Steve600
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I have a lot of scars proving I grew up in the 60’s.Two miracles. That any of us emerged from childhood without being killed or maimed, and that our parents didn’t have a nervous breakdown from our craziness.
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I have a lot of scars proving I grew up in the 60’s.Two miracles. That any of us emerged from childhood without being killed or maimed, and that our parents didn’t have a nervous breakdown from our craziness.
Meh.
You can buy this right now on Amazon. Toy guns have always been solid sellers and always will be.
Nerf guns now are pretty wild too.
link? wife may like one of thoseDoes anyone remember a toy called 6th finger probably from the mid 60’s. They can out during the series the FBI and man from UNCLE era.
That, to me, points to a parent hiding it.Back in 78-79 or so, I found a, possibly Man from UNCLE, toy gun with a removable silencer in a store down on Cape Cod. I was 10 or so. It was amazing. I think I lost it on the trip back home a few days later b/c I don't recall ever seeing it again.
But the oroginal Lego sets had garbage wheels among other things and just a few colors.Super Elastic Bubble Plastic
Spirograph
Erector Set
Lincoln Logs
Also, that thing you heated up the goop to make bugs or creatures. Can't remember the name.
Legos were great, but of course, they are still around.
These are the cartridges used by this toy rifle and the M14 toy rifle. I had both. Great fun!I had a Johnny Eagle Magumba rifle with the genuine plastic ivory elephant on the stock. I even had (and don't judge me) a pith helmet to go with it.
Two miracles. That any of us emerged from childhood without being killed or maimed, and that our parents didn’t have a nervous breakdown from our craziness.
The Marx company produced plastic Lugers and M1911A1 pistols with moving parts. Slightly reduced in size to fit kid's hands. the M1911 fed plastic cartrides from a magazine and you manually worked the slide to shoot plastic projectiles and eject the plastic cases. The Lugers toggle worked a double-action style but did not have a working magazine. Those were the days!
I thought that was a folded up keltec.One of my favorite Christmas gifts in 1977 was the Remco "System 7", which was based in concept on the Johnny Seven. It had a built in periscope, parachute launcher, decoder, and quite a bit more. All features were activated with a super secret key ring that had a 7 on it that fit into locks on the rifle. I think every kid who got one of these lost the special key within a week! I've got one packed away, but it's missing some of the accessories, as most are.
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call me buzz killington but I cant believe more kids dont get shot running around with airsoft guns and the like. although i guess to do that you'd have to leave the house
View: https://youtu.be/IFuwV47fqrI
just picked this one up for my son...and me
link? wife may like one of those
Does it fingerbang?
Damn no five points of contact there!Mmmhmmm…lol
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Christmas morning, probably 1970. I remember the flip-up rear sight, but don't remember if it was a cap gun or batteries to make noise.I bought my nephew a Dukes of Hazzard car back in the early 80’s. That’s me sitting in the background. We went out gun shopping today, and we talked about that car. They bring big money, too bad he destroyed it. That confederate flag is a big no no in the woke universe.
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Human Lawn Dart.Damn no five points of contact there!
I remember taking rolls of caps, and smashing them with rocks. Do they still make cap rolls? My local hardware store used to sell a ton of them.does anyone remember the “MGC” cap guns? Ultra realistic (except for materials) I had a HK VP70 that I swore had a real VP70 mag.
There was a hobby shop in The old shoppers world mall in Framingham in the late 80’s that sold them.
It's funny how they have a Male hand modeling it, when it is meant for women.
Does it fingerbang?
I had one for real....Courtesy of US armyMy favorite growing up:
Lego still makes interesting models. I discovered this one right after I bought my Jeep:
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There's a couple of interesting documentaries on adults who build things with lego, amazing things. Here's a group of folks who made a life sized F-150 out of lego:
I like that. I may have to get one of those. What's the pulley wheel in the background? is that part of a desk lamp?
My lego jeep is a much older version
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My home is done in industrial/steampunk and I have various kinds of stuff like that lamp. It is indeed a pulley lamp and one of several in my home. I have 2 matching machine age lamps in my bedroom and even my bedroom set was custom created by a cabinet maker I found in Nebraska, and it's a guy and his wife and they make beautiful furniture. If you like exposed rough wood beams, wood floors and quirkiness I have that in spades. It's a pain to dust though. The same guy also built my audio equipment rack in my bedroom using reclaimed wood and cast iron hardware and I am always looking for little bits of machines and 19th century tech to display alongside my vintage audio equipment. It's what floats my boat I guess. I also have a collection of vintage tin toys including a couple of robots and wind up toy cars.
made for a man, yet soft enough for a woman!It's funny how they have a Male hand modeling it, when it is meant for women.
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