60s Mattel M16 toy rifle poster/ Other toy posters.

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Wasn't this the same weapon John Wayne carried in The Green Berets

 

Great period poster though, if you inlarge it we can just makeout a 1967 date.

[hawkdriver]

Holy cow! I had one of those. Had a little hammer inside the magazine that rapped on the side with rapidity to make the auto fire sounds.

[BEAR]

Looks like the same one John Wayne smashed against the tree in GREEN BERET.

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Looks like the same one John Wayne smashed against the tree in GREEN BERET.

 

Thats right, if I,m not mistaken, somewhere on the Forum is a captured still/frame of the Duke with this in his hand right before he smashes it.

[aerialbridge]

http://www.imfdb.org/wiki/Green_Berets,_The

[kammo-man]

Well well well .

 

you learn something new every day .

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In the same basic vein, I found these old Army related comoc book ads, I remember these well, it those comic books back then, comics like Sgt Rock, Weird War, the Haunted Tank, etc.

 

 

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This one I posted down in the Non Misc forum, but I'll post it here too.

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This one of course is not really Military related but I remember the ad well.

[blackhawkdown]

I still have my maurader m16 from when I was a kid. It still works to some degree.

Dan h

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And this Classic of Classics ad, Charles Atlas and the Wimpy guy at the beach, I always loved this ad

[38Driver]

I had a couple of different toy Tommy guns that made great noise. I also remember a toy M14 that looked real to us kids, that shot plastic bullets and a grenade.

 

It was a different time

[Sabrejet]

Kevin...we ran a fun thread along these lines on toy guns a while back...maybe you've already seen it? I just did a quick trawl through the archives but failed to locate it, but it must be there somewhere?!

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Kevin...we ran a fun thread along these lines on toy guns a while back...maybe you've already seen it? I just did a quick trawl through the archives but failed to locate it, but it must be there somewhere?!

And here it is 7 Pages worth of FUN.

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/96191-toy-gunstime-for-some-nostalgia/

[Sabrejet]

That's the one...thanks Kevin! Those were the days. Nowadays, PC dictates that they are all made of day-glo pink plastic!!

[38Driver]

And here it is 7 Pages worth of FUN.

http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/96191-toy-gunstime-for-some-nostalgia/

 

Now that's a trip down childhood lane. Fun to see images of that camo Tommy gun. Same as the one I lugged around. How else could you pretend to be Sgt. Saunders from Combat!

[USMC RAIDER COLLECTOR]

I loved my Mattel Marauder M-16. I had to use mine to fight off an older sister. It worked wonders when I hit her between the eyes with the buttstock. That gives the term " Assault Weapon " a whole new meaning. If you watch the movie " The Green Berets " you can see that he breaks a poor Marauder against that tree.

[doyler]

I had a set of the Revolutionary soldiers.They were very tiny,maybe a quater inch tall.

 

Dont forget the "Sea Horses" you could order as well.I remember my dad having an old Johnson-Smith catalog full of novelties dating to the 40s.THey still had catalogs in the 70s as well but not as much to offer.

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I had a set of the Revolutionary soldiers.They were very tiny,maybe a quater inch tall.

 

Dont forget the "Sea Horses" you could order as well.I remember my dad having an old Johnson-Smith catalog full of novelties dating to the 40s.THey still had catalogs in the 70s as well but not as much to offer.

This is the one I remember from those days doyler, what the hell were these anyway

[Jack's Son]

OH YES.......the strategically placed tail fin!

[US Victory Museum]

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http://www.snopes.com/military/m16.asp

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http://www.ar15.com/forums/t_3_123/472520_Mattel_M16.html

 

You know I could have swore I seen a Mattel one at Fort Benning when I was in Basic and AIT, a guy in my platoon had one.