42:52 PM
Post by: Universalrocks on October 18, 2015, 10:42:52 PM
Very nice!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 25, 2015, 06:20:11 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 25, 2015, 06:20:11 PM
It's Christmas Day! It's finally here! And so are the marathons of A Christmas Story with Ralphie trying to find any angle to obtain a Red Ryder BB gun. I was thinking about what toy gun I would have gone to such lengths to have under the tree for Christmas. I'm thinking it might have been this.....the Nichols Fury 500. This baby looks like a Thompson machine gun with all sorts of space motifs all over it....to include the super cool front sight in the shape of a space ship! Nichols stepped away from their usual "cowboy" brand of toy gun when they developed the Fury 500. When the first prototypes came out it was found to be too heavy. The solution was to cast one side of the Fury in metal and the other in plastic. Problem solved! The Fury 500's ammo drum holds a roll of 500 caps and fires them rapidly by way of it's battery operated feed mechanism. A super cool toy gun! One I would have been thrilled to find under the Christmas tree! Ralphie, you can keep with the cowboy stuff...ha!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_6948_zpsuwvphw1d.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_6949_zpspzd3iwxz.jpg)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 26, 2015, 05:37:32 PM
Post by: Hepcat on December 26, 2015, 05:37:32 PM
How did you get yours then if not under the Xmas tree?
???
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on December 26, 2015, 06:51:31 PM
Post by: Flower on December 26, 2015, 06:51:31 PM
I just found BigBud's first visit with Santa ...
(http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2042349!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/390-santa-2-1211.jpg)
(http://assets.nydailynews.com/polopoly_fs/1.2042349!/img/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/article_635/390-santa-2-1211.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on December 27, 2015, 11:59:01 AM
Post by: Hepcat on December 27, 2015, 11:59:01 AM
Santa was clearly trying to benefit from Bigbud's insight into weaponry.
;)
;)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 28, 2015, 10:26:30 AM
Post by: bigbud on December 28, 2015, 10:26:30 AM
QuoteSanta was clearly trying to benefit from Bigbud's insight into weaponry.
That looks like the real thing! Naughty Santa!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mord on December 28, 2015, 02:34:16 PM
Post by: Mord on December 28, 2015, 02:34:16 PM
Quote from: bigbud on December 28, 2015, 10:26:30 AMHey, Bub, Merry (late) Christmas!! It's always nice to see your posts.
That looks like the real thing! Naughty Santa!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on December 28, 2015, 05:30:39 PM
Post by: bigbud on December 28, 2015, 05:30:39 PM
Happy holidays to you too Mord! And Hep...and Flower....and several others. I was wondering how many took time to look, so I wrote down the # of views when I posted pics of the Fury 500...so far 239! Wow...the UMA is alive and well for sure!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 13, 2016, 07:14:07 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 13, 2016, 07:14:07 PM
QuoteHey, Bub, Merry (late) Christmas!! It's always nice to see your posts.
Hey Mord! Who you callin' Bub! Ha! I just caught that!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 13, 2016, 07:31:05 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 13, 2016, 07:31:05 PM
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/marx%20desert%20patrol%20pistol_zpsma0dkcym.jpg)
Here's a cool Marx gun set seldom seen. Marx wimped-out with the graphics as the soldier looks very American and the gun set is definitely so you can play a German. I can't explain the silencer...maybe to sneak up and fire quietly on some tall monster. But there aren't any German monsters...are there? Ha!
Here's a cool Marx gun set seldom seen. Marx wimped-out with the graphics as the soldier looks very American and the gun set is definitely so you can play a German. I can't explain the silencer...maybe to sneak up and fire quietly on some tall monster. But there aren't any German monsters...are there? Ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Allhallowsday on January 13, 2016, 10:30:41 PM
Post by: Allhallowsday on January 13, 2016, 10:30:41 PM
Quote from: bigbud on January 13, 2016, 07:31:05 PMGOLEM beg to differ...
... But there aren't any German monsters...are there? Ha!
(http://www.matthewkressel.net/wp-content/uploads/Golem-film.jpg)
(http://filmracket.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/caligari_stummfilm.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: RICKH on January 15, 2016, 11:28:09 PM
Post by: RICKH on January 15, 2016, 11:28:09 PM
I love, love , love Marx guns as well as Mattel guns!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 17, 2016, 10:28:30 AM
Post by: Hepcat on January 17, 2016, 10:28:30 AM
You're not the only one!
8)
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 17, 2016, 11:38:51 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 17, 2016, 11:38:51 PM
Here's a nice Marx gun set.....The Tiger Hunt Gun Set. Has dart shooting rifle, pistol, pith helmet and wind-up Tiger to shoot at. What? You want to see it? Sorry...been factory sealed for bout 53 years.....gonna stay that way.
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_6982_zpstyipfdal.jpg)
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Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 18, 2016, 01:58:28 PM
Post by: Hepcat on January 18, 2016, 01:58:28 PM
Still factory sealed? !'m just in awe!
