Military Toy Commercials 1960's

One of my projects in restoring these rare one of a kind television shows and commercials is to tell the story of the boomers that help shape America and the World rolling with their toys in their youth. One story would be to profile the men and women that went into the military. I'd like to hear from anyone who has a special toy collection along these lines that wouldn't mind being profiled as well.
Somewhere out there if you have home movies playing with toys during the holiday or birthdays I would get the films transferred for you free.
#Remco #TVDAYS #IraGallen #Navy #Airforce #Marines #Frogmen

[@mikey92362]

54 years old and I would buy that ball turret gun right now if I saw one.

[@suzi_mai]

Be extra neat to make it fire nerf projectiles!

[@mikey92362]

@@suzi_mai we have one here that fires nerf. It's ok. Problem with nerf is the bright colors. Looks like a toy. :(

[@briankorneff5604]

columbus flea market, NJ... im here because i saw one there and was looking it up

[@JustSomeWeirdo]

@@mikey92362 paint it black

[@man-o-war1685]

@@mikey92362 can’t blame them, your eyes are attracted by bright colors.

[@resolute123]

Shell casing on the naval boat was very impressive. Such detail you don't see in today's toys.

[@DerDrecksack87]

Not for 12,98 for sure.

[@DreBlomi]

​@@DerDrecksack87 in 1960 it's like 133$

[@DerDrecksack87]

@@DreBlomi of course, just tried to make the point how much everything including money has lost value.

[@fredmullison4246]

Remco's Walker Bulldog Tank had the exact same gun mechanism; fired a round and ejected a brass casing. And yep, I had that one, too.

[@drsssssssss]

modern nanny state would sue them to death after 1 in a million kids choked on it.

[@Db--jt7bt]

“The B-52 doesn’t have a ball turret. It only has a tail gun. And it first flew 10 years ago” -my dad in 1962, probably.

[@lonzo61]

You're right. I noticed that error, too. Only bombers that served in WW2 and Korea had gun turrets. Well, if we're talking ball turrets, it would only have been B-24s and B-17s during WW2.

[@Doesitmatter113]

@@lonzo61 B-29 had two. One on top, one on bottom.

[@lonzo61]

@@Doesitmatter113 Negative. They were powered, unmanned turrets--not ball turrets.

[@Doesitmatter113]

@@lonzo61 Same concept, but you're right.

[@Richardzmaxdragway]

Oh for god sakes fellows it was just toys in the sixties. who cares if the B-52 had a ball turret or not.... If I was a little kid in the early sixties I wouldn't have gave a s*** I think that's a cool toy.

[@michaelpelzek8882]

As a 26 year old the one thing i can say is these look really well built, in comparison to the garbage released today and for awhile.

[@barfuss2007]

today us kids play with real guns in the classroom...

[@spaghettismith8343]

Not for long....​@@barfuss2007

[@caribman10]

These are/were truly rich kids toys. In 1958 our monthly rent for a 2-bedroom apartment was $25. In 1960 we rented a 3 bedroom house for $40 a month. So no kid I knew was getting a $30 toy for Christmas.

[@jeffearle8172]

These were the toys we played with as children. None of us turned into mass killers as a result.

[@dlakoba4459]

i was thinking the same thing ~!!

[@SamhainBe]

So right Jeff and we played "army" all day on Saturdays with very realistic toy guns - outside with our friends, running around the neighborhood, getting lots of exercise, fresh air and sunshine.

[@jhonsiders6077]

But back then if we screwed up we got our bare bottoms spanked red and sore today if a kid was disciplined a parent would be jailed !

[@fscap811]

jeff earle Speak for yourself 😈

[@jeffearle8172]

@@fscap811 that pretty much all I can do, right?

[@DragonShield1776]

Every boy wants a Remco toy... and so do girls. 🤣

[@i-a-g-r-e-e-----f-----jo--b]

Tom Boys, lol.

[@hemming57]

I traded my toys for girls, and boy, were they expensive!

