Do You Remember When

[bikendan]

Originally Posted by Scrapper

COMBAT! starring Vic Morrow (Sgt. Saunders), Rick Jason (Lt. Hanley), and Dick Peabody as Littlejohn (the big guy). Ran from 1962 to 1967. You can still catch it on H&I (Heroes & Icons Network).

I was a HUGE fan of Combat!. I even had an official Combat! toy military set, with Saunder's Thompson machine gun that fired a roll of caps in the magazine. It also came with helmet, Colt 1911 w/holster, belt with canteen and grenade.
Still watch it on H&I.

[bikendan]

Originally Posted by TitanMike

I had an airplane with cox engine. Didn't have the wind up spring start so you had to flip prop over with your finger. Still have the scar to this day on my finger when I wasn't quick enough.

I did too. It was a P40 Warhawk that you flew in a circle. It had a bomb underneath that you could drop.

[n1acguy]

Originally Posted by NXR

43 and 61, actually. I worked as an engineer for WSUM-1000 AM when it came on the air in 1973. My buddy was an engineer at WUAB-43 TV when they had their production studio and station over at Parmatown, before the building burned to the ground. That studio was really cool. They had Sony Trinitron monitors all over the place when the Trinitron was brand new and still massively expensive. They had this cool subdued blue lighting throughout the station.

Ray

That's right. I went to go see Big Time Wrestling once at a Parma station in the late 60s early 70s. Somehow I seem to remember it being at either State and Sprague or State and Pleasant Valley. My Aunt and my Grandparents had houses on State Rd in Parma.
I lived in suburbs of Cleveland and Akron till 78. Oh, the memories.

[n1acguy]

Originally Posted by D W

Who remembers watching these guys every Tuesday night on T.V. back in the early 60's?

And later on, the 2nd Dragnet series.
I'm surprised my Mother let us watch Combat. We weren't allowed to watch The Three Stooges, supposedly because we poked at each other enough. We were a family of 5 boys, and fought with each other constantly. We probably created a scene everywhere we went.

[tuckerdog1]

Originally Posted by oxcamper

Lincoln logs -- the precursor to Legos

Better than Legos in my opinion. Invented by John Lloyd Wright, son of Frank Lloyd Wright.

[D W]

TitanMike: Have you ever been burnt by one of those flash bulbs? Those suckers got Hot!

[D W]

Originally Posted by bikendan

I was a HUGE fan of Combat!. I even had an official Combat! toy military set, with Saunder's Thompson machine gun that fired a roll of caps in the magazine. It also came with helmet, Colt 1911 w/holster, belt with canteen and grenade.
Still watch it on H&I.

I was watching an episode of COMBAT! one day when one of my granddaughters was at our house. She asked me what I was watching and I explained the show to her. That Christmas her and her sisters gave me the entire series on DVD as a present. Priceless!

[TheWolfPaq82]

Two favorites. Rat Patrol / F-Troop.

[n1acguy]

McHale's Navy

[Qwkynuf]

Portland Wrestling!

Launch pad for favorites like Roddy Piper, Rick Martel, "Playboy" Buddy Rose, Jimmy Snuka, Jesse Ventura, Dutch Savage, and many others.

My cousins and I would fall asleep watching it in the living room on Saturday nights, only to be woken up by Tom Peterson pounding on the other side of our TV screen and yelling about his "Wake Up Sale!!!!"

[Tombsy]

Originally Posted by Iwannacamp

Lol. They would put the hurt on you.

I recently “got back into” RC stuff. Funny though I enjoy crawlers now. They are slow like me.

I’m back to into the RC as well, I used to race the stadium trucks, now I’ve been racing boats, with glow, gas, and electric power.

[Iwritecode]

Originally Posted by TheWolfPaq82

Have a G.I. Joe in garage.

I had a pretty massive collection of the 3 3/4" GI Joe action figures and vehicles when I was a kid. I ended up selling them all on Ebay somewhere around 2001 or so and made enough money to take my family on vacation.

I still have my collection of He-Man figures in a few large boxes.

[dblr]

Anyone still have their Matchbox cars??? I still have all of mine plus the suitcase style carrier, really wish I had kept the boxes as well but who knew, kind of like Lionel trains the boxes are worth a lot of money as well as the trains.

[D W]

Originally Posted by Scrapper

COMBAT! starring Vic Morrow (Sgt. Saunders), Rick Jason (Lt. Hanley), and Dick Peabody as Littlejohn (the big guy). Ran from 1962 to 1967. You can still catch it on H&I (Heroes & Icons Network).

...and
Pierre Jalbert ("Caje") - Master of the Garand Rifle
Jack Hogan ("Kirby") - The B.A.R. Guy
Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton) - Medic Season 1
Conlan Carter ("Doc")- Medic Season 2 and on

[Scrapper]

Originally Posted by D W

...and
Pierre Jalbert ("Caje") - Master of the Garand Rifle
Jack Hogan ("Kirby") - The B.A.R. Guy
Steven Rogers ("Doc" Walton) - Medic Season 1
Conlan Carter ("Doc")- Medic Season 2 and on

Could never figure out why Littlejohn (Dick Peabody) wasn't the B.A.R. guy. Not knowing the model used in the show he would have been appropriate to carry around that 16# (20 rnd mag) to 24# (40 rnd mag) monster. Though the 24 pounder was usually used for AA.

[TitanMike]

Originally Posted by D W

TitanMike: Have you ever been burnt by one of those flash bulbs? Those suckers got Hot!

Definitely. Never got smart enough to keep a rag handy to keep from getting burned.

I was always getting burned by something back in the day. Flash bulbs, welding splatter, camping lanterns and for good measure two ex wives[emoji16]

[D W]

Originally Posted by Scrapper

Could never figure out why Littlejohn (Dick Peabody) wasn't the B.A.R. guy. Not knowing the model used in the show he would have been appropriate to carry around that 16# (20 rnd mag) to 24# (40 rnd mag) monster. Though the 24 pounder was usually used for AA.

Kirby's model appears to be the M1918A2 with forward mounted bipod. In Season 1, Kirby appears in one episode with a Garand, and in another with an M1 Carbine. ??? Interestingly enough, if you have $5K you can put your name on a list to have a M1918A3-SLR built by Ohio Ordnance. Only difference is it's semi-automatic and fires from the closed-bolt position. Comes with all the accessories.

[wayne272]

Had one of those dune buggy's. Think mine was yellow. And also a control line plane.

Originally Posted by Tombsy

Anyone used to have Cox glow engines or models? I still have a Corsair control-line plane and a dune buggy I restored.Attachment 244018

[oxcamper]

Originally Posted by TheWolfPaq82

Two favorites. Rat Patrol / F-Troop.

Whenever we're driving somewhere and get a little lost,
my wife will quipp:

"Where the Hawkowee?"

[outlawten5]

I wish there was a "like" button on this forum. Has ANYONE seen the Estes Saturn V land sucessfully?