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It is not the intent of this website to include plastic cannon, there are too many, and they are not old. Honorable mention, however, goes out to the LegoŽ company for their fine plastic cannon, the CorgiŽ company of Great Britain, for their circus cannon, Ringling Brothers & Barnum Bailey Circus for their Sparking gun / cannon and the Shing Kee Toys Co. Ltd. for their Bubble Blowing cannon. All are great toys.
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Lego introduced different cannons to go with their building block themes. |
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This Corgi circus cannon shoots a women into the air! |
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Ringling Brothers & Barnum Bailey Circus Sparking Gun / Cannon What fun! These cannon guns were sold during the 60's & 70's. When the trigger was squeezed, sparks could be seen in the yellow plastic window. There are at least three variations, one type makes a clicking sound also. They also came in green. |
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When the rear button is pushed, this guy raises the wand out of the liquid bubble tub and holds it in front of the cannon barrel, which blows air to make bubbles! |
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Ringling
Brothers & Barnum Bailey Circus cannon This cannon propels a man several feet into the air. |
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Most of the wooden toy types were meant to be played with by younger children. These often contained a spring /plunger to propel marbles or peas. Somme were designed to "pop" corks.
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This is a early, combination wood / tin cannon, called "Field Gun" |
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This is a combination wood / tin toy cannon made by the Baldwin Manufacturing Company in Brooklyn, New York. Circa 1937 |