Mattel commercials for their 1960's toy cap guns...

Post by Pydracor

Very old and in my eyes pretty interesting (and kinda funny): Two commercials from the 60s for toyguns, which seem to me like forerunners of PFC guns

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=6a2_1181456773
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=aMqd5EQXD-g

3$, oh man, if only modelguns were that cheap nowasays...

Post by shazhib

Looks fun!

I know people were bit bold (in anywhere in the world), but thing are lot more simple and easy in many extent. Good old days......when people are not talking about something politically correct. I heard you can buy a rifle at a department store in back in 1950-60 even in Japan.....

Post by schultzsgt

Boy did those commercials bring back memories for me as I had those toy guns when I was a kid. Boy did I give my age away. There was the lever action richocet winchester, an m1 garand with detachable bayonet(rubber of course). I still have a cap(roll type) fireing Luger made by Lone*Star. Unfortunately the rolled caps you can get now are not the same as back then. They were wider and the spots of powder were further apart. The ones now are too close and it skips so not all fire. Here are a couple pics of my capgun luger. I wonder would it be collectors item now dispite the paint chips


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Post by Doc

Shaz is right ..much better days although if I had a time machine Id go much further back ....about 480 BC !


Those tommy guns look cool

one here

http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-MATTEL-TOMMY-BURST-TOY-MACHINE-GUN-GREAT-LQQK_W0QQitemZ120210739979QQihZ002QQcategoryZ720QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem


although they do seem to be fetching $200 ....ouch

nice post though

DOC
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We need guns...lots of guns....

.... well anything mechanical that can kill people is interesting ...

Post by schultzsgt



The only problem I can remember about the cap firing tommyguns was after a time the residue from firing the caps would corode the hammer and the hammers would snap. We never tought back then as kids to clean and lube things. I don't think the white metal hammers were up to the stress on them we did abuse them when you think about it
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Post by Spencerman

After watching those adverts I want one of those sets, especially the snub nose that shoots!
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Post by Pydracor

And some more
These things really are cool, I wish I had had such guns as a kid... lucky guy, schultzsgt

http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=hR9ojNddiSI&feature=related
http://de.youtube.com/watch?v=4JSWruk6k-s&feature=related

Post by Claymore

that cowboy gun is brill and i am sure i had either that or something very similar although i dont remember it firing caps, it cam with a leather holster and was the nuts. Also used to have a FN SLR that fired plastic rounds which was a great copy.
brings back good memories doesnt it sad to think that kids in the UK are allowed nothing these days.

Post by shazhib

I heard very initial stage of MGC started up the company, MGC imported (or somebody else imported), dye in black and sell it as a model gun back in 1960. I assume those Mattel guns are something MGC was selling.

It is such a nostalgic view.....

Post by Spencerman


That fanner 50 looks like loads of fun, and you can still get them on ebay (us) along with the shells! Shame that you would probably be locked up if you imported that to the uk nowadays. I love the way that the bullets fire from those guns, they look just like the real thing (not exactly like the real thing, but composed of a bullet case and tip etc, not a bright red sticky dart) and work pretty much the same way too. Now it seems that not only are the toy guns bright pink or something, but they also dont really resemble the gun that they are supposed to be either.
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