Thursday, May 8, 2008

Johnny Seven OMA

The OMA stands for ONE MAN ARMY. This toy gun from Topper Toys was THE TOY for Boys in the 60's. The Johnny Seven OMA predates RAMBO by decades, as a matter of fact, little Silvester Stallone (born in '46) probably had one of these as a little boy. Who knows, it might have been the toy that gave him the idea that wars could be fought single handedly. My brother in-law Dan Noojin bragged one time that he once had a Johnny Seven OMA. It was the best selling boy's toy in 1964. It was a child's dream with multiple function weapon of mass destruction: Grenade Launcher, Anti-tank Rocket, Armor-Piercing Shell / Anti-Bunker Missle, Repeating Rifle, Tommy Gun, Automatic Pistol and a Bipod for steady aim ta boot.

If you look at what small arms are in development by the military today - you'll discover how truely visionary this toy killing machine really was. The below is the Johnny Seven OMA of today...only it's a fully function bad boy for grown-ups. OooRaH!

2 comments:

Greene Street Letters said...

OMA would have been great on OMAHA!
mb

David Finlayson said...

First look at this toy:
http://www.goblertoys.com/pages2/wobbler2.html

and then look at this one:
http://www.goblertoys.com/pages2/war2.html

The man behind Gobler Toys is a fellow by the name Steve Casino. He is a real toy designer by trade that created fake 60's toys for a fake toy company that never existed...only on the web. There's some real funny stuff at www.goblertoys.com. I believe it to be the funniest, most creative sites online.