[@spurgear4]

Yup, bought a real airplane when I grew up too

[@lonzo61]

Well, about ten percent of boys are becoming girls, so the demand for Remco ball turret machine gun toys is sure to drop. Oh, and of the remaining 90% of boys, probably another 10% to 20% those are being raised to be sissies. Best not to invest in the military-industrial-toy complex these days.

[@TypeKK]

Equality achieved from that quote

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

You have to understand that in this era a big portion of kids’ fathers had some sort of military service. Even in my childhood (1970’s) a big portion of my friend’s fathers were vets. I played with military toys all the time.

[@MrArcher7]

In Ken Burns' documentary on the Vietnam war, the soldiers talk about how most of the adults they knew fought in the war. Their fathers, their uncles, their teachers. My father grew up in that era, I wonder if he had any of these.

[@joshmcgill4639]

Playtime. Playtime never changes

[@MrArcher7]

@@joshmcgill4639 the toys just get more advanced. Now we shoot down virtual planes in video games.

[@Bustermachine]

@@MrArcher7 It's a bit of stretch to say everyone fought. But it's fair to say everyone was involved in some way. And definitely that everyone knew someone who fought. My own great grandfather wasn't drafted because he was a steal foreman, and most of my great uncles were farmers.

[@theworldwariioldtimeradioc8676]

@@Bustermachine I didn’t say everyone. I said a vast majority.

[@ieajackson5518]

0:58 “and also girls”😂

[@Antelope2008]

Oddly Progressive.

[@Cavan357]

Toys were so much better than what kids have today.Also they were much less rushed commercials and so much more fun toys.

[@crystalrock18]

Not gonna lie that ball turret gunner toy looked awesome.

[@txgunguy2766]

Yeah it did. I'd love to have one even now.

[@crystalrock18]

@@txgunguy2766 you and me both. All these toys looked awesome to have, but also they weren’t cheap back in the early 60’s; I know my parents said if they spent that much on toys, my grandparents would have blown a head gasket. But that was back in the day when you spend $4-$5 on groceries.

[@bradphillips6287]

Some how I still have the box to the B-52 Turret ! My mom used it to hold rolls of Christmas wrapping paper. No way she liked the clattering sound of it. Soon the batteries disappeared. I'm sure the toy was my dad's idea. He passed away several months after that Christmas morning, though. I was 9.

[@Derpherppington]

sounds like a lie to me

[@Slickgoodlin]

I had the Remco Whirlybird helicopter, everything worked as advertised, probably the best toy I ever had. You could use the rescue hook to tow toy cars around the living room. Never really thought about the $9.98 price till now. My folks definitely weren't rich, but somehow they got it for me.

[@odinsson204]

I had that too. Wish I still had it.

[@truckerray7533]

I would love to have the helicopter now, lol! It was modeled after the Piasecki H-21 Workhorse/Shawnee "Flying Banana"!

[@ablemagawitch]

@@odinsson204 You can, just remember that price on EBAY is just the $9.98 price adjusted for inflation, it makes it sting a little less. Then convince yourself the rest of that price was rent for storage of your toy. It takes some mental gymnastics but you can convince yourself you're worth it. I am not ashamed of some of the old toys I bought just to have them again and the others ones that my parents wouldn't let me have. They're still fun to play with it, and friends still get jealous and wanna use them....

[@WitchidWitchid]

I wanted the helicopter too. But I did have a large toy plane. I think it was a C47 (the military version of the famous DC3). It had compartments for cargo and for carrying soldiers or paratroopers. On a fresh set of batteries it looked awesome with the propellers spinning and the landing lights, beacons, and nav lights on. Wish I had it today.

[@jamesburns2232]

The Whirlybird Helicopter was based on the CH-45 Army Chinook Helicopter - affectionately called the Sh!t Hook because you could hook all your Sh!t onto it and fly off. 🪖

[@captainjohn6923]

Had a life like Tiger Tank is the early 60s. That thing was huge! Worked on a Army style walkie talkie with wires running to it and firing cannon, with shell's you could fill with flour. My Mom got so mad, I used up a whole bag of her flour that Christmas day! All I can say is War is hell.. 🪖🎄... 🕶️🚬 ...

