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I remember those, I had the Mogambo Hunting rifle set and later on the Johnny Seven OMA, it even fired various projectiles: bullets and rockets, grenades. I had a Mattel Tommy Burst which was a full auto cap gun and a lever action that you loaded a bullet into a cartridge case under spring pressure and it shot it across the room and at 10 feet would punch a hole through a paper target. Terrific toys for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by BPTactical
Some more I remember.....no wonder I'm such a gun freak now. When I was a kid, the only place that sold many of these was the local Safeway grocery store. And guess where I always went with Mom to.....
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Micro Machines rocked! Numerous cap guns, "realistic" squirt and airsoft guns, Ruger 10/22, Transformers and MASK, Star Wars toys (I'd be rich if I kept them), Honda z50r and Yamaha YZ80... So many.
Good thread!
My parents decided that I would be raised without guns. At 2 years old I had seen the neighbor kids playing guns. The next morning at breakfast I picked up the spoon and went "bang, bang" with it and they knew it was all over. They promptly went out and bought me a toy gun.
As for favorite toys...
legos were always big.
The original G.I. Joes. I even had the helicoptor and the jeep. I moved into the smaller ones when they came out as well.
Micronauts were a huge favorite
Star Wars figures
I had a bunch of Mazinger Z type of metal action figures from Christmas one year.
any sort of weapon...guns, swords, etc.
A Tonka Truck and a piano. I banged all of the ridges off the piano's keys with a hammer at the age of 5. I was then forced to play it daily for the next 13 years.
Books are food. My Erector set was my most used toy. I spent as much time devouring books as I did playing with the Erector set.Quote:
Originally Posted by KestrelBike
The one I was born with.. I used to play with it constantly.
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Originally Posted by asmo
Ron, awesome pics! I think the M14 was the same one you showed!
Not really a "toy" but one of the greatest things was growing up in a place with LOTS of open space. Wander for hours..
The Fall Guy set, my Knight Rider big wheel, and He-Man stuff (which is crazy but I still have a bunch of including Castle Greyskull) :)
Hot wheels, TMNT, and definitely Legos!