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(...) Hi, Pete! (...) The US sets do not have a shooting cannon included. This has been true for a long time - I'm not sure if the shooting cannons *were* ever available in the US. As I understand it, the cannons were not used over here, not because (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Jeff Johnston wrote: [snip] (...) Oh, yes they were. At least for the first year. I have US 6260, 6274 and 6260's that have shooting cannons, I got all of them the first year Pirates were availiable. Here's a kicker for you, my 2nd 6260 has a (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) It wasn't a micronaut toy that caused the choking death, although those toys had plenty of shooting rubber-tipped missiles and the like, but a BattleStar Galactica spaceship (colonial viper) toy. The kid stuck the nose of the spacecraft down (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Does anyone have any solid data on when the US one piece cannon was introduced? I would theorize that the Pirate sets came with the disabled shooting cannon until 1996 when Wild West was introduced (or possibly some time in 1995 when they (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Nephilim <jthompson@esker.com> wrote in message news:FonA25.6ty@lugnet.com... [snipped] (...) When I had my Transformers toys, I was annoyed that the missiles were so weak, probably for this reason. I opened them up and put pen springs in them. I (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Nephilim wrote in message ... (...) I think this is correct, but I seem to remember that the Micronauts toys changed the shape of the missiles that they fired right after this happened. My younger brother and I had some of the toys with the larger (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Did all the LEGO cannons fire by springs? The one I have (sadly only one...) fires with a spring, but I seem to remember a friend about 6 years ago who had several where you had to pull the "pin" back and then flick it with a finger to make it (...) (25 years ago, 20-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) There was an interim cannon design in the U.S. where the spring was essentially removed. It can be retro-fitted with a spring to fire. It was replaced by the current solid one-piece cannon. They are probably the rarest of the Lego cannon. (...) (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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(...) available (...) I think I bought my first Pirate ship in 93 or 94 (Renegade Runner) and it had the one-piece. Bruce (25 years ago, 21-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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Frank Filz wrote in message <388747F6.2C67@minds...ng.com>... (...) 1989 in the U.S.: Shooting cannons 1990: "disabled" shooting cannons 1991: the first solid-cannons I have a 6270 (1989) set with solid cannons, but it was purchased later than '90. (...) (25 years ago, 23-Jan-00, to lugnet.general)
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