Remember this?

[machinelf]

Man, I don't even remember. I just recall that kid jumping onto Silvar (?) and flying around... with subsequent Japanese battle wackiness...

OMG!!! Goldar and Silvar!! Weren't the bad guys called lugamen?

 

[Huaco]

How about this???

 

[Great_Neck_Brewer]

I used to iginite these one at a time between my thumb and index finger.
I discovered if you dropped a rock on the roll they all exploded.

 

[BargainMugs]

speaking of this, came across this a few weeks ago. THEY CHANGED ALL THE ILLUSTRATIONS!

http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/2011/12/18/scary-stories-to-tell-in-the-dark-gammell-vs-helquist/

This created an outrage in our art department.

 

[JonM]

Oh wow - I remember the smell of those things, the way the roll would unspool out the top of the gun as you shot them, and I sure remember the yellow/brown stained thumb that came from squeezing the caps. Good times.

 

[GilaMinumBeer]

 

[JonM]

Or these! They'd go into a little magazine that you'd slap into the handle, and then the caps would feed into the cap gun.

 

[Huaco]

Oh wow - I remember the smell of those things, the way the roll would unspool out the top of the gun as you shot them, and I sure remember the yellow/brown stained thumb that came from squeezing the caps. Good times.

And I just taught my 7 y.o. boy how to do EXACTLY that... They still sell these rolls of caps! I grabbed a roll and zipped them between my pinched fingernails! They boys eyes were as big as saucers with the sheer joy of what I had just introduced him to! haha!

 

[CreamyGoodness]

I was one of those kids who ate non food items (Im sure you are all shocked) so let me tell ya, having one of those bang bang caps pop between your front teeth... not at all fun.

 

[barneygumble]

Oh wow - I remember the smell of those things, the way the roll would unspool out the top of the gun as you shot them, and I sure remember the yellow/brown stained thumb that came from squeezing the caps. Good times.

We used to get a long thin sewing needle and "stitch" a roll together by piercing each cap, back and forth and gently compressing them down on the needle. Then we took transparent tape, taped them thightly around, carefully removed the needle, then taped front to back around a couple of times tight, and made a tail of tape for a fuse. These things were mailbox bombers! Big boom.

 

[static]

I miss my vertibird

 

[Reno_eNVy]

Man I loved these and didn't think about it until I saw the Shel Silverstein.

 

[Grumpybumpy]

 

[gcdowd]

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Oh man I think I had the whole series!

 

[duckredbeard]

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I used to iginite these one at a time between my thumb and index finger.
I discovered if you dropped a rock on the roll they all exploded.

I remember hitting entire rolls with a big hammer. I can still smell em.

 

[cannman]

This was... The bomb...

 

[Wus67]

This was... The bomb...

I could never get them to explode. They would only just puff up.

 

[Grumpybumpy]

I could never get them to explode. They would only just puff up.

We'd make our own smack packs with vinegar and baking soda

 

[mountainman13]

My left shoulder is still goofy from when I shattered my colar bone on one of these things.

 

[Homercidal]

I remember hitting entire rolls with a big hammer. I can still smell em.

Ditto! My favorite way to set them off.

I used to have a "Bomb" that you could put one of those into and throw it. When it hit the ground it would set off the caps. I'd cram a few in at a time.

Here's a pic. I had the paper cap version, but they also made one for the plastic caps...

 

[bad67z]

Loved my Big Traxx

 

[MyNameIsPaul]

Man, I loved RC cars growing up, still do, but they are so dang expensive now!

I had both of these, they were great!

 

[Revvy]

I miss my vertibird

This was one of my favorite toys.

Do you know there's a virtual version of it for your computer?

http://www.peterhirschberg.com/vertisim/

They even have the rescue ship add on.

 

[BargainMugs]

Man, I loved RC cars growing up, still do, but they are so dang expensive now!

I had both of these, they were great!

I had the one with tank tracks. I turned it into a battle bot for a tech class in high school.

 

[machinelf]

MIND BLOWN

Had totally forgotten about my Big Trak! Wow

Loved my Big Traxx

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[Revvy]

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I used to iginite these one at a time between my thumb and index finger.
I discovered if you dropped a rock on the roll they all exploded.

Lighting the roll on fire was fun too.

 

[blawjr]

How about this craze

 

[JonM]

I am so glad video cameras were not as prevalent in 1995 as they are now.

 

[ikevanbrauer]

Spent many hours playing this game.

 

[static]

This was one of my favorite toys.

Do you know there's a virtual version of it for your computer?

http://www.peterhirschberg.com/vertisim/

They even have the rescue ship add on.

Oh man. I know what I'm doing when I get home tonight.