I dah know. Nerf guns are pretty cool. We have nerf gun shootouts at our house occasionally. The young uns (12 down to below the age of recommended use) love it. Some of whom that have never experienced such a thing, take right to it. Some of the girls get downright blood thirsty.
Thanks for the flashback that reminded me of “The Rebel” tv series, a 76-episode American Western television series starring Nick Adams that ran on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961.
Just recently found out 80 percent of our military comes from the south. There is a reason Tennessee is called the Vols. It is short for Volunteers. We had the most. If FAFO was a state
I don't remember that cannon, but my uncle had miniature cannon on his desk. It fired a 50 caliber ball. He had all the implements necessary to put a scoop of Pyrodex, wading, ball, and fuse to set it off. It was loud.
Mattel even went on a thing where you could have a gun the looked like Cheyenne's or Bat Masterson's, or one of the Cartwright boy; grips, blue metal or nickel plate. The Good Old Days really were.
Had one, loved that darn thing. Had an Erector Set too, then along came Matchbox's, and GI Joe's. Lawn Darts where awesome. You where super cool if you had a BigWheel and could reach too speed and do a J Turn Bat stop in 5-8 feet. Life was good. Wore my wheels off it sliding and drifting, they where a total thrill if it had just rained and the oil come float atop the pavement. Then found out about go-karts and Mccholloch 91-B race engines. All that BigWheel drifting came in handy.
If you want to imagine a kid who thought he'd scored the lottery, you should have seen me on Christmas morning of 1964 when I opened up this thing. https://youtu.be/hGhYbg3KVu0?si=es8mRznapaPatzym
Neighbor-RIP- was a machinist and "primitive reenactor", built a Civil War mortar that would fire golf balls. There was a cemetery behind the woods behind their place where they would find them afterwards. I had to ask them to please let me know when they were going to touch that thing off as the dogs would go insane.
I didn't have one of those. I guess I'm too young to remember it. But I did have my favorite toys. Those times of youth...everything was brighter, smelled better, was happier etc. I'm 55 now, and I heat with a woodstove. I remember how wood smoke made me instantly think of Christmas when I was a kid. It was wonderful. Now, it only makes me think of cold. I ofcourse don't play like a kid anymore, but I still have my childlike brain and thoughts, even if I don't have my old childlike body. I miss those days. Those smells. Those great times. Thanks for posting this. I don't smile much anymore, but I did after watching this.
Someone in the neighbor had one. I had a bazooka that fired a plastic round and someone else had a mortar that lobbed shells. No eyes or finger were lost during battles. We played war, cops and robbers and cowboys and indians almost every day in grade school or some kind of sport. Little bastards today don't know what they missed.
I got a spring powered howitzer one christmas day, played with it,shot soft ball size plastic balls ... It disappeared that night. Never found out what happened to it.
I have one of those sitting on a shelf in my hobby room (formerly home office). That commercial is possibly the most politically incorrect commercial ever filmed. It's great.
I remember (but never owned) a home radiation lab, with a cloud chamber and everything.
I also remember we had a plastics thing. You’d put a mold on a platform and heat up a small sheet of plastic. When it was soft enough, you flipped the frame holding the plastic and a vacuum pump would mold it to whatever you set on the platform.
Kids today would never be allowed to have what we routinely played with without supervision.
What a cool cannon, never seen one here in the communist state of califuckingfornia. We made much smaller ones in metal shop, packed them with match heads.
I received it for Christmas one year... Played with it nearly everyday and won many battles with it...all that survived is two pictures of it now... One of it in the driveway battlefield and one of it under the Christmas tree
Do not remember ever seeing that.
ReplyDeleteI had one of these--
ReplyDeletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rvxcwxn0ao
Me too! And the later m-16. No cool toys today. Kids today just want a phone to sit play video games. I get them DIY kits from Lee Valley instead.
DeleteAs did I.
DeleteI dah know. Nerf guns are pretty cool. We have nerf gun shootouts at our house occasionally. The young uns (12 down to below the age of recommended use) love it. Some of whom that have never experienced such a thing, take right to it. Some of the girls get downright blood thirsty.
DeleteWow! I had one and my sister had one and we shot each other to our glorious pleasure!
DeleteThanks for the flashback that reminded me of “The Rebel” tv series, a 76-episode American Western television series starring Nick Adams that ran on the ABC network from 1959 to 1961.
ReplyDeleteGod save the South
ReplyDeleteJust recently found out 80 percent of our military comes from the south. There is a reason Tennessee is called the Vols. It is short for Volunteers. We had the most. If FAFO was a state
DeleteBeen that way for a long time. Bring up that factoid to a libtard. Their head will explode, and they'll call you a liar. Georgia!*
Delete*does not include Atlanta.
Plus the midwestern guys who didn’t want to live on a farm anymore and if like me, had the good common sense to marry a wonderful woman from Alabama.
DeleteI remember them. I didn't have one, but had the Union outfit with the revolver that shot plastic bullets. They stung at close range.
