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  • megoat
    A Therefore Experience
    • Jun 10, 2003
    • 2699
    #1

    Tin Can Alley

    Picked this awesome game up at a church sale this weekend for $3--Tin Can Alley from the late 70s. Line up the Dr Pepper cans and shoot them via a light gun that triggers a part on the back of the stand that knocks them over. I love the Chuck Connors endorsement here--late 50's/early 60s TV star still milking his Rifleman days some 20 years later.

    Anyway, this game is a lot of fun and I don't remember it at all. Anybody have this one back in the day?


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    • Captain
      Fighting the good fight!
      • Jun 17, 2001
      • 6031
      #2
      Very popular around these parts. Used to love the commercials too. From what I understand the set you have with Chuck on the packaging, and the realistic colored rifle is somewhat rare. They switched to a yellow rifle for a bit, then swapped out the rifle for a pistol in the late seventies, and made these toys into the eighties. I believe Jasman toys brought a version of it back recently as well with a cartoony looking pistol (the original looked like a .357 Magnum) and generic pop cans.
      "Crayons taste like purple!"

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        • Captain
          Fighting the good fight!
          • Jun 17, 2001
          • 6031
          #3
          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPNIau7nIis
          "Crayons taste like purple!"

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            • Wee67
              Museum Correspondent
              • Apr 2, 2002
              • 10603
              #4
              Never had this one, but I do remember the unsatisfied yearning. It looked so cool!

              Matt, does it work?
              WANTED - Solid-Boxed WGSH's, C.8 or better.

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                • Bruce Banner
                  HULK SMASH!
                  • Apr 3, 2010
                  • 4335
                  #5
                  I remember the commercials very well, but I never owned one as a kid.
                  PUNY HUMANS!

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                    • starsky
                      veteran member
                      • Aug 26, 2007
                      • 6207
                      #6
                      wow, that's pretty neat!

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                        • megoat
                          A Therefore Experience
                          • Jun 10, 2003
                          • 2699
                          #7
                          Originally posted by Wee67
                          Never had this one, but I do remember the unsatisfied yearning. It looked so cool!

                          Matt, does it work?
                          Yeah, Bill it works...well sort of. The gun emits a light but I can't get the gun to actually activate the mechanism that knocks the can off. I used a flashlight to test the thing and it worked so I'm thinking maybe something is a bit off.

                          This toy is pretty cool, I've been messing with it all morning!

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                            • mitchedwards
                              Mego Preservation Society
                              • May 2, 2003
                              • 11781
                              #8
                              I always wanted one as a kid. Great pickup


                              Think B.A. Where did you hide the Megos?

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                                • toys2cool
                                  Ultimate Mego Warrior
                                  • Nov 27, 2006
                                  • 28605
                                  #9
                                  thats so cool
                                  "Time to nut up or shut up" -Tallahassee

                                  http://ultimatewarriorcollection.webs.com/
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                                    • ScottA
                                      Original Member
                                      • Jun 25, 2001
                                      • 12264
                                      #10
                                      I so had this one. My brother and I played it ALL the time. I so want to get another one someday. GREAT pick-up for sure. I so would have bought this. If you ever want to sell it...
                                      sigpic WANTED: Boxed, Carded and Kresge Carded WGSH

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                                        • UnderdogDJLSW
                                          To Fear is Not Logical...
                                          • Feb 17, 2008
                                          • 4895
                                          #11
                                          I remember that commercial, too. Another on the wanted and never got list
                                          It's all good!

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