National Toy Hall of Fame (w/ pictures) What were your favorite toys as a kid?

National Toy Hall of Fame ^ | 12/24/06 | National Toy Hall of Fame

[Jack Deth]

Hi, Motley!

I'm very old school.

The Mattel "Fanner 50" cap gun. A functioning revolver based on the Colt "Peacemaker", that has sping loaded bullets that fired small plastic bullets.

There were also "Greenie Stick-On Caps" that were applied to the base of the bullets and made very loud "Bang!" each time the pistol's hammer hit the cap.

Mattel also made a full scale model of the M-16 rifle that didn't fire bullets, but made a lovely sound when the trigger was squeezed.

The Mattel "Marauder" was created and marketed through Mattel's contract with Colt Firearms Co. to make the real rifle's butt, foregrip and pistol grip during the heyday of the Vietnam war.

Jack.

[monkapotamus]

me = Atari or Star Wars toys

[MinuteGal]

A very well-made original Shirley Temple doll. She was dressed in an outfit from one of her movies.

I saw every one of her films when I was a kid.

Wish I still had that doll, it's worth a fortune today.

Leni

[SevenofNine]

OMG My brother had Atari 2600 I never come Atari game but he later on got Kleovision I THINK that name I am sure LOL!

[monkapotamus]

heheh colecovision?

[photodawg]

too funny! Sick, but toooo funny. Made my night. Thanks

[SevenofNine]

Yeah that one couldn't think of name Atari 2600 was a joke my brother broke his or one of wacky cousins

[Roccus]

Born, raised and lived there for more than 50 yrs. Then I moved to America after I retired. :)

[Swordmaker]

Chemistry Set - (Now, that one was a blast, literally! We could make explosives, and there is still, 50 years later, a stain (showing through the paint) on my mother's kitchen ceiling my youngest brother put there early one morning!)

The latest "Chemistry sets" are so dumbed down and made "child safe" that they are BORING, BORING, BORING. No alcohol lamps, no alcohol, no "dangerous" chemicals, nothing that can stain...

[Figment]

"There were also "Greenie Stick-On Caps"



They were called "Greenie Stickem Caps" and were for the Mattel "Shoot'n'Shell" line of pistols and rifles. The Shoot'n'Shell revolver was the coolest gun ever.

[politicalwit]

"The Mattel "Fanner 50" cap gun. A functioning revolver based on the Colt "Peacemaker", that has sping loaded bullets that fired small plastic bullets."

Ahhh, the old Fanner 50. I had one of those also but Mattel only made the holster for right handers. My father had a holster made for the left handed me....made by the Nocona Boot Company.

[PzLdr]

Toy guns.

[Jack Deth]

Hi, sig:

Nikki's a sweetie!


Nikki Haiku




What a huge Litter
Box I now possess.Without
clay that makes a mess!

If I stay right here
no one will see me. Later
I'll go on a spree!

It's smooth and has deep
walls. Lots of room, but no real
traction for my claws

I'll slip out later
when The Big One's asleep. Then
I'll probe shadows deep!

Getting acquainted
with so much space. Learning it
all with style and grace

The Window Sill is
Mine! The Big One will learn this
quickly over time


Jack Deth~ 12/24/06.

[Roccus]

"Back when boys were allowed to be boys."

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