Here is another fun game. The Bomb-A-Ship, which I found on Pinterest.
The set comes with a US Air Force B-29 bomber, an Atom bomb for it to drop, and an exploding Japanese battleship. 'Hit the target and battleship explodes harmlessly into 8 parts'. The battleship can be reassembled, and bombed over and over again.
Really, if you are dropping atom bombs on a ship, a direct hit would not be required. Plus, it seems fairly unlikely that a B-29 would be used for anti-ship strike missions. I would guess the game is 1950s - the description says Thomas Mfg, 1953. This company was based in Newark, New Jersey.
Thomas Toys Bomb-A-Ship Play Set | Thomas toys, Nostalgic toys, Vintage toys (pinterest.nz)
It seems there was a very similar game called Torpedo Attack, again with an exploding Battleship, but this time with a torpedo firing Atom submarine. Oddly, the Battleship is described as exploding into 7 pieces this time.
Then there was the more basic Atom Bomber game (I think this may have been featured on Moonbase before ?), where you dropped your Atom bomb on to a target that seems to be the box the toy came in. There is even a very short film clip on You Tube showing the game being played. The bomb is loaded in to a working bomb bay. When a lever on top of the B-29 is pressed, the bomb doors open, and the bomb is dropped on to the target.
Thomas Toys Atom Bomber target game - YouTube
The colours of the plastic used for these toys seem to vary, with yellow, red, and blue being used for the Battleship, and silver grey for the B-29 and Submarine.
Paul Adams from New Zealand
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