Why Can't Toys Be Like This Anymore........

[Rob10ring]

I don't even see the 3 pics I just posted either. I don't know what's going on here.

I see the images that you posted. The one I put up looks more like a real gun that someone "stamped" the Mattel info on the mag area looks different than the actual toy photos that you posted. I think I remember my brother and I having those Marauders. Must have been late 60's /early 70's. My dad made sure we had a lot of toy guns, probably because of all of the hippies we had living around us. He wanted to make sure they never got a chance to indoctrinate us. I started shooting a 10-22 at 2. He'd hold it and have me pull the trigger. We were allowed to shoot in the desert before Feinstein.

[Big Frank]

All I see of page 1 is part of the first post. Then when I reply I see most of it below. And I can see page 2 now that there is one. This is so weird because I can read every other thread without any trouble and see all the pics and vids too.

[jaybet]

When I was a kid I had a great big 45LC in stainless with two pairs of grips- black or pearl. It had six cartridges that you had to eject from the cylinder. Each cartridge had a brass casing and a lead-colored white metal "bullet" that came out of the casing. You would take the cartridges apart and put a round, sticky cap on the back of the bullet.

it was DA or fanfire....I LOVED that thing, and I really wish I had it today.

[brosometal]

I missed most of these.  For the cap guns I had, the caps came in rolls and they stuck out the top after being fired.  Noise and paper shreds, my mom must be a saint.  I would have love the whole sticky caps, fake bullets, tommy guns with burst or single shot.  My folks needed to meet earlier and this wouldn't have been a problem

[mosbear]

Stop complaining, you guys!

Check this out http://www.hasbro.com/nerf/default.cfm?page=nstrike_blasters

Just got the Recon CS-6 yesterday for my younger one, he slept with the toy gun last night. He was up and shooting before the school. 

Extra mags and ammo in every toy store.

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[PegLeg45]

I missed most of these.  For the cap guns I had, the caps came in rolls and they stuck out the top after being fired.  Noise and paper shreds, my mom must be a saint.  I would have love the whole sticky caps, fake bullets, tommy guns with burst or single shot.  My folks needed to meet earlier and this wouldn't have been a problem

Same here.....growing up in the 70's, I missed out on the "good stuff".
I did have a pair sixguns that had the side compartment that flipped up so you could put the rolls of caps inside. They were styled after Remingtons and made out of pot metal and were heavier than regular cap guns. A friend of my dad's made me a matched pair of holsters for them. At six years old, I was "Hell on a Huffy". I also had a double action that used the little red plastic rings of caps.
The good thing was that I had an Uncle that owned a country store in our small town and he kept me well supplied with free ammo.

Man, sometimes I miss those days.............

 

[tombogan03884]

Same here.....growing up in the 70's, I missed out on the "good stuff".
I did have a pair sixguns that had the side compartment that flipped up so you could put the rolls of caps inside. They were styled after Remingtons and made out of pot metal and were heavier than regular cap guns. A friend of my dad's made me a matched pair of holsters for them. At six years old, I was "Hell on a Huffy". I also had a double action that used the little red plastic rings of caps.
The good thing was that I had an Uncle that owned a country store in our small town and he kept me well supplied with free ammo.

Man, sometimes I miss those days.............

 

Yes, $.10 for a box of 5 rolls of caps beats the crap out of $17 for a box of .45's 

[Big Frank]

Yes, $.10 for a box of 5 rolls of caps beats the crap out of $17 for a box of .45's 

And when you smash a boxful with a sledgehammer they're almost as loud as a .45.    That's one of the few things about my childhood that makes me smile.

[Teresa Heilevang]

Jumbofrank..
 You and I were obviously on the same page as kids. 
Sometimes the sparks kinda stinged..but the result was worth it.   

I did that quite often.. along with rolling and twisting a big bunch of firecrackers together. Of course..had to put them in a can or other container to get more bang sound.. 
 

[jaybet]

When I was a kid we spent part of the winter in AZ- in the area that used to be between Mesa and Apache Jucnction(I think it's just all part of Phoenix now) Back then our house was on the edge of the desert and that was where I started shooting and playing with explosives. It was firecrackers and M-80s mostly. We'd run around looking for holes under bushes and toss little demo charges down there to see what came out.

One day we had spotted a big rattler in a wash. We stood on the bank and tossed firecrackers at it 'till it disappeared. (I didn't say we were kind young men)  Then we found a big burrow- almost a foot in diameter. We lit up a double dose of M-80 and tossed them in and BOOM! blew the entrance all open. Three seconds later a screaming badger demon came out of that hole and we stated running. i don't think it followed us very far, but we will never know. We didn't stop running 'till we got to my friends porch.
Those were the good old days...ten year olds roaming around with pistols and explosives.  /color]