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

[Hepcat]

...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:

The 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).

[bigbud]

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.

[bigbud]

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?

[Hepcat]

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.

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

B52Gs which had the machine gun turret were still being produced in quantity in 1961.

[Flower]

I'm camping out in Buddy's yard since he doesn't allow me on his porch ..

[Mord]

Those Mars Attacks! guns were great. There was a different style too, from what I remember.

[bigbud]

I know this particular Disintegrator came in a different color scheme. I had to have one with the flesh-colored brain! Ha!

[Hepcat]

...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.

[horrorhunter]

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.

Exactly. 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.

[jimm]

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.

[jimm]

Yea Hep, I wouldn't think that any bomber would have machine gun turrets anymore.

true, not much point...

[Scatter]

I'm gonna miss this thread.......dammit!

[Hepcat]

It's a fabulous thread alright. Bigbud's armament collection is over the top awesome.

[Mord]

Maybe he could start it up again with monsters in the background (pass it off in the vintage monsters section).

[horrorhunter]

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. 

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.