1966 - Balloon Gun by Lakeside Toys

[Joe K.]

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As seen in this recently ended auction for a December 1966 issue of Playthings magazine:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-PLAYTHINGS-Toy-Industry-MAGAZINE-DECEMBER-1966-murray-tractor-cover-/321353393157?pt=Vintage_Antique_Toys_US&hash=item4ad227a405&nma=true&si=NTudGCwwZusQVJ2OIFGADJLGEsM%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

The blurry, but dated, cover:

This two page interior:

Close-up of the Balloon Gun ad by Lakeside Toys:

A related thread started by ER&S:

Close-up of the robot from the Shigoto International Corp. ad:

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[dratomic]

Very interesting! The Balloon Gun in the photo is clearly two-tone -- unlike the Lakeside Toys version which has only been seen in single, solid colors. I wonder if they planned on releasing a two-tone version, or if they simply used a Martian Guided Missile Bloon Gun for the photograph.

[Joe K.]

The toy itself, the Whistle Missile Balloon Gun by Lakeside Toys, MOC:

 

 

 

The recently ended listing:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Lakeside-Toys-1966-WHISTLE-MISSILE-BALLOON-GUN-RAY-GUN-SEALED-/274001558826?hash=item3fcbc3fd2a%3Ag%3AUr4AAOSw5FRddqax&nma=true&si=TKIBjnv4C%2FJg4TFoNCOgP78P4co%3D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

 

[Joe K.]

As seen in a 1967 Lakeside catalog:

 

[Fineas J. Whoopie]

Do we know anything about the Shigoto robot in the playthings catalog? Is there a thread somewhere?

 

[Joe K.]

I suspect, Don, it was a prop made for the Shigoto print ad in that December 1966 issue of Playthings magazine.

Looks like a doctored Horikawa.