Monday, 24 May 2010

Junior Missilemen


You think the newsreel is scary, take a look at the manual. I had a copy of this when I was a boy and it's a wonder I survived to manhood without acquiring an eye patch and a hook.

Good times.

4 comments:

Chris Lopes said...

Today, they'd all be rounded up by Homeland Security. Hell, the current administration doesn't even want NASA to play with rockets.

Sergej said...

There was once a time when the Jart was not only invented, but sold as a toy. It was a better time, a time before the lawyers had gotten a hold of the country.

Chris Lopes said...

Sergej,
Sounds like what happened to chemistry sets. The budding science geek kids used to have all kinds of toys like that to explore the real world with.

Sergej said...

You only have fun until someone loses an eye; argal, if the thing ends with everybody's eyes intact, fun must not have been had.

Analogously, what kinds of fun must be possible when impalement is a possibility!