Toy Lugers in general.

azlaw · 04-08-2008, 05:33 PM

>>i'm going to take a stab in the dark and say 60's?

The Luger was embedded in popular culture at the time. I recall that as a child in the 1960s and early 1970s, Lugers figured prominently in the toy pistol market. In addition to the ubiquitous cap pistols and squirt guns, I recall that a GI Joe pistol was partially modeled on the Luger, and that they appeared in episodes of Jonny Quest (maybe someone here has some still images). I recall a BB gun too. And forbidden dime novel spys carried them - Nick Carter (a.k.a. "Killmaster") carried a Luger called Wilhelmina (and scored massively with chicks as a result, no doubt). It was a big deal if so-and-so's father/grandfather had a Real Luger at home.

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04-08-2008, 05:33 PM	#4
azlaw User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 207 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts	>>i'm going to take a stab in the dark and say 60's? The Luger was embedded in popular culture at the time. I recall that as a child in the 1960s and early 1970s, Lugers figured prominently in the toy pistol market. In addition to the ubiquitous cap pistols and squirt guns, I recall that a GI Joe pistol was partially modeled on the Luger, and that they appeared in episodes of Jonny Quest (maybe someone here has some still images). I recall a BB gun too. And forbidden dime novel spys carried them - Nick Carter (a.k.a. "Killmaster") carried a Luger called Wilhelmina (and scored massively with chicks as a result, no doubt). It was a big deal if so-and-so's father/grandfather had a Real Luger at home. H