Did you keep a special Christmas toy?
With the holiday season soon upon us, I was wondering if any of you have kept any special toys from a Christmas past? In 1957, my older brother and I received a pair of Hubley "Colt .45" cap guns. We were so proud of those guns even though they were huge for a couple of kids! They used "real" cartridges with "Greenie Stick-'em caps". Here's a picture of us on Dec. 25, 1957 (I'm the little blonde-haired boy. I was wearing my Colt, too, but it's hidden by my baby sister's basinette).
I lost my brother in Vietnam in 1968 but I kept his "Colt" with mine all these years. Here's a picture of them hanging on my wall that I took today. On Christmas of this year, they will be 50 years old and still work great! Do you have any special toys you kept?
I lost my brother in Vietnam in 1968 but I kept his "Colt" with mine all these years. Here's a picture of them hanging on my wall that I took today. On Christmas of this year, they will be 50 years old and still work great! Do you have any special toys you kept?
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My Daisy BB gun, Got for Christmas in 1965 ! 0 -
Wow. What a tear-jerker. Thanks for sharing and God bless your brother. 0 -
Thats a great story, they look great, and god bless your brother. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Spider7115
With the holiday season soon upon us, I was wondering if any of you have kept any special toys from a Christmas past? In 1957, my older brother and I received a pair of Hubley "Colt .45" cap guns. We were so proud of those guns even though they were huge for a couple of kids! They used "real" cartridges with "Greenie Stick-'em caps". Here's a picture of us on Dec. 25, 1957 (I'm the little blonde-haired boy. I was wearing my Colt, too, but it's hidden by my baby sister's basinette).
I lost my brother in Vietnam in 1968 but I kept his "Colt" with mine all these years. Here's a picture of them hanging on my wall that I took today. On Christmas of this year, they will be 50 years old and still work great! Do you have any special toys you kept?
I had one of those puppies when..was a young'n myself.... Every toy I had when I was a child is lost... (Not by my doing)
This is still my fav toy gun of all time.... I have a nice collection of toy guns... A nice one of these still eludes me...
They bring a good price in minty shape!!!0 -
Not toys, exactly. The only two Christmas presents I got as a child that I still have are a Benjamin .22 pump pellet rifle and a Marlin 99C .22 rifle. 0 -
I still have my 11-48, that i got when i was 10.If that counts..
Absolutely NOTHING... Compared to yours,and your brothers .45 Colt greeny-6shooters...Them R some fiiine iron...May the good lord bless and keep your big brother..
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I have all my stuff I received for Christmas Gifts.
The gun my parents gave me, is my little .22.0 -
Still have some Tonka trucks from the '60s. They are at our home place in Montana, upstairs in the shop. 0 -
nylint fire truck big extending ladder. still have picture i think around 1973.had a couple of offers over the years still have it though. 0
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