[tlb]

From the good old days of assault weapon commercials. You can tell it's Mattel. It's swell.

Also

Shootin' Shell 45 cap gun commercial ( Mattel )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR9ojNddiSI&feature=related

[deannadurbin]

LOL!

Those were the days.

[TMSuchman]

I can remember getting the “James Bond” det. kit as a kid. that was fun too. the stuff the kids get today, no way to use their minds and play outside. Just become mindnumbed robots/drones to do as they are told to do by big brother!

[Daveinyork]

I remember those safe shootin’ shells, the fanner fifty, and the swivel holster. Mattel made a lot more than Barbi dolls.

[CommieCutter]

I’d like to have that TODAY, at 34 years old.

[kickonly88]

LEO’s would be mowing kid’s down in the street if they were playing with something like that today.

[gigster]

Anyone recognize the the criminal?

It’s Otis!

[paulycy]

[traderrob6]

If I ‘m not mistaken that’s Andy Griffith’s “Otis the town drunk” both as the bad guy and pitch man.

[mamelukesabre]

The shootin shell is pretty cool.

Look at this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbGRcsxqcvU&NR=1&feature=fvwp

My favorite is at a minute and 27 seconds.

[Yardstick]

We had cap guns when I was a kid in the early 80s. The toy stores were full of them. Then in the 90s I remember noticing that cap guns were kind of rare. The shift came some time in the 90s, or maybe even late 80s.

[exit82]

I was into heavy artillery myself.

Johnny Reb Cannon.Remco,1961.

Still have what’s left of it.

[dead]

That commercial rocked!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

I have one of these:

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v17452676QesKNAgY#

[Vinnie]

A few weeks ago I was in a neat hardware store. They sell all kinds of ‘yesteryear’ stuff. Old remedies, soaps, tools.
Fascinating store.
Black Mountain Hardware in Black Mountain, NC. near Asheville.

Actually have cowboy cap gun sets! And caps.

[behzinlea]

One Christmas I got a Johnny Eagle "Magumba" safari rifle (looked a lot like a scoped Winchester Model 70) and matching pistol. They flung spring-loaded plastic bullets about 30 feet.

Two Christmases later I got a scoped bolt action .22 LR and put the toys away for good.

[NELSON111]

My 9 yr old just complained about the unfairness of this :-)

He should be given the same opportunities.

[mysterio]

Dude, that’s a cool toy.

[bannie]

Back in the VietNam War Mattel used to make stocks for the M16.

If it’s Mattel, it’s swell!

[NavyCanDo]

Just showed the clip to my 8-year old. his first words were “Oh Yea - I want one of those”

[FreedomGuru]

Today think of all the law suits for all the damaged eyes. I had the western style revolver that shot plastic spring propelled bullets.