Regarding the post on Matsushiro toys last year, I spotted one interesting looking item. The Secret 07 spy gun. The one with a boy dressed as James Bond on the box top.
The gun is clearly modelled on the WW2 US M3 sub-machine gun, which used .45 calibre pistol ammunition. It has the same telescoping wire shoulder stock, although the magazine is shorter.
The bar just ahead of the trigger guard is the cocking handle on the real thing. The toy has this on both sides, but the real M3 had it only on the right side. This was eliminated from the M3A1 version.
The real M3, on Wikipedia
Photographs from Worthpoint and Wikipedia.
Anyone got one? The Secret 07?
Paul Adams from New Zealand
Perfect blaster fodder
ReplyDeleteA lovely 007 mash-up of Secret Sam and stuff. I like it.
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