Arm yourself kids!

Arm yourself kids!

These TV licensed gun sets were likely made by HG Toys, who never missed the opportunity to put TV show logos on weapons. Getting a S.W.A.T rifle in my neighbourhood made you a kind of royalty back in 1977.
I personally used a stick combined with the “an-an-an-an-an-an” sound effect, which totally bit….

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7 Comments

  • Arkonbey on July 16, 2009

    I think I had that SWAT set, but I'm unclear.

    When I was just a little older, like ten, my grandpa showed me how to use a power sabre saw and then I made my own m-16 and ak-47 from plywood. I just drew one on the plywood, cut it out and painted it.

    Sure, I got a lot of slivers, but if mom wouldn't poly up the five bucks…

  • rob! on July 16, 2009

    Jim Henson's S.W.A.T. Babies.

  • John III on July 16, 2009

    Ahh, the good 'ol days when you could buy toy guns that looked real and not neon orange.

  • chunky B on July 16, 2009

    Those were the good ole days weren't they.

    I had that Python from Starsky and Hutch, we had a kid in our "gang" that couldn't play with toy guns so he was always a EMT, he also couldn't be a Fireman because the Axe, his parents were straaaange.

  • FilmFather on July 16, 2009

    Agreed, John III and chunky B. My childhood of the '70s seems even farther away when I see pics like this of our toy guns, compared to the cartoonish ones kids have to play with now.

  • The Bear on July 17, 2009

    Anyone remember Mattel's Marauder M16? I had that and it rocked! Not only did I fight against enemy communists, but it also did duty in my pretend Planet of the Apes world. Oh the fun! I wish I still had it…

  • Alphacentaurian on July 17, 2009

    Looks like S&H got a revolver and a .45 Colt (General Officer's Model), but SWAT got a M16 and what appears to be a P226 9mm Sig Sauer.

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