Playset Magazine

[Jim Page]

I had Lincoln Logs....

Betty, do you remember what was wrong with the Lincoln Logs that Tommy Smothers had as a child?
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On the subject of toys, I was talking to a buddy at a gig last week about the old "Fanner 50" cap pistols. Of course, such a toy would be forbidden in this age, but in the mid-1950s all us kids were thrilled to have them. These toys are fetching big prices on the collector's market today if they're in good shape.

Anyway, my buddy wanted to know why these cap guns were called Fanner 50s when they were modeled after a .45 Colt. I looked on the Web and couldn't find an answer. Maybe they were introduced in 1950? Maybe the rolls of caps had 50 shots to a roll?

Who knows? A wonderful no-prize awaits whomever supplies an answer.

--Jim