[@blockmasterscott]

That story about your mom's flour had me laughing hard! 🤣🤣🤣

[@doubleedgedfist1535]

Lol😂

[@andicog]

Tiger Joe it was called, we had one, made by Topper toys.

[@pbxn-3rdx-85percent]

Mom: You used up all the flour! Johnny: Hello Quartermaster? Could you send down a replacement bag of flour? You better hurry my mom's about to go ballistic. 😄😂🤣

[@whereswaldo5740]

I had one of those it was awesome.

[@johncartwright8154]

We were envious of these toys seen in US comics during the 1950s, not marketed here in England! I'm 73 now, and still hanker after one! 😁

[@neilbertuk1]

The UK did have good stuff, you have to admit that an Action Man was much better than GI Joe.

[@mohammedcohen]

WOW!!! I wanted the ball turret twin MGs so bad when I was a kid...

[@JD-wn3cc]

I want it now!

[@HootOwl513]

I had one. The ammo belt broke. Also had the Steve Canyon Jet cockpit. With the neighbor kids, we used to make a whole bomber crew and play doing long missions.

[@mohammedcohen]

@@HootOwl513 ...a guy who rented the front store on my dad's property in Fort Lee, NJ had a toy store and every once inna while dad would let me go and look around...I actually got my grubby little mitts on this once...

[@codenameak3402]

Kinda like millennium falcon turret

[@toastnjam7384]

@@HootOwl513 My friend had that. I used to borrow it all the time.

[@Cosmicblast77]

The best and happiest memories as a kid in the early 60s playing war with the neighborhood kids. Had the most realistic toy guns and imitated the soldiers of the tv show, "Combat".

[@beartooth867]

Sarge

[@aprillagman5113]

Narrator:you are never out of ammo Also narrator: JuST ReLOaD

[@terrybutler1911]

This is my wifes account. I am 72 yrs old , I knew when I was 12 that those were the days. What a time to be alive at that age.

[@rascal0175]

I’m about to turn 76. I can’t decide between the ball turret set and the frogman. I still miss Remco and their 40mm anti-aircraft gun.

[@lonzo61]

@@rascal0175 Every boy should have a 40mm AA gun. Hell, I'd like one!

[@rascal0175]

@@lonzo61 I wish you could have seen the Remco commercials for this post-war toy. TV was filled with war history, war movies, and the Korean War was on the news at 5/6 and 11. Our families fought WWll. Kids knew about banzai charges, kamikaze’s and nazi death camps. A friend had a full nazi officer’s uniform hanging in his basement complete with the bullet hole that killed him. War surplus was everywhere. As kids we would have kicked Marylyn Monroe under the table in favor of a Remco 40mm quad mount, know in kid slang as “poppers.” A few years later we would have chosen otherwise. Oh, and that commercial, it was you or them, and it was gonna be them. Years later I joined the Army to become an Airborne Ranger. Funny what a little TV will do to a kids future choices.

[@rickdaystar477]

I had the helicopter. Unfortunately in the 80's my mother had the attic cleaned out and all my toys of the 50's were put in the trash. Robbie the Robot and everything else is gone.

[@keithallver2450]

That Robbie the Robot would have been a collector's item worth some bucks now.

[@fscap811]

Rick Daystar My mother threw out all my baseball cards from the 50s and early 60s, my comic book collection that had Superman and Batman issues from the 40s and a bunch of other things that probably would have enabled me to retire years ago after their sale.

[@rickdaystar477]

@@fscap811 Unfortunately that's a typical story. I always thought my mother would ask me if I wanted any of my childhood toys ect. Nope! They were out of her way in the attic but one day her " Spring cleaning" went nuclear...LoL.

[@fscap811]

@@rickdaystar477 Every once in a while I would remind her that I probably would've been rich if not for her spring "cleaning"...cleaning it was, it cleaned me out 😂

[@alfrede.newman6626]

@@fscap811 .. 🤣.. My little sister got into a box with my Xmen collection i had forgotten about ( issues 10 through 60 something around that .)... along with early Avengers and others. ....Crayons.. 😝

[@PaulNelson980]

My memories:My Grandmother worked at a grocery store on top self were Remco and other toys .That I would dream of .My father was in the Air Force and at the time didn’t have rank so we had little money.And $12.00 $9.00 dollars was a lot of money to us.I did have some of this cool toys but they were special occasions Christmas or you did something special to earn one.But to see see and wish for and think of the adventures you could have with them.See this brings back found memories.Thank you.