:o
:o
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 18, 2016, 09:45:11 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 18, 2016, 09:45:11 PM
Hep...what if 50 years from now the box is finally opened and it's empty.....ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on January 19, 2016, 09:35:45 AM
Post by: Hepcat on January 19, 2016, 09:35:45 AM
Quote from: bigbud on January 18, 2016, 09:45:11 PMHep...what if 50 years from now the box is finally opened and it's empty.....
I'd blame Scatter.
C:)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 21, 2016, 09:21:38 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 21, 2016, 09:21:38 PM
Yep..that's the ticket.....blame Flower too...ha!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on January 22, 2016, 07:01:31 AM
Post by: Flower on January 22, 2016, 07:01:31 AM
Quote from: bigbud on January 21, 2016, 09:21:38 PM
Yep..that's the ticket.....blame Flower too...ha!
You're a bad man .. >:(
I expected more from a Vet.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on January 22, 2016, 11:35:58 PM
Post by: bigbud on January 22, 2016, 11:35:58 PM
QuoteI expected more from a Vet
I'll "Vet" ya! Bring me your little animal! I'll twist his little tail and bite his little nose! Ha! I'll show ya a bad man Vet!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on January 23, 2016, 08:02:57 AM
Post by: Flower on January 23, 2016, 08:02:57 AM
Quote from: bigbud on January 22, 2016, 11:35:58 PM
I'll "Vet" ya! Bring me your little animal! I'll twist his little tail and bite his little nose! Ha! I'll show ya a bad man Vet!
Okay .. I'm rounding up my posse ..
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gMTjF4z23L4/hqdefault.jpg)
Here we are in action .. we're on our way ..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMTjF4z23L4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMTjF4z23L4)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on January 29, 2016, 05:54:50 PM
Post by: Scatter on January 29, 2016, 05:54:50 PM
Quote from: Hepcat on January 19, 2016, 09:35:45 AM
I'd blame Scatter.
C:)
You are wise.
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Peking Homunculus on February 09, 2017, 03:59:18 AM
Post by: Peking Homunculus on February 09, 2017, 03:59:18 AM
Big Bud, did you see my PM? Please give me a call.
Bill Akins
727 819-8352
Bill Akins
727 819-8352
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Flower on November 03, 2017, 04:38:00 PM
Post by: Flower on November 03, 2017, 04:38:00 PM
I love this thread .. ;D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on November 03, 2017, 07:45:50 PM
Post by: Scatter on November 03, 2017, 07:45:50 PM
WHERE'S BUD?!?!?!?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on November 04, 2017, 12:00:30 AM
Post by: bigbud on November 04, 2017, 12:00:30 AM
There's that toy gun thread! Found by Scatter....always digging around in the muck for stuff!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on November 04, 2017, 04:55:23 PM
Post by: Scatter on November 04, 2017, 04:55:23 PM
Whaddya expect? Since you moved I have had to start my tunnel into the Toy Basement all over again! Muck muck muck!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on November 05, 2017, 01:17:30 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 05, 2017, 01:17:30 PM
May as well get the toy gun thread going again....only problem is remembering what is already up.....gotta make a list.
Here's a cool James Bond Harpoon Gun. By Lone Star Toys 1967. The Thunderball underwater scene wraps all the way around the box....pretty cool!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_7484_zpsnsjmv70k.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_7485_zpsaorafy5u.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_7486_zpsy6pjtjbu.jpg)
Here's a cool James Bond Harpoon Gun. By Lone Star Toys 1967. The Thunderball underwater scene wraps all the way around the box....pretty cool!
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_7484_zpsnsjmv70k.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_7485_zpsaorafy5u.jpg)
(http://i530.photobucket.com/albums/dd344/bigbud3/IMG_7486_zpsy6pjtjbu.jpg)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Scatter on November 05, 2017, 01:34:36 PM
Post by: Scatter on November 05, 2017, 01:34:36 PM
Man!! That IS cool!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on November 06, 2017, 09:47:46 AM
Post by: Hepcat on November 06, 2017, 09:47:46 AM
Quote from: bigbud on November 05, 2017, 01:17:30 PMHere's a cool James Bond Harpoon Gun.
A Harpoon Gun?! For reeling in trick or treatsters?
???
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: bigbud on November 08, 2017, 09:56:41 PM
Post by: bigbud on November 08, 2017, 09:56:41 PM
QuoteA Harpoon Gun?! For reeling in trick or treatsters?
no....for shooting cats in the ass......ha! Take that Hepcat!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 09:40:23 AM
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 09:40:23 AM
The Marx Sound-O-Power Rifles were wild cool!
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/sound-o-power-1.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Sound-O-Power%202.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Sound-o-Power.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
Here's a great commercial for these rifles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=due92VSljwA&feature=emb_logo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=due92VSljwA&feature=emb_logo)
Too cool, but batteries not included....
