jav
Single-Sixer
The man from uncle was my favorite show back in the day . They use to fight group called thrush I think if I remember correctly . My mom bought me the thrush gun it was like a ar style but more space age wish I still had it
Toys from long ago
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caryc
Hawkeye
I used to have a fountain pen that came in a Man from Uncle set. It would squirt water. It was neat to take into a bar and fill it from a pitcher of beer and pick out someone way across the room and let them have it. That thing could shoot so far, they never knew where it was coming from.
I had one of these. Should have kept it.
I had the kid toys such as the BIG erector set, a Daisy Red Ryder, Lincon Logs a 18" bike and other assorted stuff plus a nice toy box my dad built. In 1950, I was 7 YO at the time, my dad was called back into the USAF as a B-29 Gunner because of a little Police Action taking place in Korea.
All of my 5 YO sister's and my toys were sold at auction
. We had to travel lite, and all of our stuff had to fit in a suitcase. We took the train from Ohio to Oklahoma City/ Tinker AF Base, then to Montgomery, AL./Maxwell AF Base. Dad bought a 39 Olds for us to drive to and live on Travis AF Base CA. All of our stuff fit in the trunk. Mom also needed a car while dad was overseas.
Bottom line I didn't have any toys, except for 2 fancy cap guns and holster that I got for my 8th birthday, or a bike for a couple of years. Not a problem since I had started building model planes and making stuff out of orange crates. None of the other kids in base housing had much either. I sure did miss that erector set though. When I finally got a bike at 10 YO it was a girl's bike that was a hand me down from my aunt. Still no toys but at least I didn't have to walk.
All of my 5 YO sister's and my toys were sold at auction
. We had to travel lite, and all of our stuff had to fit in a suitcase. We took the train from Ohio to Oklahoma City/ Tinker AF Base, then to Montgomery, AL./Maxwell AF Base. Dad bought a 39 Olds for us to drive to and live on Travis AF Base CA. All of our stuff fit in the trunk. Mom also needed a car while dad was overseas.Bottom line I didn't have any toys, except for 2 fancy cap guns and holster that I got for my 8th birthday, or a bike for a couple of years. Not a problem since I had started building model planes and making stuff out of orange crates. None of the other kids in base housing had much either. I sure did miss that erector set though.
When I finally got a bike at 10 YO it was a girl's bike that was a hand me down from my aunt. Still no toys but at least I didn't have to walk.
I remember watching Combat, and my very liberal parents bought me a Mattel Tommy gun in the '60s.
caryc
Hawkeye
Wow, I don't remember that Tommy Burst set, or I would of had to have one !
jav
Single-Sixer
Sure wish we would kept some of those old toys
Anytime there was construction, we would also go there and play on the dirt piles. We would pick up clump of dirt and throw them at one another. The dirt would explode like a grenade. Look how we turned out!
caryc
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Armybrat
Buckeye
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My gosh I a cannot even calculate how many hours my Brother and I played with a Wiffle Ball and bat.
Man this brings back memories.
Man this brings back memories.
caryc
Hawkeye
OOhhh... that's pretty.
Armybrat
Buckeye
It was perfect to play pirate with when my family was stationed at Fort Brooke in San Juan, Puerto Rico 1950-1954.
The US Army Antilles Command Headquarters post was located within the walls of the 16th Century Spanish Fortress San Felipe del Morro.
Our dependents quarters were located in the treed area to the right of the tree-lined road leading up to the main citadel (which was my playground for those four years).
When the post was deactivated in the late 1960s and turned over to the US National Park Service, all the "modern" US Army buildings were demolished.
The Spanish Colonial buildings remain as part of the historical park complex.
Had set of the WOODEN ones. Also the erector set (wind-up motor) and the chemical set that was good for making 'stinky' stuff.
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Lincoln Logs, the LEGOS of their time...
bobski
Hunter
the uncle gun looked like a ruger mk1.
secret sam was the competition.
pretty sure the bond attache case shot plastic bullets on bottom too.
secret sam was the competition.
pretty sure the bond attache case shot plastic bullets on bottom too.
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bobski
Hunter
i had a tommy burst. used it so much i broke it. everyone in the neighborhood wanted to play with it.
el caminero
Blackhawk
I recall frank lloyd wright's son marketed them, named after ol honest abe. like legos, the set was never big enough...