ReplyDeleteI don't remember that cannon, but my uncle had miniature cannon on his desk. It fired a 50 caliber ball. He had all the implements necessary to put a scoop of Pyrodex, wading, ball, and fuse to set it off. It was loud.
ReplyDeleteI didn’t have one, don’t remember the commercial, but do remember the song. Those were very simpler times back then.
ReplyDeleteImagine the exploding heads and vapors the libs would have if that was marketed today. I'm still pissed they managed to get toy cap pistols banned.
ReplyDeleteNemo
.................and the evil Confederate battle flag!
DeleteWhich is actually the Confederate BATTLE flag. We DamnYankees don' know nuttin'...
DeleteThere are several variations. Try Google.
DeleteMattel even went on a thing where you could have a gun the looked like Cheyenne's or Bat Masterson's, or one of the Cartwright boy; grips, blue metal or nickel plate. The Good Old Days really were.
ReplyDeleteHad one, loved that darn thing. Had an Erector Set too, then along came Matchbox's, and GI Joe's. Lawn Darts where awesome. You where super cool if you had a BigWheel and could reach too speed and do a J Turn Bat stop in 5-8 feet. Life was good. Wore my wheels off it sliding and drifting, they where a total thrill if it had just rained and the oil come float atop the pavement. Then found out about go-karts and Mccholloch 91-B race engines. All that BigWheel drifting came in handy.
ReplyDeleteThis was my all time best Christmas present as a kid. Damn… I wish that I still had that thing
ReplyDeleteIf you want to imagine a kid who thought he'd scored the lottery, you should have seen me on Christmas morning of 1964 when I opened up this thing.
ReplyDeletehttps://youtu.be/hGhYbg3KVu0?si=es8mRznapaPatzym
That OMA looks like something the DOD has been trying to give our armed forces for years.
DeletePaul J
surprised U didn’t ban that video with that “flag”.....
ReplyDeleteThere are two for sale on EBay. Circa 1961.
ReplyDeleteI wanted a Johnny Reb cap when I was a kid. My parents said NO. I have been wearing them for 50 years now
ReplyDeleteI had one and it was a lot of fun. It fired plastic cannon balls I also had the Blue and grey Battle set from Marx.I miss those times
ReplyDeleteI had one of those and the Blue and Grey Battle set from Marx They were cool toys
ReplyDeleteI had one of those! It and I were banished to the basement. Came a wee bit to close to the TV once. ;-)
ReplyDeletei had one. neat toy.
ReplyDeleteIt was, indeed, a Golden Age.
ReplyDeleteI missed something, so no more tgif
ReplyDeleteWhen we were a nation and composed of adults, and children.
ReplyDeleteNeighbor-RIP- was a machinist and "primitive reenactor", built a Civil War mortar that would fire golf balls. There was a cemetery behind the woods behind their place where they would find them afterwards. I had to ask them to please let me know when they were going to touch that thing off as the dogs would go insane.
ReplyDeleteI didn't have one of those. I guess I'm too young to remember it. But I did have my favorite toys. Those times of youth...everything was brighter, smelled better, was happier etc. I'm 55 now, and I heat with a woodstove. I remember how wood smoke made me instantly think of Christmas when I was a kid. It was wonderful. Now, it only makes me think of cold. I ofcourse don't play like a kid anymore, but I still have my childlike brain and thoughts, even if I don't have my old childlike body. I miss those days. Those smells. Those great times. Thanks for posting this. I don't smile much anymore, but I did after watching this.
ReplyDeleteMany of us are cut from that cloth.
DeleteHad a Lone Ranger rubber band pistol. I was a deadeye shot.
ReplyDeleteSomeone in the neighbor had one. I had a bazooka that fired a plastic round and someone else had a mortar that lobbed shells. No eyes or finger were lost during battles. We played war, cops and robbers and cowboys and indians almost every day in grade school or some kind of sport. Little bastards today don't know what they missed.
ReplyDeleteHEY!! What happened to FFF?!?
ReplyDeleteI got a spring powered howitzer one christmas day, played with it,shot soft ball size plastic balls ... It disappeared that night. Never found out what happened to it.
ReplyDeleteI had one of these too! I had forgotten about it until I saw this clip.
ReplyDeleteI have one of those sitting on a shelf in my hobby room (formerly home office). That commercial is possibly the most politically incorrect commercial ever filmed. It's great.
ReplyDeleteI remember (but never owned) a home radiation lab, with a cloud chamber and everything.
ReplyDeleteI also remember we had a plastics thing. You’d put a mold on a platform and heat up a small sheet of plastic. When it was soft enough, you flipped the frame holding the plastic and a vacuum pump would mold it to whatever you set on the platform.
Kids today would never be allowed to have what we routinely played with without supervision.
What a cool cannon, never seen one here in the communist state of califuckingfornia.
ReplyDeleteWe made much smaller ones in metal shop, packed them with match heads.
I received it for Christmas one year... Played with it nearly everyday and won many battles with it...all that survived is two pictures of it now... One of it in the driveway battlefield and one of it under the Christmas tree
ReplyDeleteI got the cannon for Christmas when I was young 50 years ago and it is still in the family and works just fine.
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