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Toys - Guns Not Butter

In the 60s and 70s when girls were playingate this one up.Another gun from the era that
with their EZ Bake Ovens and making butter,wasn't quite as popular and also very hard to
boys were playing with their guns. And boyfind was the G-Man Machine gun made by
did they have a ton of them to choose from.Linemar. The gun is battery operated and
In this second of a 3 part series, we'll takemakes quite a loud noise when you fire it.
a look at some more of the guns kids had toThe gun is very odd looking, which may be
choose from during those times.In ourpart of the reason that it wasn't very
previous article we talked about the Man Frompopular when it came out.In the late 50s
Uncle set. Well, that wasn't the only spythere was one really odd looking gun that
set that you could get during the time. Thecame out which was actually quite popular.
1960s also saw the Secret Agent TransmitterIt was the Hubley "Secret Rifle" that had
Gun. This was a very unique piece ofvery odd ejectable bullets. It had a cocking
equipment. It looked like a radio but itmechanism like no gun before or after it. If
fired bullets. It's not very big at 5 inchesyou yank on the handle the gun actually
by 3 inches and doesn't look very real. Butextends. The gun comes with 7 brass bullets
kids loved playing with this thing because itthat you insert into the cartridge. The
was so deceptive. The gun actually came withbullets eject through the wide window in the
plastic bullets that when you loaded themgun. The gun itself is made of a combination
into the radio and pulled the trigger theyof plastic and metal. It's hard to say that
came flying out. This was probably one ofthis gun looks anything like a real gun
the more dangerous toys of the era.GI Joe wasbecause of its odd appearance.And if you are
a very popular action figure of the 60s.looking for something small that you can fit
Well, there was no way toy makers weren'tin the palm of your hand, there was the Mini
going to cash in on the GI Joe craze and givePistols of the 60s. The guns included a 45,
the kids a gun that they could holdLuger, Patroller and a Derringer. These guns
themselves. Enter the GI Joe Machine Gun.were literally smaller than your hand. Each
The gun was 25 inches long and you had toone came with 5 bullets. Each gun came in
have a bit of strength to pull back theits own color and none of them looked very
firing bolt. This was one very well madereal. But they were certainly fun to play
weapon. The gun comes with a strap so youwith.In our last installment of this series
can hang it on your shoulder. The multiwe'll take a look at some guns from the old
coloring of the gun doesn't make it look verywest and other odds and ends.
real but it still does look very cool. Kids



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