
Gunshow Find - Toy Thompson
#1
Posted 09 February 2019 - 02:54 PM
#2
Posted 09 February 2019 - 03:25 PM
That drum come off?
john
#3
Posted 09 February 2019 - 03:34 PM
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#4
Posted 09 February 2019 - 04:10 PM
#5
Posted 09 February 2019 - 04:19 PM
Guess they got around the trademark issue with the auto-ordInance...
#6
Posted 09 February 2019 - 05:11 PM
I would have loved that, when I was a kid, and it has Australian markings on it, incl. 'Factory Thorough Repair'.
#7
Posted 09 February 2019 - 05:50 PM
Did you find it at the Oaks Show today? I was there most of the day and didn't see it..... Saw the seller with a Colt Thompson with drums and 3 stick mags in a FBI case for 53K....
#8
Posted 09 February 2019 - 06:22 PM
#9
Posted 09 February 2019 - 08:29 PM
Did you find it at the Oaks Show today? I was there most of the day and didn't see it..... Saw the seller with a Colt Thompson with drums and 3 stick mags in a FBI case for 53K....
Did you happen to get the serial number of the Thompson and Drums?
#10
Posted 09 February 2019 - 08:47 PM
No serial number on the drum
I wonder what made the manufacturer use that serial number
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#11
Posted 09 February 2019 - 09:14 PM
#12
Posted 09 February 2019 - 10:03 PM
#13
Posted 10 February 2019 - 09:59 AM
I THINK I read someplace where A-O did make wooden replicas back in the 1940s for salesman or?
I'm sure someone here will know for sure.
#14
Posted 10 February 2019 - 10:25 AM
#15
Posted 10 February 2019 - 03:22 PM
I THINK I read someplace where A-O did make wooden replicas back in the 1940s for salesman or?
I'm sure someone here will know for sure.
Frank,
This is not one of the 1940's AO toys.
David
#16
Posted 10 February 2019 - 09:27 PM
I THINK I read someplace where A-O did make wooden replicas back in the 1940s for salesman or?
I'm sure someone here will know for sure.
Frank,
This is not one of the 1940's AO toys.
David
Hi David,
I realize that it's not one of those toys, but isn't there a picture of Russel Magure and Thompsons window with a dummy TSMG like that? (Tracies' book maybe)
#17
Posted 11 February 2019 - 12:43 PM
Who would be the best person to reach out to about getting more information about this piece. I would imagine there is a small group of people who just focus on Thompson toys/ memorabilia, doing some research I haven’t any such people or groups
Thanks
Ed
#18
Posted 11 February 2019 - 02:45 PM
#19
Posted 11 February 2019 - 05:28 PM
benedw60,
I have the same toy model Thompson, same serial number, etc.. I purchased it on ebay several years ago. Mine is a little more battle weary than yours, but still intact. I don't have any further information on it than you do right now. Looks like some kind of casting made out of fiberglass.
The model AO toys from the 40's that David referred to are wooden toy Thompsons manufactured by Maguire/AOC probably in the late summer/fall of 1945 and sold for the Christmas holidays at $5.98 each. They used surplus butt stocks and in a few cases, surplus pistol grips and fore grips to assemble these toys.
#20
Posted 11 February 2019 - 06:10 PM