[@zzaacchh]

$120 for a dinky toy is still alot for most people

[@polancanintospace8158]

These toys honestly seem better than what we have now.

[@MalcolmDoyle-e6x]

I was not born when these commercials came out, but apparently Remco made some great toys.

[@WitchidWitchid]

Remco, Ideal, and Mattel were the 3 big toy companies of the 1950s and 60s.

[@blockmasterscott]

I grew up with the 12 inch GI figures. Almost all of my toys were about WW2 fighting, and cowboys and indians! 👍

[@johngillon6969]

when my kid was totally into barbie and ken, i bought her a G.I. Joe, and Barbie finally seemed satisfied. He could wear his clothes and also kens preppie outfit fit him also.

[@korbell1089]

@@johngillon6969 LOL, while watching this I flashbacked to when my daughter wanted a Ken doll but I bought her a G.I. Joe instead. She was upset until I pointed out that Ken came with a pink shirt, G.I. Joe came with a machine gun!😁

[@johngillon6969]

@@korbell1089 I surprised my little girl with a green bicycle. She wouldn't ride it because she wanted the pink one. It's ok. she turned out wonderful, just wouldn't share my passion for bicycles. she had a passion for piano, then the violin and viola. she played in school orchestra and hung out with those kind of kids so never got in trouble. i was lucky.

[@BHARGAV_GAJJAR]

What was that 12 inch toy GI figure called ?

[@imaouima]

@@BHARGAV_GAJJAR GI Joe. The cowboys and Indians were probably Johnny West.

[@johncobourne]

I had a "Johnny Eagle" in the late '60's. It was a pretty realistic toy M-14 rifle that fired spring loaded plastic projectiles out brass coloured plastic cartridges. I was the envy of the block, until I inevitably broke the thing. Also loved the Sekiden pistols that fired clay pellets. Made in Japan and was the closest thing to a Walther PPK you'd find in the toy store. A must for any young James Bond fan. Good times. Played with stuff like this all through my childhood and never became a violent person. Could it have something to do with competent parenting and good role models?

[@johngardner1290]

Same here.

[@jeffearle8172]

@@johngardner1290 ditto!

[@russelllamonaco2283]

Same her My dad bought me the m14 then when Mattel put out the m16 ,the one john Wayne used in the movie the Green Beret ,when he smash it against the tree .Good old days.

[@10mmfan]

Back when each state could decide on what to teach its students. Usually the core basics needed in life, some morals with a healthy dose of common sense thrown in. Schools were old and coal heated with boilers yet somehow we learned so much more. Gone are the days of common sense and morals and yet our children go to new state of the art school buildings with millions spent on athletic stadiums. The country is screwed.

[@tartrazine5]

Yes. Most mass shooters didn't have a dad. Because of course they didn't.

[@schallrd1]

The Navy ship was pretty cool with plenty of fire power.

[@kittymervine6115]

I LOVE THE AND SO DO GIRLS!!! with two brothers, this would have been my favorite gift!

[@RobertL.JonesJr-hz8vl]

I remember from back in the 60s as a child having GI Joes, a Seaview toy submarine, and my Play guns from then. Those were the days.

[@michaelschramm1064]

Loved my yellow Seaview that actually fired torpedoes.

[@agb1953]

Saw these commercials while watching Saturday morning cartoons long, long ago.

[@MrGchiasson]

Don't forget the cereals..like Sugar-pops..and Cap'n Crunch Two days worth of sugar in every spoonful! And...we're still here

[@wramsey2656]

WOW these toys were HUGE in scale i love it!!! We need these guys to make them again !!

[@Doggeslife]

The 1960 helicopter toy would be $148 in today's dollars. In 2023 you can get one that actually flies for that price now.

[@davidh9844]

We have them. They are called "Drones". They only cost about $50-100, they really do fly, and back in 1960 would have cost around $5.

