Rare M-16

[walkindude]

http://tinypic.com/vra6qg.jpg

[308]

Thanks for posting that photo. My brother told me of the Mattel M16s, but I have never seen one. He also said they had the Mattel logo stamped on the buttstock.

[walkindude]

Thanks for posting that photo. My brother told me of the Mattel M16s, but I have never seen one. He also said they had the Mattel logo stamped on the buttstock.

It's a joke, son. I assure you Mattel never made any firearm, or had a MFG's licence. That pic is a photoshop. :-)

[308]

It's a joke, son. I assure you Mattel never made any firearm, or had a MFG's licence. That pic is a photoshop. :-)
Are you positive that is true?

Ehh, live and learn :D

http://www.toyadz.com/toyadz/mattel/m16marauder.jpg

[Medic_Krebs]

Thats some funny shit! :lool:

[StooperZero]

Yea that's a photoshop.

The lettering is fishy.



Mattel did make furniture.

[Zoff12]

On the History channel yesterday, there was the "Tales of the Gun" show about the M16. Mattel did make a M16 toy that was almost identical to the real M16. That's where the myth of Mattel making then came from.
http://www.snopes.com/military/m16.htm

[walkindude]

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[thegundude]

Mattel made vibrators too... :D

[MACVSOG]

I was in the Army at the time they brought in the M16. We had been using M14 rifles up until that point. Anyone getting ready to go to Vietnam had to go to a familiarization course to learn how to shoot the M16. We had all been used to the heavy wood and steel M14 rifles and thought that the M16 with what looked like plastic stocks and handguards and aluminum parts looked like a toy rifle. At the time, Mattel had a lot of toy guns that looked pretty real. They had the Mattel Shooting Shell pistols and rifles that shot little plastic bullets loaded into a case and had a cap on the back. You could hurt somebody if you hit them in the eye with the plastic bullet. I guess that's why they quit making them. They had not made a toy M16 yet, but we referred to the M16 as the Mattel rifle because it looked like a toy.

Charles Tatum
Alamo Professional Arms

[bzub12]

My dad has a lot of Vietnam Vet buddies , and i always enjoy talking guns with them , and some of the guys just plain hated the M16 , refering to it in a negative way as the "MATTEL TOY" , and some liked it , saying that it was better suited for a jungle fight. :dunno:

[1 Patriot-of-many]

This is a rare gun....AS in rarely sold, since the guy has got to be on drugs......
70K+ for an M16....Granted it's NIB, but geez, I need to smoke some of what he has....
http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976626620.htm

[MachinistTX]

This is a rare gun....AS in rarely sold, since the guy has got to be on drugs......
70K+ for an M16....Granted it's NIB, but geez, I need to smoke some of what he has....
http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976626620.htm


It's been "reduced for quick sale" and is only $55K now.... :rolleyes: