I had one of these and it was great. I just turned 64 and I think about that gun every once in a while. I put dirt in it in the day. I wish I had one now.
What would my childhood have been like without Wham-O? My best friend and I had these air blasters and had tons of sneaky fun with them. Lots of laughs. Then there was the Slip-N-Slide, Water Wiggle, Water Wiennie, Superball, and of course the Frisbee. Fond memories of good, innocent times.
I was playing with one of these at the toy store and fired at some woman shopper from about 20 feet away, and when it hit her hair she almost fell down 'cuz she thought something was falling on her. I almost died of hysterics! She literally never knew what hit her....
@Georgia Watch Sorry... I was young, but I didn't intend to be mean. I just didn't expect the reaction that I got, so being surprised by her I had to laugh...I wasn't about to come out of hiding at that point...She might have smacked me all over the Emporium Toy store....
I'm 56 and I still have mine. Still works too! I think Wham-o only made these in the 60's. Those Mattel Sonic Blaster Bazooka's were cool too. I'm sure my parents reeally regretted buying me those!
One of my favorite childhood toys. Of course, my brothers and I would get creative and put projectiles in the air gun to see how far they would go. Things like pencils made good missiles.
The kid in this ad was my roommate for a few years. LOL I tripped out when his ex wife told me that was him. I wanted one soooo bad and then they were all recalled for blowing out eardrums. :(
It's just a matter of not shooting it right at your ears. That's like Nerf guns being taken down because a couple of idiots got their eyes hit by the darts.
This was my favorite toy of all time! I found you could fit the top of an aerisol can into the opening. Perfect projectile to piss off your older brothers.
Yes and they are still around, the company was founded in 1948. Makers of the Frisbee, Slip 'N Slide, Hula Hoop, Silly String and many more toys from the late 40s till now.
I so remember this!!!!! Me and my brother had them when they first came out! It was really a cool toy! I remember they were black at first than they changed the colors to a blue and white. Reminds me of the original Viewmasters which were black at first than they changed to a tan color in the 60's. I'll never forget that sound of reloading, ever! It's funny, but they used them on the set of "Santa Claus Conquers The Martians" as alien Martian weapons. How corny for us kids who were hip to it! I remember looking inside of it. and it was like a rubber sheet that when you pulled back the level it would suck it's self inward! Just too cool!!!!!!! Thanks, gettybfree!
My Uncle Eddie (master of gifts my parents hated) got me one of these. I loved it. As was common in the early sixties my mother decided buying a clip on hair piece (which looked like a cat run over) was a great addition to her coiffure. My parents were all gussied up for a dinner party in a fancy restaurant and Mom was wearing the dead cat hairpiece. Hmmm.. I wonder what the Air Blaster's range would be? From 10 feet away I launched the hairpiece from her head across the living room. Dad urinated himself laughing, Mom not so much...
The hamster that came flying out of it and landed on the kitchen table when you were upstairs was really fun for the family to enjoy while eating breakfast.
I had one of these as a kid, It was fantastic at hitting targets across the room. I also shot rubber band powered airplanes out of the sky with this. The thin wood the planes were made of thin wood which shatter into a million pieces at ranges up to 30 feet. The more you pumped the more power it got. I even got in trouble for shooting my Sister off her feet. She was almost 2 then in 1968. they took it off the market in 1970, because a few kids press it to their ears & blew out their ear-drums!
I had one. It sure didn't go pop, but BOOM! No parent would have bought it if they used the real sound in the ad ;) Christmas day... my sleeping hungover uncle... tiptoe... *BOOM*! Wake up! What a nice child I was.
I do believe the still sell these... I had one when I was little, but I don't think mine came with the "weird monster targets". And "power of the wind"? I don't think so. "Hurricane gun"? Hardly. But it was fun.
It was a cool toy.I know they got discontinued due kids by next ears and blowing out their ear drums.But I was they reissue these and a few other “dangerous” toys for the adult market.
My favorite toy back then and would LOVE to have it again..I also think about if often and would pay $150 off ebay for one, although somehow I would have to be guaranteed it still worked! Wham-o!! Well I still have my original super ball....bu really want an air-blaster :(
Had one of these. But I recall mine being white plastic. And you could drop a rock down the barrel and launch it. Not by air pressure, but by the fact the thing had this big rubber diaphragm inside that was pulled back by the lever on the top and released by the trigger. Would blow out a rush of air, or a rock, depending what you stuck in it, These things were used by the alien badguys in SANTA CLAUS VS THE MARTIANS.
my sister didn't like my Airblaster. tried to shoot many other things out of it but air, pencils, balls, toys, ect! Still it was a lot of fun. Finley wore it out the rubber diaphragm split
I'm probably the only one it the comments that's here after listening to the Army of Darkness commentary. Sam Rami said the mechanical hand of Ash sounded like this.
Uhm, guys? A gorilla target? Like white, American, suburban kids would encounter gorillas everyday?🤨I'm a little curious to know why the company decided on that one ...
Hah, I want this, so I can put in anything I want and completely obliterate people, and put something in their ear to have permanent ear damage. Great! Jk, I just want it to show people I’m old style