[@jamesrolfe9400]

@@davidh9844 but they don’t have actual compartments to hold entire squads of army men and one or two Vulcan cannons!

[@Bustermachine]

@@jamesrolfe9400 I think the ability to actually fly is a fair trade off. XD Also, we still have fancy plastic minies, and you can make as many as you please with a 3D resin printer. It's an enjoyable hobby to print and paint them.

[@JeepWrangler1957]

I served in Vietnam, dad was a WWII vet and my brothers served in the First Gulf War and the GWOT. None turned into mass shooters. My dad's firearms were in his closet and were unlocked. We knew what was in store if we touched them....the sound of a belt clearing the belt loops on his trousers was a distinct sound that you did not want to hear.

[@manofsan]

today's kids have their lawyers on speed dial

[@richardhockey8442]

@@manofsan 'You've been bad... No TikTok for you tonight'

[@JeepWrangler1957]

@@richardhockey8442 😂

[@elchaposexcitingadventures1674]

Exactly. I was more afraid of that belt than my dad!

[@ivanleterror9158]

My uncle would make use of the same 'persuader' if we didn't quiet down and go to sleep. How come I haven't rented a truck and driven through the local mall?

[@Mokkers_stuff]

"and so do girls" tacked on at the end of each commercial, lol! I particularly liked the frogman because, and this is schoolboy in me coming out, it didn't look like a propeller was moving him forward, it looked more like he had "excess gas"!

[@crucialbeatle7935]

Man I wish kids toys these days had this much thought and effort put into them, the turret and battle ship are by far some of the coolest toys I have every seen

[@pschroeter1]

I remember looking through the huge Sears Christmas catalogue and half of it would be toys. I remember there would be various sized of toy soldier sets and some of the were monstrously large.

[@CIintB3ASTW0oD]

What year?

[@thedbcooperforum]

Sears, JC Penny had them to, looked at the year round..

[@pschroeter1]

@@CIintB3ASTW0oD About middle 60s.

[@EWAIRCRAFTONTOP]

I WOULD LOVE THAT TURRET!

[@pookatim]

My generation! It was the best time to be a kid in the history of the world.

[@rongruberman1608]

I was just wondering maybe not mass murders But so many people mostly men have never lost that Inclination to have a gun . Makes you wonder how we were steered with toys and commercials. To have to own more and more guns .

[@scottjoplin3601]

Holy moly I would love these when I was younger and still do now

[@ralphpastine4587]

I’m 41 and was a child of The 80’s and I want that ball turret toy so Badly lol

[@bonk747klm]

im 13 and want the ball turret toy

[@sayhey7482]

@@bonk747klm im 70 had one when 1st released now I WANT IT BACK !!!

[@timothytikker3834]

I remmber the ads for the ball turret gun toy from Renco. A neighbor boy got one, so my mother and brother and I went over to see it. My mother thought it was a disappointment, a far cry from how it was depicted in the TV commercials, so she never got one for us!

[@timothytikker3834]

BTW, $9.98 in 1964 is equivalent to $97.66 in 2023.

[@Wa3ypx]

I remember being on vacation at a Holiday Inn, they had a pool and some kid had the frogman. 50 yrs ago

[@trevorgwelch7412]

In the 1960's children had to use their IMAGINATION when playing with toys .

[@felixmadison5736]

OMG! Does this video bring back memories! I haven't seen these toys in 60+ years! A few of us in the neighborhood had at least of of these Remco toys, and what fun we had with them! I'm 74 years-old, and I remember those Remco toys very well. My brother and I were always hoping to get Remco products for Christmas or birthday. Just about every boy I knew back in the late 1950s and 1960s owned some kind of toy gun. We all had them and had lots of fun with them. No one every got shot, or went out and became a mass killer. Just about every t.v. show had detectives, cowboys, and soldiers carrying guns and shooting people in each episode. Even with all this, we were nowhere near the sad point we are today with all the mass shootings. One toy I didn't see here is the Remco Bulldog Tank. My neighbor had one and it was pretty awesome for us kids. BTW, that $13.98 toy would cost a dad about $100 today.

