Give Me a Gun or Somethin'! The Monster's At the Door!

[bigbud]

Yea! Where do we get all those wonderful toys! ..............I'm singin' it, but the family ain't appreciating it much......Buddy

[Hepcat]

Bop 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.

[bigbud]

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

[bigbud]

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!

[jimm]

Hey Bud!

[bigbud]

Hey ya Jimm!

[RICKH]

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!

[bigbud]

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

[Scatter]

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.

[bigbud]

Hi ya Gary! Yea that sure sounds like "The Gun That Shoots Around Corners".  Ammo might be alittle different.........Buddy

[Hepcat]

The 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.

[RICKH]

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.

[bigbud]

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

[RICKH]

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.

[bigbud]

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