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Re: Why did they quit making shooting cannons in the US?
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lugnet.pirates
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Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:55:06 GMT
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In lugnet.pirates, Jeff Barnett writes:
> Does anyone know why they stopped making shooting cannons??
In the late 70's, there was a paranoia against any toy that fired projectiles
in the US, which came fom incidents revolving around the Battlestar Galactica
Colonial Viper and Cylon Raider toys, which shot little missles that got lodged
in kids' throats. I'm not sure if the kids actually died or not, but they did
manage to keep a lot of us from having much fun (or at least AS much fun).
eric
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| Ah, that explains why, after collecting all five lions to make my Voltron, I saw a foreign import version which had little missile launchers that popped out all over, but mine didn't. (They were virtually the same toy besides that...my Blue Lion (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
| | | Re: Why did they quit making shooting cannons in the US?
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| (...) I remember that era well....I also remember Kenner advertising a limited addition Boba Fett w/ firing missile pack that you had to send away for...I also remember being bummed when I received it w/ no weapon and a missile glued in place... (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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| | Why did they quit making shooting cannons in the US?
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| Does anyone know why they quit distributing the shooting (spring action) cannons in the US? They were really pretty slick, and had a great range. Those little babies would shoot 4 feet easy. I lucked out and have about eight. But i have close to 10 (...) (25 years ago, 16-Mar-00, to lugnet.pirates)
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