Back in the baby boom years of the Sixties our house was like a war zone! I had my Johnny Seven to blast seven bells out of my two big Brothers. But one day they came back firing - with a toy pistol called a Sekiden, which hailed from Japan I think.
It was a ballistics nightmare! Two sekidens shooting small silver balls and aimed straight at me behind the sofa! Boy did they hurt! The sound of the Sekiden was one of those iconic noises of my childhood, like Crossfire and Captain Lazer's backpack. Like it's strange brand name too, a true classic!
The balls were some form of compressed green stuff and came in neat little boxes. My brothers loved their Sekidens and I had to surrender to the brand's sheer ferocity many many times! Happy days! Did you have a Sekiden?
