It's been a tradition of mine to do an update on the toy rifle range I call the XL5/ Tommy Buster/ Jolly Seven family tree each bloggive...

 I love seeing clones of the Fireball XL5/ Johnny Seven toy rifles, what I call Jolly Sevens after the Japanese version. Here's another ...

Years ago I did some research into the Fireball XL5 rifle. This is a relative by Japan's TADA. Its the stupendous looking Talking Space ...

As you'd expect, I love this big toy rifle from Spain released in 1968. Its got those 007 Jolly Seven chops with a Johnny Seven vibe thr...

I've written about these before but I'm always amazed when they turn up on Ebay, the Greek Leizer 200 made by Alpha. Its clearly a G...

This article pulls together all the research I've done on the blog about the Fireball XL5 toy rifle over the years. It tracks the...