Toy gun commercial from the 50's
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Evan Thomas
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It's a Zen thing...
SPEMack618
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Didn't a couple of hand picked A-Teams issue the Marauder?
For you Johnny Reb cannoneers from long ago, check this out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53mADuA5aM8
Nope, they don't make stuff, let alone commercials, like that anymore. Really, wouldn't want to get nailed by one o' them cannonballs neither...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53mADuA5aM8
Nope, they don't make stuff, let alone commercials, like that anymore. Really, wouldn't want to get nailed by one o' them cannonballs neither...
Stevie-Ray
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Kurt Russell again, along with the unmistakeable voice of William Conrad, in a commercial for the Agent Zero M Sonic Blaster, a toy destined to be taken off the market due to it's 157dB blast being harmful to hearing, of course. Not before I got mine, though. Very cool for July 4th and New Year's Eve, without the need for illegal fireworks. Can't find the original commercial which shows it doing all kinds of cool things, including shooting a ball of smoke. Wet a kitchen match and light it and hold the smoking match under the inverted gun and then shoot it. I don't blame my parents for my hearing loss, though it is probable that this contributed to it, as this was my Red Ryder, simply the greatest Christmas gift I'd ever gotten. Wish I still had it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E1JO6bADeQ
Also had something like those ThunderBurps, but I remember mine being bigger like the Chopper, but also green rather than black. At the same time, my friend got a tripod mounted M2. Battery powered, though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E1JO6bADeQ
Also had something like those ThunderBurps, but I remember mine being bigger like the Chopper, but also green rather than black. At the same time, my friend got a tripod mounted M2. Battery powered, though.
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I think Vanya lived just a couple of streets over from me -- or something 
I remember the Johnny chopper machine gun had the red plastic tube that moved in and out of the barrel as the gun was "fired" thus simulating muzzle flash.
We played "Army" a LOT in my neighborhood and were especially well equipped on Halloween.
I learned the manual of arms for drill on a wooden stocked toy Springfield rifle. Bolt could be cycled too.
I remember the Johnny chopper machine gun had the red plastic tube that moved in and out of the barrel as the gun was "fired" thus simulating muzzle flash.
We played "Army" a LOT in my neighborhood and were especially well equipped on Halloween.
I learned the manual of arms for drill on a wooden stocked toy Springfield rifle. Bolt could be cycled too.
I had the Secret Sam Spy Briefcase. 
I never had the Tommy Gun, but I have the nickel revolver from this set:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtDW3eCVzvI
I never had the Tommy Gun, but I have the nickel revolver from this set:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtDW3eCVzvI
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Edward429451
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Those are super cool commercials.
I remember in 4th grade taking two (DEWAT) hand grenades to school for show and tell. I asked the teacher if it would be ok, and she deferred me to the principles office to ask him. He said I had to bring them in a locked box and keep them in the cloak room in our class until show & tell. Other than that, it was a ok. I was even allowed to hold onto the key. They were the hit of S&T and I had a lot of questions about them, even from my teacher. I took one concussion and one fragmentation grenade. They still had the springs and everything in them.
Those were the days! (1971).
I remember in 4th grade taking two (DEWAT) hand grenades to school for show and tell. I asked the teacher if it would be ok, and she deferred me to the principles office to ask him. He said I had to bring them in a locked box and keep them in the cloak room in our class until show & tell. Other than that, it was a ok. I was even allowed to hold onto the key. They were the hit of S&T and I had a lot of questions about them, even from my teacher. I took one concussion and one fragmentation grenade. They still had the springs and everything in them.
Those were the days! (1971).
I did the same thing, probably in 4th or 5th grade (1957). I prepped the grenade by putting a cap (for a cap pistol) on the fuese head and cocking the striker which was held back as normal by the spoon and pin. When I pulled the pin it made quite an impression
...and I didn't get in any trouble for it at all.
mrbatchelor
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You know, I hadn't looked at it quite that way but it's true.
Talking about Show and Tell, I had a spring powered BB replica SAA that I brought to school about 1965. As with everyone else, not a peep other than the typical "no you boys can't play with it at recess. You'll shoot your eyes out." Ms. Aman was tough as nails.
Today half the county would be in lockdown.
Wow, just thinking about the fun you could have as a boy back in the 50's and 60's.
Had a Reb Cannon that we pulled behind our bikes. We would attack and deploy. Those cannon balls did hurt if you got hit. Had a green cannon at the same time that looked like a modern cannon. Thought it was called the mighty mo.
Still have a m-16 toy by mattel. Have a m-14 that takes 2 d-cell batt. in the stock and the barrel end moves in and out when firing. Have a blue plastic 1911 that has a mag that had gold cart. that you ejected after shooting the plastic bullet. Have 2 burp guns that you crank to fire in the 10 cent store dispay. Still have a mauser look alike the shoots the little silver balls.
Some of the toys that were broken and tossed:
Man from Uncle pistol combo
western quick draw guns and holsters
double barrel shotgun that shoots plastic darts
Built many forts of pine straw where we fought the battles with our toys.
When we advanced to bb and pellet guns, we would build model ships and shoot them from the top of a barn like we were airplane gunners. To save money we would use a strong magnet to pickup and recycle the bbs out of the sand.
That was such a great time. Our parents would buy us toy guns knowing that we were being boys.
Had a Reb Cannon that we pulled behind our bikes. We would attack and deploy. Those cannon balls did hurt if you got hit. Had a green cannon at the same time that looked like a modern cannon. Thought it was called the mighty mo.
Still have a m-16 toy by mattel. Have a m-14 that takes 2 d-cell batt. in the stock and the barrel end moves in and out when firing. Have a blue plastic 1911 that has a mag that had gold cart. that you ejected after shooting the plastic bullet. Have 2 burp guns that you crank to fire in the 10 cent store dispay. Still have a mauser look alike the shoots the little silver balls.
Some of the toys that were broken and tossed:
Man from Uncle pistol combo
western quick draw guns and holsters
double barrel shotgun that shoots plastic darts
Built many forts of pine straw where we fought the battles with our toys.
When we advanced to bb and pellet guns, we would build model ships and shoot them from the top of a barn like we were airplane gunners. To save money we would use a strong magnet to pickup and recycle the bbs out of the sand.
That was such a great time. Our parents would buy us toy guns knowing that we were being boys.
mrbatchelor
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I remember my dad, God rest his soul, really never grew up either. He still played boy with his boys. One of our favorite "guns" was a piece of pump pipe.
He would help us light M-80s and throw a spent D-cell on it. It wouldn't make a hundred yards, but it was certainly hard to find it in a field.
Now, what was wrong with that?
He would help us light M-80s and throw a spent D-cell on it. It wouldn't make a hundred yards, but it was certainly hard to find it in a field.
Now, what was wrong with that?