[@carsten4594]

I remember Mattel coming out with a "Bombs Away" game in the late '50s. These were bombs on parachutes launched at a ground bullseye target. Someone objected loudly enough that the game was quickly modified to be "Chutes Away", a paratrooper game advertised by Dick Van Dyke. Great memories.

[@Bustermachine]

That one I can kind of understand given the anxiety over the world ending in atomic fire.

[@darkwood777]

The flames after the explosions was probably lighter fluid set off by the firecrackers. Good work kids.

[@scottward7813]

That ball turret is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen!

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

Somehow my Mom was able to buy one for me one Christmas. She saved a long time for that toy, and it was basically the only toy I got that year (my Mom had just became a widow.) I loved it!

[@UberChargeGaming-ek4nm]

@@KeithCooper-Albuquerquehow much is it todays money?

[@PsyduckIsTheBest_]

Man, I never saw these, I wasn’t even alive when this stuff aired. It’s fascinating to compare these over enthusiastic ads from the 60’s to todays ads.

[@robertboeger1456]

I had one of these as a child... hoowa brothers and sisters

[@6omega2]

I got curious and had to run the numbers through an inflation calculator. A toy with a price of $11.98 in 1964 would be about $117, adjusted for inflation, today. That confirmed my hunch that a lot of these toys were "not exactly cheap" back in the day.

[@avus-kw2f213]

F for all the kids who saved up all their money and didn’t spend it on toys like this

[@cnfuzz]

Must have been a healthy profit margin for that plastic , you remember these cheap asian tin toys that cutted in your fingers

[@charlesappleget4657]

That's true...You know everybody sees those prices, and loses their mind...lololololol Dad worked 2 full-time jobs, six days a week. He was a depression era kid, and you couldn't give him enough money. The common phrase at our house was "We don't have any money...Put it on your christmas list" Christmas was bangin' at our house, but you didn't get high dollar stuff.

[@patrickmcgrath5411]

I WAS 8 YEARS OLD IN 1960'... MY FAVORITE TOYS ❣️👍

[@davidsiller9078]

I love REMCO toys! Had many in my youth.

[@octaviovaladaoferreirinhad2689]

Those commercials are gems!

[@Atomic_Bomber-man]

Yeah that was so what it is.

[@bulletsalad6914]

These have to be some of the coolest toys I've ever seen. Love the remco battleship

[@edwinkirkland8856]

Im 76. Sorry 66..had a blast with these

[@dev-L0]

Man this is every kids dream toy

[@dr.burtgummerfan439]

Fun Fact: in the original story, "A Christmas Story" begins with an adult Ralphie encounering a hippy in NY protesting against "violent military toys" marketed to children. This sets up the flashback to the story about the Red Ryder carbine.😂

[@sanseijedi]

I have the Jean Shepard books & reread them with great pleasure and not a little nostalgia. In my high school years '68-'72 there was one of those 'ban war toys' movements so my friend & I went to a toy store & bought plastic M16s that had spring-powered auto fire sound, just in case stuff like that was gone for good. Still have mine in a trunk-- the spring is tired and sounds like a single shot now😉

[@Chris_the_Dingo]

*3:25* Loading cargo onto slings underneath helicopters was my job in the Marine Corps. I didn't know they made toys like that.

[@ddegn]

How much did you have to pay to get to load those slings. I'm sure it was a lot of fun.

[@toysoldier68]

Great! Most Toys today are boring....

[@tootired76]

My parents opted to buy us Tonka Toys instead of what they thought was made of cheap plastic. Smart of them! 3 brothers were hard on 1960s toys!

[@Feuerspringer08]

I'm a kid of the 70/80's. And I envy the children from back then, we already had a lot of great stuff, back then it was just better...mhmm...when I see what children have today, it doesn't surprise me that the generations are so...different

[@electra2259]

My favorite toy back then was a large jet fighter that resembled a Grumman F11F Tiger. When you moved a lever on the bottom, the canopy opened and the pilot ejected. Usually his little parachute didn’t open and he plunged to his demise. Far too traumatic for today’s kids, but we were a tougher bunch in the 50s.