8)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/sound-o-power-1.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Sound-O-Power%202.jpg)
(https://hosting.photobucket.com/images/g434/Balticprince/Sound-o-Power.jpg?width=1920&height=1080&fit=bounds)
Here's a great commercial for these rifles:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=due92VSljwA&feature=emb_logo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=due92VSljwA&feature=emb_logo)
Too cool, but batteries not included....
8)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mike Scott on April 28, 2020, 10:47:54 AM
Post by: Mike Scott on April 28, 2020, 10:47:54 AM
Quote from: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 09:40:23 AM
The Marx Sound-O-Power Rifles were wild cool!
So if you wanna get yer kids killed by the cops, get 'em one of these! ;D
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Jim Bertges on April 28, 2020, 01:04:39 PM
Post by: Jim Bertges on April 28, 2020, 01:04:39 PM
Quote from: Mike Scott on April 28, 2020, 10:47:54 AM
So if you wanna get yer kids killed by the cops, get 'em one of these! ;D
It really was a different time, wasn't it?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 01:24:00 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 01:24:00 PM
Quote from: Mike Scott on April 28, 2020, 10:47:54 AMSo if you wanna get yer kids killed by the cops, get 'em one of these! ;D
The cops portrayed in the commercial weren't a bunch of paramilitary wannabees. That's not the characteristic municipalties sought when they were hiring police officers in the 1960's.
;)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: horrorhunter on April 28, 2020, 01:33:56 PM
Post by: horrorhunter on April 28, 2020, 01:33:56 PM
Quote from: Jim Bertges on April 28, 2020, 01:04:39 PMYes.
It really was a different time, wasn't it?
"Common sense" is just a nostalgic memory as well. :(
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 01:55:47 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 01:55:47 PM
Quote from: Jim Bertges on April 28, 2020, 01:04:39 PMIt really was a different time, wasn't it?
Indeed it was. Here's a little vignette on the subject I ran across a few years ago:
In the line at the store, the cashier told the older woman that plastic
bags weren't good for the environment. The woman apologized to her and
explained, "We didn't have the green thing back in my day."
That's right, they didn't have the green thing in her day. Back then,
they returned their milk bottles, Coke bottles and beer bottles to the
store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized
and refilled, using the same bottles over and over. So they really were
recycled. But they didn't have the green thing back her day.
In her day, they walked up stairs, because they didn't have an escalator
in every store and office building. They walked to the grocery store and
didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time they had to go two
blocks. But she's right. They didn't have the green thing in her day.
Back then, they washed the baby's diapers because they didn't have the
throw-away kind. They dried clothes on a line, not in an energy gobbling
machine burning up 220 volts "wind and solar power" really did dry the
clothes. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters,
not always brand-new clothing. But that old lady is right, they didn't
have the green thing back in her day.
Back then, they had one TV, or radio, in the house not a TV in every
room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a pizza dish, not a
screen the size of the state of Montana . In the kitchen, they blended
and stirred by hand because they didn't have electric machines to do
everything for you. When they packaged a fragile item to send in the
mail, they used wadded up newspaper to cushion it, not styrofoam or
plastic bubble wrap.
Back then, they didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut
the lawn. They used a push mower that ran on human power. They exercised
by working so they didn't need to go to a health club to run on
treadmills that operate on electricity. But she's right, they didn't
have the green thing back then.
They drank from a fountain when they were thirsty, instead of using a
cup or a plastic bottle every time they had a drink of water. They
refilled pens with ink, instead of buying a new pen, and they replaced
the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor
just because the blade got dull. But they didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar and kids rode their bikes to school
or rode the school bus, instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour
taxi service. They had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire
bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And they didn't need a computerized
gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 2,000 miles out in
space in order to find the nearest pizza joint.
But that old lady is right. They didn't have the green thing back in her
day.
;)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 02:16:14 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 02:16:14 PM
Here's another great Marx commercial for the Sound-O-Power Astro-Gun:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_pjn9h3tU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_pjn9h3tU)
:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_pjn9h3tU (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lw_pjn9h3tU)
:)
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Mike Scott on April 28, 2020, 04:27:07 PM
Post by: Mike Scott on April 28, 2020, 04:27:07 PM
Quote from: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 02:16:14 PM
Here's another great Marx commercial for the Sound-O-Power Astro-Gun:
Are you crazy!? Do you want your kid to get killed by some alien invader?
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 05:13:28 PM
Post by: Hepcat on April 28, 2020, 05:13:28 PM
We all might as well be from different planets compared to the kids these days. They're the aliens.
:-\
:-\
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: The Batman on July 01, 2020, 06:14:47 PM
Post by: The Batman on July 01, 2020, 06:14:47 PM
Quote from: Mike Scott on April 28, 2020, 04:27:07 PM
Are you crazy!? Do you want your kid to get killed by some alien invader?
Scott - you really need to consider performing stand-up comedy. Just keep building a notebook and then memorize it!
Then you'll be off like a prom dress at midnight!
Title: Re: Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!
Post by: Hepcat on November 20, 2024, 04:34:57 PM
Post by: Hepcat on November 20, 2024, 04:34:57 PM
Does anyone know anything about these?
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???
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