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PA, USA
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[url]http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1738437604[/url]
the other mattel thread gor me thinking about the stuff i had as a kid so i took a look on ebay. never expected anything like that...
any other interesting toy guns come to mind?
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NH, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2002 4:24:37 AM EDT
When I had my 6th birthday (1965) I got an army kit. It came with a od green overall and the greatest toy gun I've ever seen. It was a camo tommy gun with a full auto cap-gun setup. You would load a full roll of caps into the mag, pull the "bolt" back and then let it rip. Damn, never could get enough caps back then.
Stepped-init
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FL, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2002 5:07:49 AM EDT
Yeah, I had one of those Tommy-guns too around '60-'61 I think. Mine was black with brown "wood". I couldn't get enough of Sgt. Saunders with that cool Thompson firing it one-handed behind his back and hitting a half-a-dozen "Krauts" every time. My buddies and I would play "Army" in the woods behind my house. We all carried Thompsons too. Man, what a racket we must have raised with all tose full-auto roll caps blasting! Musta really p.o'd the neighbors! I read every war novel and WWII book I could get my hands on. Believe it or not, on the cover of one of them it showed a GI walking through the jungle with a Thompson at the ready. The guy who painted the picture must have had used his kid's toy as a model for the painting as it had the "door" for the caps included on the magazine! True story.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2002 6:27:19 AM EDT
Okay, somebody clue me in. Why would I pay $750 for a toy M-16 when I could buy a good working AR-15 for the same money?
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Posted: 6/11/2002 6:33:46 AM EDT
Originally Posted By marvl:
Okay, somebody clue me in. Why would I pay $750 for a toy M-16 when I could buy a good working AR-15 for the same money? |
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GRL
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Posted: 6/11/2002 6:40:31 AM EDT
tommy gun with a full auto cap-gun setup. You would load a full roll of caps into the mag, pull the "bolt" back and then let it rip. Damn, never could get enough caps back then.
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WI, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2002 7:48:42 AM EDT
Look at the Mag on that thing! Must be a .308
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Posted: 6/11/2002 8:14:54 AM EDT
Originally Posted By Stepped-init:
When I had my 6th birthday (1965) I got an army kit. It came with a od green overall and the greatest toy gun I've ever seen. It was a camo tommy gun with a full auto cap-gun setup. You would load a full roll of caps into the mag, pull the "bolt" back and then let it rip. Damn, never could get enough caps back then.
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Posted: 6/11/2002 8:48:37 AM EDT
Ok. Who here bid on it? Fess up![:D]
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Posted: 6/11/2002 8:53:20 AM EDT
Just about every kid on my block had one of the green Tommy Guns Christmas of 1966. They also made a Grease Gun. The wire stock extended and you turned a crank to fire the caps.
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VA, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2002 8:56:50 AM EDT
See...Mattel did make the M16 [:D]
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Posted: 6/11/2002 10:45:10 AM EDT
Originally Posted By thumbtrap:
Woah. Stop presses. Full auto cap guns existed? I've been wanting one for ages (but won't pay $762 for one). Once in a while I ponder ways to build one myself. Tell me more, this is the first I've heard. (Born too late I guess)
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CA, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2002 1:56:03 PM EDT
Dammit, I had one of those when I was a kid, but in blue with an animated fake red plastic "flash" at the muzzle. I trashed it like all kids do with toys they actually play with. It ended up in the trash after a few years. At least I still got my comics.
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Posted: 6/11/2002 2:03:01 PM EDT
Originally Posted By Noname:
Just about every kid on my block had one of the green Tommy Guns Christmas of 1966. They also made a Grease Gun. The wire stock extended and you turned a crank to fire the caps. |
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Posted: 6/11/2002 8:57:23 PM EDT
Originally Posted By Fly-n-hitch-hiker:
Yeah, I had one of those Tommy-guns too around '60-'61 I think. Mine was black with brown "wood". I couldn't get enough of Sgt. Saunders with that cool Thompson firing it one-handed behind his back and hitting a half-a-dozen "Krauts" every time. My buddies and I would play "Army" in the woods behind my house. We all carried Thompsons too. Man, what a racket we must have raised with all tose full-auto roll caps blasting! Musta really p.o'd the neighbors! I read every war novel and WWII book I could get my hands on. Believe it or not, on the cover of one of them it showed a GI walking through the jungle with a Thompson at the ready. The guy who painted the picture must have had used his kid's toy as a model for the painting as it had the "door" for the caps included on the magazine! True story. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2002 11:25:52 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 6/11/2002 11:28:50 PM EDT by RTA]
Here is my SKS with my brothers Mattel M16 Marauder.
[img=left]http://community.webshots.com/photo/16256965/16257133VbRQVriDOD[/img=left]
I had one also but I believe I busted it on some kids head back in the 60's.
This one still works and is in excellent condition.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/11/2002 11:32:01 PM EDT
Well since I did something wrong in trying to get the picture, try this.
[url]http://community.webshots.com/photo/16256965/16257133VbRQVriDOD[/url]
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PA, USA
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Posted: 6/12/2002 5:09:43 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 6/12/2002 5:10:41 AM EDT by eurotrash]
when i think of all the shit i used to have, its good to know i'm not the only one whos toys didnt survive childhood. along with my busting them, my parents couldn't wait to get rid of stuff. relatives, charity...ugh.
one thing i do remember from when i was very young, was this black wheeled cannon that fired big styrofoam type balls. i seem to recall a ramroad too...but am sketchy on the details. i got it for christmas when i was probably 3,4?
i remember loading that thing up and just firing all over the house. but particualry into the kitchen while my mom was in there tinkering. it had some pretty good range. oddly enough it just kind of disappeared one day. my parents still dont recall what happend.
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Posted: 6/12/2002 6:46:39 AM EDT
GEEZUS...I almost forgot...I HAD A BAZOOKA...ok...it wasn't real but a Bazooka is a Bazooka and it could shoot these little plastic look alike rockets and it was good for taking out the other guys machine gun nest...all of a sudden I'm not so jealous of these kids with the PS2 and Ninetendo games...we had better weapons as kids [:D]
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VA, USA
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Posted: 6/12/2002 9:25:05 AM EDT
The damn thing sold for $790!!! go take a look at the bid history, it only took 19 bids to go from $50 to $790!
Jake
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Posted: 6/12/2002 10:23:20 AM EDT
Great, now I can't get that stupid tune out of my head [i](The M16!, The M16!, The greatest rifle you've ever seen! Th..... had to be there I guess).[/i]
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Originally Posted By thumbtrap:
Full auto cap guns existed? I've been wanting one for ages (but won't pay $762 for one). Once in a while I ponder ways to build one myself. Tell me more, this is the first I've heard. (Born too late I guess) |
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