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Joe says that collecting is a sickness! He has Cap Guns, Steam Engines and Erector Sets. His is not a large collection (so far), but it gives you an idea of how you can start yours.

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NICHOLS GUNS
(in Uncle Talley's order)

VARIOUS OTHER COLLECTIONS

Here's a really nice shot of the world famous Stallion 45 MK-II. You will notice that the G-45 version has Uncle Talley's signature on it. He would do it for nothing. Why didn't I get him to sign mine? Just not thinking, I guess.
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I couldn't resist sticking this photo in here because of the Tex Tan box and also the aluminum bullets. Notice that this is a notched Stallion 45. We of the Nichols family don't call it a Stallion 45 MK-I because there is no such thing. We just call it a Pasadena Stallion 45. And maybe the one with the notches or the "first version." This particular gun was the beginning of the REAL Nichols success story at the World Toy Fair in New York City.

Here's a corner shot of some nice guns.

Here's another shot of the same group, but from a head-on approach. 24-t.jpg.
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A good mounting with a rare Mare's Laig with a superb holster.

This Hubley Atomic Disintegrator is probably the best of the ray guns ever made. This one is in such wonderful condition that it is still probably completely functional, but I think that Joe keeps it set on "stun."
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Here's a collection of Buck Rogers (for you older kids!) in wonderful condition. You surely don't see the boxes very often.
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Nichols introduction to the "SILVER" series. I don't know why the first three Cap Guns were called Silver anything!

Here's the gun that started it all for Lewis and Talley Nichols in 1946. Though it wasn't much of a gun, it was enough to get them the experience on how to make Cap Guns and also establish relations with the various dealers and jobbers. By the time the Stallion 45 was declared the "Toy of the Year" in 1950, most of the distributors had already heard of Nichols Industries.
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Another image of the very desirable Cap Gun that was the first in the Nichols Series. I (Mike Nichols) say that it is not much of a Cap Gun, but it is the first, so I have done everything I can to get as many of them as I possibly can. And that's not that easy! Ed Manes was gracious enough to restore one of mine that had definitely seen better days! Thank you Ed!!!

This is about as fine an example of the Nichols Silver Mustang (with the jewel in the grips) as you will ever find. Except for mine of course! Now we're getting a better Cap Gun from Nichols and finally have plastic grips. The ladies had to take a longer time putting these together than the Silver Ponies.

Now we come to the third in the series. This is the only Nichols Cap Gun in which the scrollwork was put on AFTER they had already started selling the gun. Uncle Talley asked Robert how he liked it and Robert answered, "Well, if it had some scrollwork on it and red grips, it would be just fine." So that's the way it was then done. I don't happen to have a gun without the scrollwork, so if anybody has an extra one they don't need, then send it to me and it will be "home."

Here's a really swell display unit with the BIG Gene Autry 44 by Leslie-Henry. Just try to get one for $1.98 these days.

In those days, TV stars actually stood for some morals, especially your Cowboy Heroes. The Lone Ranger wouldn't even allow any alcohol to be in the saloon sets on his show. Hopalong Cassidy had a code that he requested that kids abide by.

How's this for a swell BB gun collection? The bottom one is the one I had which would shoot so hard you wouldn't believe it. I would think that the Daisy gun rack is as valuable as the rest of the guns put together. You almost never see one of these. When I was a kid (last century) you could buy 2 different types of BBs. (1) either those Daisy ones in the black and yellow tube or in the plastic shrink-wrapped package. Daisy BBs were yellowish and not very shiny. OR... (2) You could buy the XXX BBs (was it 2-X or 3-X ?) in the dark red tube. Those BBs were extremely shiny and looked like fresh copper. Naturally they were more accurate so I bought them. The nice tube cost FIVE CENTS. Which sometimes was hard to find.