[@PBODK]

My little nephew sure isnt traumatised from falling toys, neither was i when i was young, nor have i heard of a child being traumatised from playing with toys. No clue where you get that idea from.

[@chrisbeckett9748]

​@@PBODK That's not the point. Everything was better back them, especially the kids.

[@PBODK]

@@chrisbeckett9748 it was, if you were white, straight and christian.

[@fishbmw]

@@PBODK Pull that stick out it must be painful, maybe the relief will make you less choleric & lighten up.

[@PBODK]

@@fishbmw Ay im just saying, the 50's was certainly not a good time for alot of Americans, for very big reasons. Peace.

[@Bill23799]

Radar protects the ship. Corporal O'Reily: Wait for it......Anti-ship Missiles!

[@michaelhearson]

My Dad, God rest his soul, told me about this particular playset. I've always wanted to see it and now I have. Man, this thing is the shit. This actually brought tears to my eyes, just remembering my Dad and how awesome he ll always be to me. But thanks for sharing, this commercial is absolutely cool.😁👍😎🙏🙏❤️❤️

[@Andrecio64]

The (and so do girls) parenthesis of the ball turret commercial is gold.

[@badas45]

Let it be known for posterity that there were not school shootings back then America and the world in general has a sickness that has only gotten worse the last 30 years

[@ToddHofer]

America has made it easier for bad people to do bad things. Not by letting people have guns but, by removing people's ability to defend and protect themselves and others. Mass shootings only happen in Gun-Free zones. They no that they can walk in there and do their killing unopposed. The more they restrict law abiding people, the more these shootings will happen. You can outlaw all the guns you want. It won't stop bad people from getting them. It will however, create more unarmed and unprotected victims.

[@wingmasterjimmy6724]

Wow these were some toys!- loved the tail gun! I can see the art of gentle healthy persuasion into the Armed forces behind them too which is very apparent!

[@AllieRX]

Kids then: Play with military toys. Kids now: Play Call Of Duty.

[@DOI_ARTS]

Nah Rainbow stuff

[@Gravity_studioss]

Nothing changed, I see

[@xanderunderwoods3363]

The 60s had amazingly awesome toys!!!

[@5starreal]

remco is the opposite of apple. remco comes with literally everything, even things you wouldn't think of

[@autobotlaserbolt2128]

Back then boys loved cap guns and today they love Nerf guns. I guess some things never change XD

[@johngillon6969]

the poor miserable kids of today will be PUNISHED severly if they even pretend they have a gun and aim it someone else. when i was a kid, people brought toy guns to show and tell, and i carried a pocket knife every day.

[@davidh9844]

Some things? Like gender, perhaps?

[@PBODK]

@@johngillon6969 Worse things are happening to poor miserable kids today as well, but the guns arent pretend.

[@ME262MKI]

Nerf guns are for the weak, BB guns were the way

[@PrestonDCox]

Those are the toys we grew up with. Weird part is, these haven't really change.

[@telekommandant]

3:33 You'd need that helmets, otherwise the rotor blades of your toy would scalp you.

[@pyro-maniac4349]

If a toy can't kill you it isnt realistic

[@magnatarbeing8749]

I remember playing with the " Mighty Matilda carrier" and the " Phantom Raider" ( a gunned up freighter).. had tons of fun.

[@Curtiz2008]

I had the Whirleybird. Talk about noisey. You always got your money's worth with Remco.

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

The first sergeant of my squadron had been a B-52 gunner in Vietnam.

[@cnfuzz]

Not much to gun at , it was a sitting duck waiting to be downed by Sam or air to air missiles

[@PlasmaCoolantLeak]

@@cnfuzz That happened to him, his bird was shot away from under him. He was rescued. My parents' last neighbor had been a BUFF driver, took a SAM through a wing but the warhead didn't detonate.

[@rburrows7786]

When boys were boys. America. Now they’re wearing dresses in Amerika

[@MrDarkSkull9]

Tbh I would buy the first one, seems like something you could have in a collection

[@mysteryblueboy911]

I’m 13 and I love old toys from 50s and 60s I want to buy all these😊

[@Ww1whiz1914]

These are the toys I wish I could get.

