Vintage Cap Guns: Baby Boomer Toys
To partake in such "games", many children were quite concerned about acquiring the appropriate attire and "weaponry" necessary for such endeavors. "Weapons" i.e., cap guns and cap rifles, rubber knives, swords, spears, bows & arrows, etc., as well as a multitude of suitable clothing options and paraphernalia were available at many retail outlets.
Certain television serials, such as "Paladin" (Western), "The Untouchables" (Crime), "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (Spy-oriented), "Robin Hood" (Medieval), added fuel to children's interest in "good-guy/bad-guy" games.
Without a doubt, those times were very enjoyable to me when I was a child. And as many times as my friends and me "killed" each other, we didn't really die. And I don't think playing such games made us any worse off than the "couch-potato-generation" of kids today. ###
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Toy Cap Guns of Yesteryear Contents
- Roy Rogers Cap Guns - Top Picks for Collectors
- 1950's Roy Rogers Toy Cap Guns
- Vintage Toy Cap Guns for Sale
- Paladin - Have Gun Will Travel
- Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke: Famous for Quick Draw
- Collecting Toy Cap Guns & Western Memorabilia Books
- 1960s Mattel Shootin' Shell Cap Gun Toys
- The Rifleman Cap Gun Rifle
- Good Guy or Bad Guy: Which one were you?
- Cops & Robbers Toy Cap Gun Inspiration: The Untouchables
- The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
- Robin Hood
- Do you collect toy cap guns?
Roy Rogers Cap Guns - Top Picks for Collectors
ROY ROGERS' RIDERS CLUB (circa 1948)
Roy Rogers, with Trigger, addresses Roy Rogers' Riders Club audience members and delivers the Roy Rogers' Cowboy Prayer. Visit the MATINEE at the BIJOU Blog at http://matineeatthebijou.blogspot.com
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1950's Roy Rogers Toy Cap Guns
The 1955 Gold Classy Model R-60 Roy Rogers cap gun is rare and highly collectible. The cap gun's elaborate engraving includes "RR" and "Roy Rogers" in script lettering. The grips have Roy on a rearing "Trigger". Even with the hammer missing, the cap gun pictured is an excellent addition to a collector's display.
This 1955 Kilgore Roy Rogers toy cap gun has beautiful white pearl swirl "Trigger" horsehead grips. The cap gun breaks in the middle for inserting roll caps. Roy Roger's name appears in the engraving beneath the faux cylinder.
Vintage Toy Cap Guns for Sale
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Marshal Matt Dillon in Gunsmoke: Famous for Quick Draw
Collecting Toy Cap Guns & Western Memorabilia Books
1960s Mattel Shootin' Shell Cap Gun Toys
Agent Zero Secret Frontier Defender Toys
This is an excellent example of mid-1960s Mattel Shootin' Shell cap gun toys. The toy bullets for Shootin' Shell cap guns were in two pieces, a brass shell and a gray plastic projectile. They used Greenie Stick Em caps.
This particular 1965 Mattel Snub-nose .38 Shootin' Shell Secret Frontier Defender toy cap gun is in black finish with a gold revolving cylinder. The grips are walnut grained with a near-perfect Agent Zero decal on left grip top. Mattel produced "Durahyde" holsters for these cap guns. The cap rifle shown in the photo is a 1965 Mattel Agent Zero Rapid Fire .38 Special measuring 26" long.
The Rifleman Cap Gun Rifle
The Rifleman
Intro and photos of the Rifleman. Check out. http://www.riflemanconnors.com
Good Guy or Bad Guy: Which one were you?
When you played "cops and robbers" were you a good guy or bad guy? Why did you choose that role?
Were you a good guy or bad guy?
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Cops & Robbers Toy Cap Gun Inspiration: The Untouchables
The Untouchables defined "cops and robbers" games of the baby boomer generation. The Mattel Shootin' Shell snub-nose .38 toy cap gun was their choice of weapon.
Untouchables _ You Can't Pick The Number Pt 1-6
Eliot Ness attempts to crush a flourishing Chicago numbers racket.
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The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Trailer
Robin Hood
Do you collect toy cap guns?
If so, please tell us about your prized collection.
My favorite toy cap guns from the 1960s include The Rifleman by Hubley because of Chuck Conner's rapid firing in the opening scene of the television series. My Mattel Shootin' Shell snub-nose .38 and Mattel Tommy-Burst remind me of playing cops and robbers.
Daffy-Quacky wrote...
in reply to melba
Nothing wrong with that. And I think Johnathan Winters is hilariously funny,...I've always thought that since I was a kid.
Posted June 21, 2009
melba wrote
not many people know this but johnathan winters is a big collector of vintage cap guns and peanut mem.
Posted June 21, 2009
Steve Arlin wrote
I am a long time collector of western cap guns and holster sets. I have published a book on the toy holster sets with over 400 pictures in color.
It is called Young Guns and can be purchased by contacting me.
My email address is: rell1k@cox.net
Posted May 12, 2009
BevsPaper wrote...
I don't collect the cap guns but I sure remember them and the TV series that inspired them. I always liked Roy Rogers and the Maverick brothers.
Posted October 13, 2008
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