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Back When Toys Were Fun! UPDATE 9/29/21
- Thread starter Iron Mike
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I read that one of the guys who invented commercial TV was very disappointed in the quality of TV shows until he watched the moon landing live. He then said it was all worthwhile.
paddy
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I grew up in the later 60's and most toys were based on WWII, Action man ( i think you had GI joe), everything airfix, toy guns , all the comic books were stories about beating the bosch , The battle of Britain was our Alamo 
Now we dont mention the war because it might upset the Germans and political correctness has gone mad.
As a nation the UK is forever being required to apologise for our colonial past 200 years ago yet we are expected to forgive the Germans just 70 years ago so much so that we are called racist just because we wanted to leave the European Union..
You cant buy toy guns anymore, if a child was out on the street with a toy gun and armed response team would be called to disarm him.. i an not joking.
Its a completely different world now for kids.
Now we dont mention the war because it might upset the Germans and political correctness has gone mad.
As a nation the UK is forever being required to apologise for our colonial past 200 years ago yet we are expected to forgive the Germans just 70 years ago so much so that we are called racist just because we wanted to leave the European Union..
You cant buy toy guns anymore, if a child was out on the street with a toy gun and armed response team would be called to disarm him.. i an not joking.
Its a completely different world now for kids.
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Rhino
Super Moderator
He did. He was only 63. An optimist and full of cheer all his days, I understand.
Iron Mike
Master At Arms And Resident Curmudgeon
Here's another awesome treasure trove.
Vintage Army Toys (jeffs60s.com)
There's a TON of fun stuff on this site.
Those were the days!
Vintage Army Toys (jeffs60s.com)
There's a TON of fun stuff on this site.
Those were the days!
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Heavens Eagle
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My brother and both had Secret Sam brief cases that were loaded with stuff. We also had a ton of Mattel's Major Matt Mason space stuff. Then there were the Hot Wheels cars and track. The Hot Wheels stuff is still around someplace. (or at least it was at one time) The other things went away when our parents got rid of the stuff.
As to the Vintage Army toys, my brother also had a Tommy Gun but it must have been a later version. It didn't use caps, but it had something inside that when you pulled the trigger it would do a clacking sound. As long as you kept pumping the trigger it would do the noise. Basically something inside would be spun up and something would be hitting something else until whatever was spinning quit.
As to the Vintage Army toys, my brother also had a Tommy Gun but it must have been a later version. It didn't use caps, but it had something inside that when you pulled the trigger it would do a clacking sound. As long as you kept pumping the trigger it would do the noise. Basically something inside would be spun up and something would be hitting something else until whatever was spinning quit.
Rhino
Super Moderator
We had a tommy gun and M16 that had sliding bolts you pulled back did the thump sound when you squeezed the trigger.
Who remembers this one?
Our battles were fought by shooting rubber bands at the Army Men. Generally the halftrack driver survived every action.
www.etsy.com
A Britain's B.A.T gun shot toothpicks. My buddy Rick Pinkerton lost all the original toy shells before I traded for it.
As the war raged on, air attacks were delivered by Monogram 1/48 Dauntless and Helldiver dive bombers. 1/48 Kanonenvogel Stukas also roamed the battlefield. I was REALLY good at dive bombing. The Speedy-D was my favorite ship. Scouting 6. USS Enterprise, 1942.
What fun!
Our battles were fought by shooting rubber bands at the Army Men. Generally the halftrack driver survived every action.
Britains B.A.T GUN 120 M/m Ref. 9720 1965-1971 Made in - Etsy Ireland
Britains Ltd 120 m/m B.A.T GUN (Battalion Anti-Tank) Reference 9720 Made in England Scale: 1/32 Length: 12 cm Model present in the English catalogue from 1965 to 1971. Model features: Propulse (safely) to two or three metres of small lead shells using a spring mechanism. Rising adjustable cannon
www.etsy.com
As the war raged on, air attacks were delivered by Monogram 1/48 Dauntless and Helldiver dive bombers. 1/48 Kanonenvogel Stukas also roamed the battlefield. I was REALLY good at dive bombing. The Speedy-D was my favorite ship. Scouting 6. USS Enterprise, 1942.
What fun!
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