[@Friedbrain11]

I remember these. Could only wish back then. Some favorites from back then that I actually got to play with were from the TV series Secret Agent Man. A friend had all the neat toys so I got to use some of them.

[@MysteriousMarsupial]

.....and you can guarantee the Kids who played with these toy turned out to be valuable contributors to Society. Can't say the same about a lot of today's kids.

[@thesweatleaf]

can't say that about a lot of yesterday's kids either, for they made today's kids

[@raybar7360]

circle of life.....the gen that played with these toys were the offspring of distant PTS ridden heroes who came from a period of extreme poverty and now wanted the good life....these kids benefited from the economic boom and they raised children who became hippies who wanted nothing to do with their parents burgeoning consumerism and sexual conservatism who ironically became greedy sexed upped coke driven yuppies wanting everything at any price..they made disassociated children of divorcees who were so jaded by the experience that raised children that were coddled and overprotected why hilariously pioneering tech that would eventual help start eliminating the need for physical social interaction while making kids who are so socially awkward and socially aware to the point of being annoying....next gen will probably neuter themselves and make abortion common as a solution to help solve the problem of generational idiocy.....circle of life..on a lighter side the ball turret toy was so cool to see....want one now

[@2bigbufords]

There are a lot of great kids today. Some bad ones back then too. What a stupid statement.

[@My_initials_are_O.G.cuz_I_am]

Yeah, today's kids have no parental guidance... Most "Boomers" and "GenX" couldn't be bothered doing that whole "parenting" thing.

[@milkdud0]

You guys tend to be blinded by nostalgia and not acknowledge all the horrible shit that happened back then not to mention the majority of yall are straight white males

[@EternalGaming786]

"You'll never run out of Ammo" Most Murican thing ever. :'3

[@mattpermacc]

Honestly as a kid I would love these toys

[@darkball31]

3:56 *the buzlightyear toy*

[@fast-toast]

Exactly what I thought.

[@daskommandantkrieger2503]

I'm relatively sure that toy is now illegal in several states.

[@michaelschramm1064]

If authorities in California knew you were selling a ball turret toy at a trade show you’d be looking at a prison sentence.

[@jeffmullinix7916]

AT 1:26 . Looks like the little guy is farting in the tub .

[@DevWo3]

that ball turret gun really looks good

[@warrenc0417]

These were incredible toys with amazing detail

[@vane909090]

Wow you Americans had awesome toys as early as the 60's. I like how they say "for girls too" at the end lol.

[@TheAsurazero]

Love the fact the gunner toy commercial plays the airforce song

[@Black_Mesa_Facility]

2:40 this straight up killed me

[@matgust2.0]

Stinky sound meme?

[@nevillebartos5939]

I would have loved to play with these toys as a kid. It was the early 70,s for me so I missed out.

[@ColHogan-zg2pc]

They no longer needed cannon fodder for wars like Vietnam, that's why they stopped making them.

[@Meauxluv]

Christmas 1987. I had every gun and Rambo toy Toys r us had to offer.

[@crystalclarity6766]

I remember these commercials. Do you think they’d be shown today? A lot has changed since then. :)

[@CJArnold-hq3ey]

Yep get Dylan Mulvaney to sit behind the ball turret instead of in front of it

[@CASA-dy4vs]

3:04 banana

[@RMGS-bg6lw]

Fr

[@memes4fun842]

banana

[@THE-vr8qk]

1:48　意外にデカくて草ｗ

[@AndyBonesSynthPro]

Dude "Remco" must've been the absolute Boss Balls of the toy business during the Howdy Doody era

[@alessandrocanale6189]

Ngl i would have loved to have this toy when i was little

[@raymondyee2008]

00:27 it’ll be many years before B-52 tail gunners shot down a MIG during the Vietnam War. Even that was a lucky shot.

[@wishgrant1188]

old toys was really amazing

[@Ahahahhaaah]

Dude those are all awesome! I wish they still made these.

[@mjrootz]

LOL I'm 66 years old and I still want those